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- From: lionel@cs.city.ac.uk (Lionel Tun)
- Subject: Re: Evolution implied by the Bible
- Message-ID: <1993Jan28.164348.1166@city.cs>
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- Organization: City University, London
- References: <91710c3e@ofa123.fidonet.org> <1993Jan25.144819.1@woods.ulowell.edu> <watson.728093339@mariner.sce.carleton.ca>
- Date: Thu, 28 Jan 93 16:43:48 GMT
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- In article <watson.728093339@mariner.sce.carleton.ca> watson@sce.carleton.ca (Stephen Watson) writes:
- >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?
-
- There is some truth in this. After all, if Jesus were to come to
- you in physical form and tell you to follow Him, you might
- complain that you had no free will in the matter, you could
- not choose _not_ to believe. The point is you do have complete
- freedom of choice, and the opportunity has been given for you
- to not believe.
-
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