I had a heated debate on Facebook with some of my cousins who live in Texas when I suggested that perhaps they could consider evolution as the mechanism by which the Creator did his work. That the assumption of creation occurring in six 24 hour days disregards later comments in the Bible regarding time, as in "a day with G*d could be as 10 thousand years".
Nope..they won't even consider it. And when you try to point out all the flaws in their logic based on the contradictions within the Bible, they rain threats of hell-fire down on your head. In fairness to them, they have spent their entire life being taught what to think instead of how to think, so I guess me coming along with logic and alternate interpretations just blows their little minds. Makes me sad, because for the most part, they are good people. On Fri, Apr 9, 2010 at 10:52 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ever talk with a true believer, a classic biblical literalist? They > have no doubts about human (and any other) evolution. In their mind it > did not happen. Everything is immutable and fixed at time of creation. > > I find it very interesting to watch the semantic gyrations they go > into when confronted by any contradictory evidence. After all the > mental contortions and dodges are over, their response always boils > down to "It ain't in the BIBLE so it didn't happen" > > Either that or the contradictory evidence as irrelevant and is > condemned as either God (or Satan) testing their faith. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:315470 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
