At 08:58 AM 12/9/99 -0500, Moorad Alexanian wrote:
>Dear Glenn,
>
>Studying the past from present evidence is forensic science. In the case of
>a crime, for instance, the prosecution sets up a scenario of past events on
>the basis of the existing evidence and seeks further evidence to verify that
>chosen scenario. This is common also to the question of origins. If the
>Bible does not say something explicitly, then one has to assume something
>and see how the facts and Scripture jive with the original assumption. I do
>not see anything wrong with this procedure. The question is to realize that
>all such assumptions or presuppositions are on equal footing.
Agreed. The unfortunate thing with us Christians is that we begin to
believe our theology as if it were inspired and God gave us stone tablets
to boot!
glenn
Foundation, Fall and Flood
Adam, Apes and Anthropology
http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
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