From: Michael Roberts (michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk)
Date: Wed Oct 08 2003 - 17:28:00 EDT
Dare I ask? What will happen to Mr Ham on the Day of Judgement?
What is amazing is just how many good and caring evangelicals swallow this
pernicious behaviour and then to be loving.
Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "Howard J. Van Till" <hvantill@chartermi.net>
To: "Josh Bembenek" <jbembe@hotmail.com>; <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: RATE
> >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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