Re: Beringer, etc.
George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Mon, 26 Oct 1998 09:01:58 -0500
Ted Davis wrote:
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> Overall, 17th and 18th century naturalists were hesitant to affirm the
> organic origin of fossils for several reasons, incl. their belief that God
> would not allow extinction of the things he had made and pronounced "good".
> Indeed, the "modern" belief in the value of species isn't modern, it is
> actually Greek. Aristotle and Plato endorsed it; see Lovejoy's Great Chain
> of Beings. ............................
A belief which still continues in modified form. E.g., Rush Limbaugh's
statement (in _The Way Things Ought to Be_) that he doesn't worry about destruction of
the environment because he believes in creation - i.e., that God will maintain the
status quo. It's a comforting, self-serving, & entirely unbiblical, idea.
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/