From: Josh Bembenek (jbembe@hotmail.com)
Date: Mon Oct 06 2003 - 09:58:18 EDT
GRM: The fear is that if one accepts evolution you have to accept that
>the Bible is false! That last statement will get the hackles of the
>old-earthers up! But before the complaints and defenses come in, hear me
>out. YEC leaders constantly tell these people that if evolution is true,
>then the Bible is false. They are programmed to follow that line of
>reasoning and thus when faced with obvious data that doesn't fit or flatly
>contradicts their viewpoint, they look into the precipice and see atheism.
>And they recoil. That programming is why I have struggled with these
>issues
>for years.
Glenn, this was precisely one of the most strongly reinforced messages that
Ken Ham wanted to convey. Even further, the doctrine of a YE is critical
for a correct understanding of the fall. Therefore the issue of age becomes
a major cornerstone to one of the fundamental truths of the gospel message:
the Fall. Without the fall, we don't need to be saved, etc. therefore the
earth must be young. If anyone comes to the realization that the truth of
the Fall of man is completely independent of the age of Creation, then Ken
Ham will lose a great deal of rhetorical momentum.
Josh
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