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pan6467 · 08-10-2005, 06:59 AM

Is Bush right in his drive to "Christianize" the country? No.
Should we ignore evolution? No.
Is there a compromise, yes. Teach both, one as a science (evolution), one as a philosophy and explain that nobody truly knows the truth, that both are hypothesis that are impossible to prove.

My personal view, I said this before in Tilted Philosophy.

When I was in the Navy, a friend of mine was the son of a minister and he put evolution and the Bible into context where both could feasibly exist.

The Bible says God created everything in 6 days, but it does not say if it were 6 of our days or 6 of God's days.

1 day to an omnipotent God maybe a million years.

Maybe it is very possible evolution happened because as much as we may want to believe God is perfect, he couldn't just create everything from nothing but had to create the right circumstances then nourish them and make sure everything came out ok.

That's the very basic gist of what he said, and as I stated he put forth a very good argument that both could exist.

08-10-2005, 06:59 AM	#14 (permalink)
pan6467 Lennonite Priest Location: Mansfield, Ohio USA	Is Bush right in his drive to "Christianize" the country? No. Should we ignore evolution? No. Is there a compromise, yes. Teach both, one as a science (evolution), one as a philosophy and explain that nobody truly knows the truth, that both are hypothesis that are impossible to prove. My personal view, I said this before in Tilted Philosophy. When I was in the Navy, a friend of mine was the son of a minister and he put evolution and the Bible into context where both could feasibly exist. The Bible says God created everything in 6 days, but it does not say if it were 6 of our days or 6 of God's days. 1 day to an omnipotent God maybe a million years. Maybe it is very possible evolution happened because as much as we may want to believe God is perfect, he couldn't just create everything from nothing but had to create the right circumstances then nourish them and make sure everything came out ok. That's the very basic gist of what he said, and as I stated he put forth a very good argument that both could exist. __________________ I just love people who use the excuse "I use/do this because I LOVE the feeling/joy/happiness it brings me" and expect you to be ok with that as you watch them destroy their life blindly following. My response is, "I like to put forks in an eletrical socket, just LOVE that feeling, can't ever get enough of it, so will you let me put this copper fork in that electric socket?" Last edited by pan6467; 08-10-2005 at 07:03 AM..