Re: [asa] Two questions...

Doug wrote:
> 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

I'm not sure what you mean by saying that "science created a new issue."
I don't see why "science" should be viewed any differently than any other
"tradition of men" or worldly temptation.

I can only guess you think it different because you believe that science
is a "new truth," meaning, I suppose that its "truth," as another
authority of truth, can stand in opposition, or contrast, with Biblical
"truth."

But isn't this just the position of external criticism and conflict that
has historically bugged the church from the beginning.

My only point here is that science, as far as I can tell, has no special
distinctive. Remember, that "science" is historically contextualized, and
that before Newton there was Aristotle. From the perspective of church
history both are equal.

bill powers
White, SD

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Received on Sat Feb 7 23:54:39 2009