RE: concordance & genesis (edited)

Walter wrote
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>see all of Jim Eisele's posts in the past. He is an excellent example of
what
>Glenn Morton points out. The transition from YEC to atheist is one that
>happens a lot. Since the YEC focus is on certain interpretations of the old
>testament, many of them never really knew what Christianity was all about
>(i.e. the relationship with Jesus Christ). Jim strikes me as such a person.
>His faith had to be based upon some distorted view of the OT in order for
>that faith to survive.

And Michael Roberts wrote:

>If I remember right Jim's transition from YEC to atheist took some six
months.
>He firstly devised a rather inadequate OE position as if to stem the tide
but
>still the slide went on.
>
>He may correct me but I guess that what happened is that as he delved into
YEC
>he found the flaws and possibly (like me at L'Abri with ole F Schaeffer)
was
>a bit abrasive - understandably. Members of his church and possibly his
pastor
>accused him of being unspiritual or whatever spiritual language they used
to
>cover up their bigotry and this accelerated the process. With little
spiritual
>support and being unable tofind an alternative of YEC or atheism he chose
the
>latter. Perhaps all members of his church deserve millstones round their
>necks.

GRM I have seen this process so many times. But you are correct that not
all is lost. I recently ran into a guy who told me that after he became an
atheist, he ran into my web site and he has returned to the faith, but he
sure is cynical about things. Maybe I still am also. The trust is gone.
When you see YECs making so many obvious errors and you know you can't trust
them, it makes you wonder if you can trust anything in a Christian
bookstore.

One other thing I have observed with falling YECs. They find it very
difficult to tell their wives that they have changed. I did, a guy I met in
my last month in Aberdeen did, a guy who recently emailed me from Iceland
did. And a few others have mentioned this phenomenon. Even having gone
through it, I wonder why, but it is something I have observed.
Received on Mon Dec 15 19:50:03 2003