Re: [asa] Sins of pseudoscience

Iain Strachan wrote:

   This then led to several awful years of depression.
>
> And on a personal level, having written an article for the local Church
> magazine on Creation/Evolution and Intelligent design, I have had lots
> of positive feedback on the quality of the article and how well written
> it is. But one person told me she now feels uncomfortable that what she
> has always believed (that man is a separate creation) is irreconcilable
> with modern science. I think I've been able to make some reasonable
> suggestions about how a Christian CAN reconcile it to her; but I do hope
> it doesn't have the same effect as the Selfish Gene had on that guy on
> Amazon.

On the other hand sometimes if we don't speak out that can also have a
devastating effect on other people.

Similarly, speaking up can persuade someone to give Christianity another
chance. During high school and university I attended churches that I
would describe as fundy. Part of these church's problem was
considerable legalism and pretense if one could not measure up. In
addition cultural things like art and music were denigrated. Shortly
after graduation from university we moved to New Jersey and bought a
house with Negro neighbors. We looked at a number of churches that
turned out to be all white and very interested in sending missionaries
to the poor lost in Africa, however our neighbors would not be welcome
and should attend a church with their own people. It was only as I
started to read Christians who spoke out against such practices that I
really began to consider again that there might still be something
worthwhile in Christianity, otherwise I might well have given it all up
as so much inconsistent trash.

Dave W (CSCA member)

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Received on Mon Jan 21 19:21:05 2008