RE: [asa] Two questions...

Well, I agree with you about YEC...I am not one. I am most closely aligned
with OEC theology. I must disagree with you on concordism, however. Let's
look at the Bible:

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Psalm 19:1-4
The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his
hands. 
Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display
knowledge. 
There is no speech or language where their voice is not heard.
Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the
world. 
Romans 1:20 
For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities-his eternal
power and divine nature-have been clearly seen, being understood from what
has been made, so that men are without excuse.
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God is Truth. His Word is True. He created the Heavens and the Earth. If
what we discover about the world and how he created it and us is true to
God, then it should (and does, IMO) agree with his Word.
That doesn't mean we understand everything, or agree on everything, but it
does mean (to me) that our interpretations of the Bible and of nature should
agree. 
JP
-----Original Message-----
From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Douglas Hayworth
Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 8:56 AM
To: James Patterson
Cc: asa@calvin.edu
Subject: 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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