SteamDoc@aol.com wrote:
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> I saw a great example of this a few months ago when John Wiester spoke at our
> local ASA meeting. He made a big point of saying that the 3 major issues
> with regard to "evolution" for Christians were (parodying the old real estate
> line) "mechanism, mechanism, and mechanism." For Wiester, a mechanism that
> referred only to natural processes without any gaps for God to act in was
> unacceptable. .........................
If Wiester were consistent about this then he would also reject the standard
scientific theories of embryological development, plant growth, the operation of a
nuclear reactor, & a vast number of other processes which Christians are quite happy
to explain terms of natural processes without thinking that God needs "gaps" to work in.
It is only in connection with evolution that some Christians today try to perpetrate
this kind of silliness.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
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