RE: Hugh Ross's flat prediction

That would be the book Origins of Life. It will be published in April. I
don't think many here will be happy with the predictions it makes. I
wouldn't fear for the failure of the predictions. They are structured to
hardly be able to fail.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu]On
> Behalf Of Terry M. Gray
> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 8:53 PM
> To: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: Re: Hugh Ross's flat prediction
>
>
> I heard Hugh Ross speak at CSU this winter. He said that one of the
> things they are working on is a set of "scientific predictions" that
> distinguish between his view and the naturalistic view. He makes it
> sounds as if these will be definitive tests that allow to determine
> which is true: Christianity or naturalism. Of course, we all
> recognize that he's talking about his version of Christianity.
>
> It will be interesting to see if Hugh changes his understanding of
> Christianity should one of his predictions fails. I trust that the
> Holy Spirit will do His work and convince him of the truth of the
> faith despite the predictive failures. But we shall see.
>
> TG
>
>
>
> >Isn't Scripture silent on this? While it wouldn't surprise me if God
> >decided to limit so-called intelligent life to one planet, I
> don't find it
> >necessary to go out on a limb and insist on it. On the other
> hand, I don't
> >find the case for abiogenesis and subsequent evolution to humanlike
> >creatures being easy to be very compelling, which is what most believers
> >in extraterrestial intelligent creatures probably assume.
> >
> >Gordon Brown
> >Department of Mathematics
> >University of Colorado
> >Boulder, CO 80309-0395
> >
> >
> >On Fri, 26 Mar 2004, John W Burgeson wrote:
> >
> >> The last mailing from Reasons to Believe (V8, #1) makes the flat
> >> assertion that life on earth is unique; there is no
> extraterrestrial life
> >> ANYWHERE in the universe (odds of 1 in 10**217) and that life on Mars
> >> WILL be discovered ("not a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN"), and
> >> shown to have originated from the hundred millions of earth material
> >> transported to Mars as a result of asteroid and comet collisions.
> >>
> >> I respect Ross, but how will his ministry fare when (not if)
> >> extraterrestrial life is actually encountered?
> >>
> >> Burgy
> >>
> >> www.burgy.50megs.com/astory.htm (a story to tell)
> >>
> >> Ubi Caritas
> >>
> >>
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Received on Fri Mar 26 22:15:38 2004