From: Walter Hicks (wallyshoes@mindspring.com)
Date: Tue Aug 26 2003 - 10:41:04 EDT
Michael Roberts wrote:
> If this wasn't so sad it would be funny.
>
> Perhaps Walter can see the problem now.
>
> I have recently had Col 2.8 thrown at me as an ultimate spiritual handgrenade;
>
> "I would also draw to your attention the well worn verse of Col 2:8, that you should not depend on
> human tradition and the basics principles of the world instead of Christ. I would hesitate to argue
> that from your concluding
> paragraph about you choosing the Scientific over the Bible in terms of your thinking on this issue,
> you have condemned yourself in line with the above passage. Quite clearly your arguement was not
> founded on scripture, and so I
> don't expect your reply to be, "
>
> In other words too many YEC practice spiriitual character assassination.
>
> Michael
>
I can say the same of many Christians who are not
YEC. Therefore I should condemn all Christians --
If I follow your line of reasoning.
You condemn an entire category of Christians
because of the actions of some. Your problem is
with the YEC scientific outlook and those who
pretend it is science --- not the entire set of
Christians who take the Bible to be literal and
science to be something restricted to the present.
I know many good Christians who are YEC and they
do not act as you say. You have no right to
generalize. The result is the polarizing of
Christians against one another instead of a
meaningful dialog.
Walt
Walt
-- =================================== Walt Hicks <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>In any consistent theory, there must exist true but not provable statements. (Godel's Theorem)
You can only find the truth with logic If you have already found the truth without it. (G.K. Chesterton) ===================================
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