RE: [asa] AIG -- Scientists! Give it up!

Hi Iain, you wrote:

>>I disagree totally with your position.<<

That's what we do on this list.

>>Creationists as paid assassins??? What on earth are you talking about?<<

Jim Jones fed his congregation spiked Kool-Aid. They drank it and died.
What kind words can we say about Jim Jones? We can have pity for the duped
congregation, but Jones was culpable. My indignation is aimed at the ring
leaders who I'll leave unnamed, but one of them died recently.

>>Yes, they're deluded, I'll agree to that. So was I but I didn't allow
myself to be for very long.<<

I have no quarrel with those who because of lack of relevant knowledge get
caught up in YEC. When they get to heaven, who'll care? It's the untold
millions who think the Bible is incredible because YECs have sold them the
same bill of goods - that's who I care for. I was lucky having been saved
when I was in my forties, well-educated, and not so susceptible to YEC
propaganda. But I could have lost my new-found faith had I not persevered
and looked hard for better answers. Many others would have just bailed out
all together, I almost did.

>> But I've known a close colleague who was a sincere creationist & there's
no way I'd call him a charlatan, or a "paid up assassin".<<

Nor would I. There are probably less than a score of individuals who could
qualify for a custom-made millstone for their scrawny necks. But God is the
judge of that, not you or I.

Dick Fischer

Dick Fischer, Genesis Proclaimed Association

Finding Harmony in Bible, Science, and History

 <http://www.genesisproclaimed.org> www.genesisproclaimed.org

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Received on Mon Jul 24 15:47:34 2006