Re: [asa] Advice for conversing with YECs

From all I have read by BBWarfield he had no conflict of inerrancy and
evolution.

It is people like BBW who keep me from totally rejecting inerrancy though I
cant agree with recent manifestations.

Michael
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From: "gordon brown" <Gordon.Brown@Colorado.EDU>
To: <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2008 9:30 PM
Subject: RE: [asa] Advice for conversing with YECs

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Walley [mailto:john_walley@yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 9:35 PM
>> To: asa@calvin.edu; James Patterson
>> Cc: mark.whorton@nasa.gov
>> Subject: RE: [asa] Advice for conversing with YECs - attn John
>>
>>
>> I won't argue with you about CD anymore. But your acceptance of that
>> makes you an anomaly among most RTB supporters. The difference between
>> you and I and is the inerrancy issue as I just realized and mentioned in
>> my previous email.
>>
>> Likewise now I am suggesting we have the same difference here. We agree
>> on CD and that God was involved at least indirectly but possibly also
>> directly in the creation of man. Then what do we disgree on? Simply on
>> the fact that you feel that for your interpretation of the Bible to be
>> true, God had to be directly involved, striking the clock every hour
>> instead of just winding it up, and that this is scientifically
>> detectable. So I contend at the heart of the RTB argument, like Bernie
>> suggested the other day, it is a defense of this inerrant interpretation
>> of the Bible, not really CD or fiat creation of man.
>>
>
> It does not appear that there is a consensus on the definition of
> inerrancy. I imagine that there are many TEs who are members of churches
> whose creed affirms inerrancy and who are not uncomfortable about this.
> B.B. Warfield, whose name is associated with the doctrine of inerrancy,
> apparently saw no conflict between inerrancy and TE, at least according to
> quotes I have heard attributed to him.
>
> Gordon Brown (ASA member)
>
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