Re: your posting. Don't hold your breath. We, or I should say, I just
stopped talking about these things for the nth time. In the past many
years I have often discussed these things and I kept on repeating
myself. For quite a while I will try not to be involve in discussions on
these subjects, unless a new point comes up.
Jan de K.
At 07:52 PM 13/03/02 -0600, Don Perrett wrote:
>Concerning your statements: While it is very articulate and a true
>expression of your faith, I would say that your comments on understanding
>the truth can be said about anyone who does not have the same
>interpretation. Regardless of one's view we must not be concerned with how
>right we are but rather we should be concerned about how wrong we are not.
>That is to say that if we speak from heart, mind and soul and only those
>things which we ourselves can prove with a reasonable understanding then we
>would all benefit. While one can say that the Bible is the truth, and I
>would certainly agree, that does not mean that the interpretations we hold
>to are correct. That is the point of the forum and discussions that are
>needed to continue our own spiritual enlightenment. "Where two or more meet
>there shall I be"
>Lets all continue the discussion and lets get into some specific dialogue
>Don P
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
>Behalf Of Vernon Jenkins
>Sent: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 5:16 PM
>To: John W Burgeson; asa@calvin.edu
>Subject: Re: ASA Perspective
>
>
>John,
>
>You wrote (10 Mar): "As you know, we have a couple (of) YECs who lurk here
>and sometimes post. They have a rough time of it because so many of us are
>quick to jump on their arguments. When you get six rebuttals to a single
>post, it does not take too long to determine that answering them is not a
>good use of time."
>
>It is possible that I am one of those you had in mind. However, the point I
>wish to make at this time has wider implications than the mere defence of
>YEC.
>
>Christians on the ASA list will know that the Scriptures paint a sorry
>picture of post-Edenic man: he is portrayed as an enemy of God and of His
>Christ (eg Ps.2); a creature of evil imagination from his youth (Gn.8:21);
>and deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked (Jer.17:9). A
>devastating indictment indeed! - and one that goes a long way toward
>explaining many of the world's ills, and the progressive undermining of
>God's
>Word by generations of higher critics and a largely unbelieving and powerful
>intellectual establishment.
>
>Clearly, if the biblical strictures are to be believed (and why not? - since
>they provide the raison d'etre for Incarnation, Cross and Resurrection!)
>then
>they represent a fundamental barrier to our understanding of the Creator and
>a proper assessment of His work in creation.
>
>Those on this list who question the sanity of the YEC position should let us
>know where they stand in respect of this foundational matter. Do they accept
>God's assessment of man's essential nature, or not? If not, then why not?
>And, if so, do they therefore proceed to accept that views so confidently
>expressed, and conclusions so stridently declared, in respect of earth and
>life history may be merely the fruits of potentially-flawed cognitive
>processes? - perhaps living examples of the 'evil imaginations' we read
>about
>in Gen.8:21!
>
>I suggest it behooves us all to accept gracefully, and with humility, that
>we
>can be hopelessly wrong in our understanding of what is, and what is not
>true. That is why God has deemed it necessary to provide us with a body of
>'revealed truth' . If we are wise, we will grasp this as does a drowning man
>the lifebelt thrown him!
>
>Sincerely, and with regards,
>
>Vernon
>
>http://www.otherbiblecode.com
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