Re: [asa] Two questions...

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 10:24 PM, James Patterson
<james000777@bellsouth.net> wrote:
> I don't think it's the science issues that are the most troublesome, at
> least for me. It's the lack of foundational doctrines that are, I think,
> critical to many mainstream Christian churches. That would be concordism,
> and inerrancy/infallibility of the Word of God.

Actually, I think that concordism and YEC are problematic and faulty
primarily on a theological, doctrinal and hermeneutical grounds. When
we actually treat God's Word with the respect it deserves as his
revelation of his purposes and calling for humankind throughout
history, it becomes obvious (to me, anyhow) that concordism and YEC
detract and demean it.

In pre-science days there was no such thing as concordism or
scientific YEC because there was nothing that had to be made
concordant. The theological message was what mattered most. In other
words, the advent of science created a new issue for us to work
through, but it is the concordists and YECs who went down the wrong
path by making scripture "say" things that it was never meant to mean.

Doug Hayworth
Rockford, IL

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Received on Sat Feb 7 09:56:47 2009