Re: A man of mud Re: Academics who actively support Young Earth Creationism

From: Walter Hicks (wallyshoes@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Nov 03 2003 - 14:31:50 EST

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    "D. F. Siemens, Jr." wrote:

    > >
    > May I suggest that the confessions coming from the Reformation and the
    > time immediately following, if they mentioned scripture, specified that
    > its truth is for faith and practice, or that it tells us all that we need
    > to know for our salvation. This is classical protestant orthodoxy. To
    > claim more for biblical interpretation (and for God's sake don't contrast
    > Genesis 1 and 2, and don't recognize that the church fathers figured out
    > that days can't be literal) then has to be heterodox.

    Dave, I was trying to poke fun at those who ere hung up on a literal
    interpretation by showing how silly that can be when done in the extremes
    that some were doing.

    >
    >
    > Of course, if you want to be exactly correct, the King James Version is
    > THE inspired Word and unconditionally authoritative for history, science,
    > mathematics, and every other study. Any departure therefrom condemns one
    > to hell--the hokey way to perdition.
    > Dave

    I just burned all my other copies. Thanks for the information.

    Walt 

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    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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