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To: El Cid

Not much different from the view held by many Christian and Jewish scientists.


208 posted on 10/05/2007 11:09:38 AM PDT by Squawk 8888 (Is human activity causing the warming trend on Mars?)
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To: Squawk 8888
Re: 208 [Theistic Evolution] Not much different from the view held by many Christian and Jewish scientists.

I don't disagree.
My point (Post 204, I believe) was that the posted article made a connection between islam and Creationists that I don't believe exists. I've never read of any 'Young Earth Creationist' islamics. I believe the mohammedan's consistent position is one of Theistic guided Evolution. The fact that islam supports Theistic guided evolution does not make it wrong (e.g., a stuck clock is correct twice a day), but my perception was that the author of the article was trying to browbeat Creationists with the claim that they were acting like islamics.
I suspect the real reason the teachers are running into some 'resistance' when teaching evolution in the classrooms is that more Christians have been influenced by the Creationist arguments. But rather than confront this issue, the author is attempting to 'shame' the Creationists by associating them with the mohammedans.
That was my problem with the article. Theistic guided evolution vs. Day Age vs. Gap vs. Framework vs. 'Literal' ('Young' Earth) Creation is an endless debate that I wasn't intending to step into.

212 posted on 10/05/2007 11:36:19 AM PDT by El Cid (Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
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