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- From: watson@sce.carleton.ca (Stephen Watson)
- Subject: Re: Evolution implied by the Bible
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- Organization: Carleton University
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- Date: Wed, 27 Jan 1993 00:08:59 GMT
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- cotera@woods.ulowell.edu writes:
- >However here is the Theory of Creationism in a nutshell: God created the
- >universe.
- >--Ray Cote
-
- Thank you, Ray. Did you intend that as a scientific statement, or a
- theological one?
-
- If the latter, I have no quarrel with it. In fact, I even agree with
- you!
-
- If the former, then please propose a test for it. Just for starters,
- how does it account for the 2.7 Kelvin background radiation? Does it
- arise from a natural process set in motion by God at the instant of
- Creation? Or did God just put it there to deceive unbelievers and
- back-sliders like myself into concocting some theory about a Big Bang
- in order that we could escape our moral responsibility to God and
- indulge in drugs, sex, murder, left-wing politics, movies, dancing,
- failing to signal turns, not cutting the lawn, forgetting to add
- fabric softener to the rinse cycle, and other such heinous sins, to
- our heart's content?
-
- Failing that, could you at least fill in a few dates for us? *When*
- did God do this? What happened after? For e.g. reading the Flood
- thread, I see you reject Whitcomb and Morris (this is to your credit),
- but I'm not clear on just what you *do* believe happened, or when.
-
- Just where does the religion leave off and the science begin? Which
- bits of history got done directly by God, and which ones did He just
- "let happen" by allowing things to follow their natural courses?
-
-
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