Glenn posted:
>>And this is exactly why the flood has been a central area of concern for
>>me. It should have left some observational evidence, and I won't believe
>>in non-historical myths.>>
I understand. I DID read your two books, remember. I happen to think that IF
the flood was real, and not a myth, that your theory makes pretty good
sense. I'd personally be delighted if positive evidence for it turned up. I
mean, of course, an exploration of the Med seafloor. Your data on early
humanity is quite convincing, even if Hugh Ross ignores it.
>As I have said many times, this area is NOT , repeat NOT, about winning
people to Christ. That is the ICR view and it is false. The issue is about
not LOSING people to the faith!!!! That is an entirely different
perspective. I know lots and lots of geoscientists who have become atheist
or at least not-religious because of this issue. IT boils down to the
question I often ask, 'why should we believe that which is totally false?'>>
Yeah -- and I should have included this option in my list. I am not as
persuaded as you, however, that people who are serious seekers will turn
away just because of the ICR claims. To do so says to me they were not
serious about the quest in the first place.
And, yes, I have a friend of nearly 60 years that did so. Once a strong
Christian, he hit the YEC claims head on at college and became an atheist.
But I am persuaded, from talking to him in later years, that his initial
Christianity was held from enthusiasm, not from a personal relationship with
God, and that he has since made no serious effort to look deeper. He is
still my very good friend.
>>They might remain in the faith rather than rejecting it. We lose a lot of
>>the smartest people to the secular world because they don't want to
>>beleive that which is false.>>
See above. My friend is intelligent enough to become a high executive at
Pitney-Bowles, but intellect is not what drives people to dig deeper.
Indeed, I think "intelligence" has little to do with it.
JB
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