Re: Why?/Re: Answersingenesis

From: Jonathan Clarke (jdac@alphalink.com.au)
Date: Wed Apr 04 2001 - 08:31:02 EDT

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    And presumably carrying a pair each of marsuipal moles and sugar gliders in the
    female's pouch, along with several species of antichenus, legless lizards, and
    thorny devils as...

    Jon

    "M.B.Roberts" wrote:

    > Jonathan,
    >
    > You know as well as I do that a kangaroo can hop all the way from Sydney to
    > the Tigris and hop back again! It would be unntruthful to conceal such
    > wonderful truths for our youngsters. If we dont they might become Christians
    >
    > Yours
    >
    > Screwtape.
    >
    > I totally agree with you and I get fed up with kiddies view of the Ark and
    > think we should complain at every oppurtunity.
    >
    > Somewhere Martin Rudwick wrote that many criticiuse the Christian Faith from
    > an understanding which stopped developing when they left sunday school at 10
    > or 11.
    > A recent silly example is the Diocesan Children's work in Blackburn diocese
    > which held a Noah's Ark day at Blackpool Zoo thus reinforcing heresy and
    > destroying kiddies' faith
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "Jonathan Clarke" <jdac@alphalink.com.au>
    > Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>
    > Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 11:11 AM
    > Subject: Re: Why?/Re: Answersingenesis
    >
    > >
    > >
    > > "M.B.Roberts" wrote (in part):
    > >
    > > >
    > > > However I suspect but have no evidence that sunday School teachers
    > naively
    > > > were YEC without knowing they were and thus fixed yec sympathies at
    > grass
    > > > root level
    > > >
    > > > Michael
    > >
    > > I think the role of SS material, together with Bible story books, etc., in
    > > formulating attitudes of Christians to a number of issues is under
    > estimated.
    > > This is especially the case that such material is often visual. How many
    > > pictures of the garden of Eden for example, have lions lying with the
    > lamb, or
    > > even dinosaurs in the background with a pale skinned blond or brown haired
    > Adam
    > > and Eve (Adam clean shaven of course) with strageically placed greenery in
    > the
    > > foreground? Or with the flood account, how many have animals from the
    > Americas
    > > east Asia, or Australia boarding the ark? the power of such images in
    > colouring
    > > the perceptions of people, especailly those who might think no further
    > about
    > > them, may be very great.
    > >
    > > Jon
    > >
    > >
    > >



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