Its not offensive to say what you believe, unless what you believe is bigoted. No apologies needed.
--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: Tuesday, March 12, 2002 6:41 PM Subject: RE: Evolution and Education -- what I believe > It occurred to me that I've debated this issue quite a bit, but I don't know > if I've ever really spelled out what I believe, though I've probably said > most of the below at one time or another, just not all at once: > > I believe there is a creator. I do not pretend to know the nature of this > creator. > > I believe the universe started with a big bang how many ever billions and > billions of years ago. > > I believe the creator, of course, was the author of this big bang. > > I believe that for the most part, the creator set in motion the universe as > we know it and though the universe has existed mostly without the creator's > intervention, the creator has dipped his finger into the soup from time to > time. > > The universe has evolved. Creatures have evolved. All of this was part of > the creators design. > > I am not entirely sure of the creator's purpose, but I like to believe that > it was so that a certain number of intelligent, feeling creatures such as > humans could come to life, come to knowledge and come into fellowship with > him -- not be cause the creator needs fellowship, but because the creator > wanted fellowship. > > I believe the universe and all it's creatures have bits of the creator in it > or them. For humans, one thing we have in the creators image is our > creativity, possibly also our humor and our love. > > I believe that at one time the universe, or our part of it, was a paradise > of sorts and that man could have perfect fellowship with the creator, but > because the creator endowed use with free will and ego (necessary to know > true love), we had the ability to rebel and we did. (Original Sin). > > I believe that the creator wanted to reveal himself to us and has used > nature to reveal himself, but also he felt the need to speak with us > directly about who he is and what he wants, and he INSIPIRED certain > religious writings, specifically the Bible. The inspired writers, having > knowledge limited by their time and place, did their best to interpret in > human terms the creator's inspired terms, and thusly, the creator became > known as God (or the ancient language equivalent terms). > > I believe that the third stage of God's attempt to communicate with us, as > prophesied, was to come to earth in human form and walk among us and that > the person who was God among us was Jesus Christ, who was born of virgin > birth. But Jesus was largely rejected by his peers because of the free will > and ego that caused the fall in the first place, so he was killed, in body > and died in body and on the third day rose again from the dead and ascended > to heaven after a period of time of fellowship with his followers. > > I believe that He will return again some day and establish the Kingdom of > God on earth, thereby fulfilling the final Old Testament prophecies. > > The last few graphs, I know, get a little sectarian, and I apologize to any > I have offended. That was not my intention ... but I felt that if I was > going to go on record with what I believe, I should carry the train of > thought through to the end. I normally try to avoid sectarian comments on > this list, but felt I should be clear in this case about what I believe. > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
