Re: Early Adam/Recent Noah?

Oliver Beck (Oliver.Beck@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de)
Wed, 8 Jan 1997 16:39:16 +0100 (MET)

On Mon, 6 Jan 1997, Travis E. Doane wrote:

> Hello and God Bless to everyone on the evolution list.
>
> This is my first post, so I will follow protocol and tell you a little
> about myself. I am a student at Radford University in Southwest Virginia.
> I became a Christian during the summer between High School and College
> and became actively involved with a student Christian organization.
>
Welcome to the reflector.

> As of right now, I am still undecided as to what my position actually is.
> I'm wavering between a progressive creation and Theistic Evolution
> viewpoint. But one thing I have determined is that dogmatic creationists,
> especially young earthers, are doing a great disservice to Christianity
> by putting up unnecessary barriers between believers and unbelievers.

Why is it a disservice to believe the Bible more than the wisdom of man ?
That's what a 'dogmatic creationist' is doing, if I've understood you
correctly.

Oliver Beck
student of physics