In a message dated 5/24/01 9:35:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
bpayne15@juno.com writes:
> I am strongly in favor of the ID movement; evolution is being used by
> many to undercut our faith by making God irrelavant - especially in our
> schools (IMHO).
>
I hope these two clauses are not as directly linked as they appear to be.
All sorts of things can get "used by many to undercut our faith."
Heliocentrism and Newtonian physics being two historic examples. If
evolution is being used in that manner (which I would agree that it is,
though probably not to the extent Bill Payne would say it is), should not our
primary call be to oppose this *misuse* of the science? The only motivation
for opposing the science itself should be if the science is not true, which
is not the motivation Bill states.
If we recognize God's sovereignty over nature, then natural explanations like
evolution (whether true or not) can never "undercut our faith."
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