RE: Conflicts and confrontation

Just a quick response to Merv who wrote:
 
>>But have any of you, because of your
evolutionary beliefs, found your faith enhanced -- built up?<<
 
I have not. But my Christian faith, which was only about a years worth
at the time, was severely tested by my first exposure to YEC. It was as
if I was being asked to swallow a lie as confirmation that I'd received
the truth. That was unsettling. I had to look for myself to find a
better alternative, and through God's grace and a little effort on my
part I found something which I believe is better. But I had a black
period where I was stymied and almost prayed a prayer of unsalvation.
 
Once when I was reading Job before going to bed I got angry at God for
allowing Satan to harass the poor guy. After all if Satan has that
latitude with one of God's righteous what chance would I have? When I
awoke in the morning I heard these words spoken to me aloud in an empty
room. "Let God come about you as He intended." So I just said quite
meekly, "Okay." And that's the same advice I would give anyone. Relax.
God's in control. If He really cared about us figuring it all out, it
would have been clearer in the first place. Start with the milk, and if
you're comfortable with that, go for the meat.
 
Dick Fischer
Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association
Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History
 <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org
Received on Mon Jun 5 22:05:12 2006