Re: Phil Johnson on Focus on the Family

Moorad Alexanian (alexanian@uncwil.edu)
Mon, 03 May 1999 14:57:45 -0400

You are putting two things together, aren't you?, your faith and science. If
you were an atheist you would forget about your faith and go about your
science. You tell me what is theistic evolution to an atheist? It is like
grapenut neither grape nor nut. Didn't we criticize Newton for invoking
angels to avoid the slowing down of planets due to friction? Moorad

-----Original Message-----
From: Brian D Harper <bharper@postbox.acs.ohio-state.edu>
To: asa@lists.calvin.edu <asa@lists.calvin.edu>
Date: Saturday, May 01, 1999 10:29 PM
Subject: Re: Phil Johnson on Focus on the Family

>At 01:53 PM 4/27/99 -0400, Moorad wrote:
>>Theistic evolution always seemed to me as the way a Christian reconciles
>>his/her science with his/her Christian faith and so attempt to have
his/her
>>cake and eat it too.
>
>This is a rather insulting statement, Moorad. What evidence do you
>have that I am reconciling my faith and my science?
>
>Brian Harper
>Associate Professor
>Applied Mechanics
>The Ohio State University
>
>"All kinds of private metaphysics and theology have
>grown like weeds in the garden of thermodynamics"
>-- E. H. Hiebert
>