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To: John Locke

Friend, don't give up hope. Don't let anyone push you out. God created the world, but the Bible is not a book of science. It's a book of theology and history (and poetry and more!). The Bible is the story of God's salvation of man, with a preamble about our creation. Focus on Christ, not competing interpretations of Genesis.


17 posted on 02/03/2005 3:22:44 PM PST by James S. Robb
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To: James S. Robb
Thank you for a reply in the spirit of my post. I have no intention of giving up hope or becoming (again - long story) an atheist. No amount of Christian fundamentalist drivel can ever hide the manifest glory of God, to which the whole of Nature attests, from the meanest trilobite fossil to the largest galaxy.

I indeed regard the Bible as poetry, parable, history, theology, and a work of true devotion. Which is why it saddens me so much to see it turned from a mighty witness into a mighty stumbling block, by those who claim for it a false authority in the humble matters of science.

Evolution happened. If your religion cannot accept that, then those who trust the witness of the rocks have no choice but to reject your witness - and rightly so. Unfortunately, it is the false witnesses to God that shout so loud, and that lead many into rejecting not only the false witness, but also the true God. And that is the great evil of fundamentalism.

18 posted on 02/14/2005 12:13:09 AM PST by John Locke
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