[asa] How did we get here? (UK sees huge decrease in belief in 'evolution')

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How did we get here? (UK sees huge decrease in belief in 'evolution')
Guardian ^ | 15 Aug 06 | Harriet Swain
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684122/posts [refresh browser]

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One comment [to which I was pinged, but I haven't had time to respond
to it yet]:

To: R. Scott; Alamo-Girl; betty boop; Matchett-PI; P-Marlowe; Buggman

As I said, there are major evolutionists who insist that evolution
MEANS no need for God.

It's like the Koran and islamo-fascism. Some say that islam doesn't
"have" to be violent. Others look in the text and can only agree that
the islamo-fascists are correctly interpreting their text.

Some prominent theologians say that evolution does not have to mean
the demise of God. Other prominent evolutionists, however, insist
that it does. Many Christians think that the 2nd group is correct,
that they are mutually exclusive ideas.

My own sense is that any God who can be interpreted into this version
of evolution will be dramatically less omnipotent, omniscient, and
omnipresent than the God of the Bible.

With due deference to those believers who accept some form of
theistic evolution, I'm not sure the resulting God is powerful enough
to bring Jesus Christ alive from the grave. I'm not sure He's even
powerful enough to (ex nihilo) change water into wine.

151 posted on 08/16/2006 7:04:50 AM EDT by xzins (Retired Army
Chaplain and Proud of It! Supporting the troops means praying for
them to WIN!)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1684122/posts?page=151#151

He was replying to #150:

  xzins wrote: The germ theory of disease has been proven. Evolution
has not. Just that would be cause for someone to be skeptical.

 From what I have read on evolution threads, the religionists who are
rabid anti-evolution would never accept any proof of evolution, no
matter how strong. It seems to me that evolution is the last bit of
science they can claim is false. It is as if they fear that if they
accept evolutionary science they will lose their faith in God. Their
faith should be stronger than that.

150 posted on 08/16/2006 6:46:50 AM EDT by R. Scott

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