Re: deceptive god

From: Bill Payne (bpayne15@juno.com)
Date: Sun Jan 21 2001 - 10:53:14 EST

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    On Sat, 20 Jan 2001 14:07:34 -0700 John W Burgeson <burgytwo@juno.com>
    writes:

    > One thing seems
    > certain. If one posits fiat creation of any kind, an appearance
    > of age must be a part of that hypothesis. That fact makes
    > scientific tests of the claim difficult, if not wholly
    > impossible, leading to the observation that "Scientific
    > Creationism" is simply an oxymoron.

    As I see it, either God created from nothing, or else the universe is
    eternal (a thought which comes from the late apologist, Walter Martin).
    An if the universe is eternal, then the phrase "In the beginning..."
    loses all meaning. How can a Christian possibly avoid a belief, at some
    level, in "unreal history?" Is it not just a matter of where we choose
    to place the boundary between unreal and real history?

    Bill



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