In response to challenges against Christianity (and thus Jesus Christ,
Himself) Allan Harvey writes:
>Efforts to make the Bible "line up" with science have at least 2 bad
effects:
And later
>Jim, you're jumping in pretty aggressively on ground many of us have given
years of prayerful thought and study to. It's good to see a young person
interested in these things and in the ASA, >but before you shoot from the
hip too much more, I think it would behoove you to read a book or >two that
delineates the important issues in a mature Christian manner. Read "The
Fourth Day." >Or George Murphy's "Toward a Christian View of a Scientific
World." Or Charles Hummel's "The >Galileo Connection." Or Robert Fisher's
"God Did It, But How?" Or Richard Bube's "Putting It >All Together." Any
of these will at least give the basic arguments why a Christian should not
>try to force the Bible to be a science textbook. Reading a well-written
book really is a better >path to understanding than these e-mail exchanges.
Allan, I am trying to heed your warnings about staying calm. You're not
helping any. You can give 15 billion years of prayerful thought to "the
issues."
If you can't defend one single constructive idea in a public forum, take a
seat. Stop telling me to go read books. That is grossly insulting. Get
one idea that shows where the Bible doesn't reconcile with science into a
public forum, please.
-Not pleased, Jim
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