From: Howard J. Van Till (hvantill@chartermi.net)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 12:57:07 EDT
>From: "Josh Bembenek" <jbembe@hotmail.com>
>>HVT: Sometimes, however, that informed judgment might well lead a person or a
>>community to abandon a belief once held and to modify the reigning system
>>of
>>beliefs. That's what led the scientific community to abandon both flood
>>geology and special creation.
>
> JB: Unless, of course, Ken Ham was right when he repeated mulitple times that
> the problem is with Satan's clever trickery that has led the scientific
> community into a greivous error that directly contradicts "The Word Of God."
>
> Somehow, I tend to agree with Howard's analysis.
>
> Maybe someday those that are reading all my emails (one person whom I met)
> that I post to this list will actually respond to some of these issues
> instead of remaining anonymous and watching from the sidelines. Perhaps
> they can clarify in more detail exactly why informed judgement did not lead
> scientists away from the YEC theories, and how it was Satan.
This suggests a question: Is it considered good Christian practice among
YEC's to demonize the opposition? That is, is it acceptable Christian
practice to ascribe the well-informed scientific judgments of professional
scientists (including the majority of the Christians who are professional
scientists) to the work of Satan? Did Mr. Ham offer any scriptural support
for this practice of Christian demonizing?
Howard Van Till
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