RE: I wasn't "discounting" Glenn's story or his questions

I believe there are two aspects to nature, viz., the physical and the
non physical. Accordingly, my worldview is based on my Christian
faith, dealing with the nonphysical aspect of nature, and science,
dealing with the physical. Notice that the nature of man is both
physical and nonphysical.

Experimental sciences are quite definite and the conclusions from
them are unavoidable. However, there are areas of science, e.g.,
historical sciences, where the issues are not as clear cut. It is my
belief that the day we know all about nature we will find that there
is no contradiction between Scripture and the findings of science. Of
course, how we can extrapolate from what we know about science to the
nonphysical and how we can extrapolate from the nonphysical to the
physical is not easy and leads to speculative thinking, which I
consider a waste of time.

Do I deny the inerrancy of scripture and take Genesis non literally as
well? Am I like Lewis a conservative with a liberal tinge? You decide.

Moorad

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From: Michael Roberts [mailto:michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk]
Sent: Sun 10/24/2004 2:25 PM
To: Alexanian, Moorad; ed babinski; Bill Payne; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: I wasn't "discounting" Glenn's story or his questions

So you deny the inerrancy of scripture and take Genesis non literally as
well? Lewis was a conservative with a liberal tinge

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alexanian, Moorad" <alexanian@uncw.edu>
To: "Michael Roberts" <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk>; "ed babinski"
<ed.babinski@furman.edu>; "Bill Payne" <bpayne15@juno.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 2004 6:12 PM
Subject: RE: I wasn't "discounting" Glenn's story or his questions

I can't see where you find any disagreement whatsoever between what I have
written and the "mere Christianity" of Lewis. In fact, Lewis is one of the
most influential Christians in my life. I admire the simplicity of his
writing and the depth of his thoughts.

Moorad

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From: Michael Roberts [mailto:michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk]
Sent: Sat 10/23/2004 12:31 PM
To: Alexanian, Moorad; ed babinski; Bill Payne; asa@calvin.edu
Subject: Re: I wasn't "discounting" Glenn's story or his questions

Sorry Alexanian, but C S Lewis's beliefs are far closer to mine than yours,
as his are based on a reasoning faith. You can't make Lewis a fundamentalist
Michael
Received on Sun Oct 24 18:48:25 2004