Re: Johnson's concluding remarks (fwd)

Joel Cannon (cannon@alpha.centenary.edu)
Mon, 27 Jan 1997 12:19:25 -0600 (CST)

>
> Dick Fischer wrote:
>
> > I wonder how many, like me, regard "Johnsonism" as ever bit as much a
> > threat to the overall effectiveness of our Christian witness as Darwinism.
> > His brand of deception is slick, subtle and sophisticated, but still leads
> > gullible adherents down the same primrose path with the YECs. Armed with
> > more creationist propaganda they can assail the walls of science and
> > academia with added, though misguided, vigor. That's all we need is more
> > creationist zealots, ill-equipped and ill-advised.
>
> I'd put it more gently but agree in principle. What Johnson has
> done is to give many Christians an excuse for not doing any serious
> theological thinking about creation-evolution relationships.
> George Murphy
>

Amen from here.

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