On Sat, 16 Dec 1995 21:28:53 -0500 Glenn wrote:
SJ>Don't get me wrong! It is easy for me (a non-scientist) to
>criticise scientists who are Christians for not making a stand for
>God in their science. Indeed they would be "ignored or ridiculed",
>or as Johnson puts it "marginalized". However, if God did in fact
>create the universe, life and life's major groups, then who *is*
>going to bear witness to it, if it is not those self-same scientists
>who are Christians?
GM>Just because a person won't defend the way you think that God
>worked does not mean that they are "not making a stand for God in
>their science."
>I lost a very well paying job for making a stand for what I believed
>God wanted.
I was not referring to those who made a stand for God in their science
different from what I would, but to those Christian scientists who
don't make a stand for God in their science at all!
If a TE makes a stand for God in his/her science, then on the
principle of Philippians 1:18, I would rejoice.
Happy Christmas!
Stephen
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