the bizarre and Christianity

From: James Mahaffy (mahaffy@mtcnet.net)
Date: Sat May 12 2001 - 18:24:01 EDT

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    Folks,

           I really should not take a break from grading - ah the joy of the
    end of the semester. But Terry's post on cranks and bizarre talks and
    papers got my to thinking again that some of my core beliefs would
    appear "foolish to the outside world." After all, I am a biologist who
    believes in a virgin birth and other miracles that do NOT fit the way
    the world generally operates. And I even believe that death was
    reversed when our Lord rose.

            I suspect CS Lewis would say that a God who is a real God and
    not your image of a God, would work in ways humans can not comprehend.
    Yet as I think about, except for the testament of early Christians and
    the Holy Spirit witness to me, there is no easy way to distinguish my
    beliefs from the chap that believe in pyramid power (an early ASA
    meeting). If there were, we could persuade any rational being of the
    correctness of our beliefs.

            Comments anyone?

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