From: Vernon Jenkins (vernon.jenkins@virgin.net)
Date: Sat Oct 25 2003 - 17:53:17 EDT
"What puzzles me is the number of purportedly respectable academics who
support young earth creation - specifically ICR."
Yes, Burgy, I can well understand your frustration with these infidels and
sense your leaning toward a gulag-like solution to the problem, as you see
it. But I suggest the _real_ problem lies elsewhere: on your own doorstep,
in fact. For it is clear to me that like many on this list you are content
to base your beliefs on a selected _subset_ of the available data. As a
result, your interpretation of what you do accept is inevitably skewed, and
valueless.
For example, at the most fundamental level you blatantly ignore the biblical
strictures concerning man (surely confirmed by one's knowledge of oneself
and of the world) and assume that the Christian is inevitably a _neutral_
observer and commentator in respect of ultimate origins. Again, you overlook
Paul's clear warning to believers in respect of _the wiles of Satan_
(Eph.6:11-17) - ignoring the implications of this passage, which are
profound indeed, for they reach into every corner of our lives. Finally,
there are the Bible-based phenomena which Richard and I have brought to your
attention over the past months and years - still largely unacknowledged, and
still awaiting detailed assessment by those committed to following truth, no
matter where it may lead.
Burgy, it appears that you have yet to understand that some Christians do
see the _bigger picture_ (as I have outlined it above) and conclude that
where God's revelation speaks specifically of a particular matter then
nothing more can, or should, be said. Accordingly, your list of names is
hardly a _roster of shame_. Rather, it reveals that many respectable
academics now heed the scriptural warnings against unbelief, and realise
that in respect of extrabiblical reconstructions of earth history, the
pronouncements of science can carry little real authority.
Some advice: rather than 'fear for our civilization', why not follow Glen's
sage advice: in your deliberations, ensure that you accomodate _all_ the
data that bears upon the matter of origins. To base your thesis on anything
less clearly denigrates the scientific traditions we revere.
Vernon
http://www.otherbiblecode.com
"The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed
belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may observe all the words of
this law." (Dt.29:29)
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