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- From: justinf@cco.caltech.edu (Justin Fang)
- Newsgroups: alt.atheism
- Subject: Re: Big Questions (or, Why I am not a Christian)
- Followup-To: alt.atheism
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 01:52:22 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan18.051019.5072@nmsu.edu>, epowers@mccoy (POWERS) wrote:
- > In article <justinf-150193175343@macintosh50.cco.caltech.edu>
- > justinf@cco.caltech.edu (Justin Fang) writes:
-
- [my question on universe, purpose of, deleted.]
- > > Any thoughts?
-
- > Yes, actually, I do. What does this have to do with Christian
- > doctrines? As far as I know, the Bible makes no claims about the purpose
- > of "the rest of the universe". Evolutionary theory makes no claims about
- > life on other planets except a few vague comments on the probability.
- > Evolution theory has very little to do with the rest of the universe, yet
- > you accept it here, while on the same hand rejecting another set of ideas
- > that also has little to do with the rest of the universe. What is the
- > difference?
- > Erik Powers
-
- Did I ever say I rejected it? I didn't think I specified Christianity. I
- just wanted to know how a near-infinite universe fit into Earth's decidely
- anthropocentric religions. For instance, in the OT there's the bits about
- how God made us in his image, and about chosen people, etc, etc. Did Jesus
- have to die once for every intelligent species in the galaxy? (That's a lot
- of times... :) And the bits in Revelations about the world ending... is
- that just this world or the entire universe? (this last question is a
- problem mainly for fundies)...etc., etc. I'm not singleing Christianity out
- for attack, it's just the religion I'm most familiar with.
-
- Justin Fang (justinf@cco.caltech.edu)
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