Job loss persecution

GRMorton@aol.com
Thu, 29 Jun 1995 07:13:07 -0400

Kevin Wirth wrote:
> So
probable in fact that if you DON'T choose to accept that view, you are
likely to lose your job, status, future (and past) awards and promotions if
you are unlucky enough to be a member of academia or scientific
institutions. Go ask Forrest Mims about standards. Go ask the young man I
know who was cheated of a degree because he dared to choose *not* to accept
evolutionary standards as his guiding light. Go ask Dean Kenyon of San
Francisco State what it was like to have honor and privilege stripped from
him after publicly admitting he preferred creation to evolution. The only
thing that saved his job was his tenure -- but they sure made his life hell
for quite a long time. Go ask the man who lost his "teacher of the year"
award when someone decided to point out he was a creationist. Did he keep
his award? No way. Countless stories like these literally erupt from the
past, and I can recount far too many of them. So please don't even BEGIN to
tell me about MY high standards!!! <

I can add to your list. I lost an extremely well paying job because of my
YEC views. I spent months earning half of my previous salary. For years,
after that my income was only 75% of the former salary.While bitter at first,
I finally had to face up to the fact that God commands me to forgive. That
wasn't easy and I didn't want to. But you know what? We didn't miss a single
meal, we just had to eat them at home instead of at a restaurant.

Jesus also promised his disciples that they would have a hard time in this
world. So why do we continue to expect that all is going to be fair for us?
It isn't.

On the other side, I am not sure that Christians are anymore interested in
tolerating differences than are these scientists in the examples you cite. I
fear that this trait of persecuting and rejection those who differ from us,
is part of the fallen nature. And humanity is quite good at that activity.

glenn