On Mon, 24 Jan 2005, Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> (1) In his Sermon on the Mount - following some sound logic - our Lord utters the words, "... by their fruits ye shall know them." (Mat.7:20). Later, in Galations 5:22-23, we are informed of the fruits of the Spirit, viz love, joy, peace, longsuffering,... It is therefore most instructive to contrast these with what we know of the fruits of evolution, viz the destruction of scriptural authority, the lies of Ernst Haeckel and others, the support of evil regimes,... Clearly, this doctrine is no friend of the gospel of Christ; it bears no affinity with the Scriptures whatsoever! Why, then, are some Christians persuaded it does? In view of the Lord's clear 'litmus test', cited above, one would suppose his followers would pursue an intensely rigorous and continuing assessment of the merits of this teaching. Strangely, one does not find this to be so; rather we observe Christian happily joining forces with atheist in defence of a theory of origins which, progressively, makes no!
nsense of the former's declared allegiance to Christ.
>
Vernon,
If Christians are to be condemned for agreeing with atheists on some
matter concerning origins, what about the young earth creationists who
along with the atheists opposed the Big Bang Theory?
Gordon Brown
Department of Mathematics
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309-0395
Received on Mon Jan 24 18:29:43 2005
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