Evolution is a theory and creationism is a fact, with evidence to prove it.
Can you show me this evidence? --Beth, Pseudo usenet cop Merlin MTB, BikeE AT, RANS gliss, Trek R200, Kickbike Owned by Kavik (Samoyed Boy) and Toklat (Keeshond Boy) Anchorage, Alaska ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 7:36 AM Subject: RE: Religious argument in the US... Why? > In response to Larry and Jon: > > The reason it is the Law of Gravity is that gravity is real and proven. The > reason that is the Law of Thermodynamics is that it is real and it is > proven. The reason it is the Theory of Evolution is that it is a theory and > unproven. > > And it's unproven for a reason. You can't prove the improvable. You > certainly can't prove a theory that has ample holes in it. And the biggest > hole is, what is the first cause? Scientists can't answer that question. > > And I believe and am convinced beyond doubt through all possible reasoning > and human understanding, there is only but one answer as to the first cause, > and that is God. It was not until I came to understand, not just believe, > that there was only one logical answer, that I was able to become a > Christian. My faith is not based on some pie in the sky, emotional response > to some event. My faith is logical, well reasoned and backed by scientific > and historical evidence. Creation is not a myth. It is an answer. > > So, are you going to call me ignorant and narrow minded? > > When you go around spouting those kinds of insults, you are going to get > people riled. The smartest, best educated people I am personally friends > with are all Christians. That's not to say there are not terribly bright > people who are atheists and Jews and Muslims and what not. I'm saying being > smart and well educated and being a Christian are not mutually exclusive > states of being. > > Pat Robertson and Jerry Falwell are not exactly far representatives of > Christianity or even fundamentalism (I'm not a fundamentalist, btw, I'm > evangelical -- a Nazarene, as for sect). They are money grubbers and media > mongers. They do not represent nor speak for the majority of Christians nor > even a majority of fundamentalists. They just have the loudest voices. The > loudest voices always get the majority of the press coverage. You never hear > from the majority of Christians in this country because they are largely > quiet people. > > As for what should be taught, creationism, as broadly defined, need not be > taught as a Christian theory or a Hindu theory, but just honestly. We do not > know how the universe began. Some people believe it started spontaneously. > Some people believe that a creator, a being greater than ourselves is > responsible. Some people believe this creator is God. Mathematically, the > odds of spontaneity are almost to mind boggling to even contemplate, which > is why even some of our brightest scientists believe in a creator. > > Evolution is a theory folks. Only a theory. And it should be taught as a > theory. To teach it otherwise is intellectually dishonest and to teach our > children to embrace ignorance about their universe. > > H. > > ______________________________________________________________________ Macromedia ColdFusion 5 Training from the Source Step by Step ColdFusion http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201758474/houseoffusion Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
