Re: [asa] Who's to blame for the lost ones?

The fault is clealy not with the "evolutionist."

I know what you are getting at. But I think the blame is with how the
question is worded. I am not sure I know what "10 kids accepted Christ in
the 3rd grade Sunday School," means. Similarly I dont know what "just left
the faith" means either.

True faith cant be lost, accepting evolution has nothing to do with it.
There are similar problems with the idea of "accepting Christ". Perhaps
events like this are not at all true conversions, but instead an attempt to
fit in with their other 9 peers, or an attempt to please their parents.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dehler, Bernie" <bernie.dehler@intel.com>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 8:11 PM
Subject: [asa] Who's to blame for the lost ones?

> Imagine this, you hear a report at church that 10 kids accepted Christ
> in the 3rd grade Sunday School. Everyone claps.
>
> Fast forward 10 years, and you hear that the kid who entered college
> just left the faith because they now believe in evolution.
>
> Who's to blame, the evolutionist who is teaching the lie of evolution,
> or the church who says that evolution is a lie?
>
> If it is the church's fault, then a group like Ken Ham's AiG who claims
> to be doing "Creation Evangelism" is actually doing a form of
> "anti-evangelization" by destroying the faith of those who learn the
> truth of modern science. It is ironic that they think they are on the
> "cutting edge of evangelism" while they may be actually destroying the
> faith, by insisting that their theology must be received and modern
> science rejected in order to be a real Christian.
>
> This origins debate is so important, yet most churches don't talk about
> it because it is "too controversial." Maybe we should be more concerned
> with the truth and 'quality' instead of 'quantity,' afraid to upset the
> apple cart.
>
> I'm thinking more about this because I'm offering to teach a class at
> church, and am anticipating the push-back... I think there is a faction
> that wants to keep everyone in slumber.
>
>
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