>I'm less ambitious, or maybe more pessimistic. I'd be reasonably happy
>if such people could be brought to see that a TE position is _a_
>valid Christian view of origins.
Exactly.
I don't want to necessarily "win" (even though I think the YEC are wrong), I would be happy if I were accepted by many in the Evangelical community as a "real" Christian even though I do not hold to their literal interpretation of a couple of chapters in Genesis.
I've had Christians who, after reading my web pages, send me letters basically telling me that I'm bound for Hell if I don't come around to the YEC point of view. I've had people in churches insinuate that when I become a "mature" Christian, I'll see the error of my ways regarding YEC. It's very discouraging and I know for a fact that YEC does drive people (like fellow geology graduate students I knew) away from Christianity.
- Steve.
-- Steven H. Schimmrich KB9LCG schimmrich@earthlink.net Department of Physical Sciences Kutztown University 217 Grim Science Building, Kutztown, PA 19530 (610) 683-4437 http://www.uiuc.edu/ph/www/s-schim Fides quaerens intellectum