I find it hard to believe that people leave their faith because there are no
Christian apologetics around to answer their doubts. What is wrong with
going to the original source, the Bible? Scientists go to the original
source, nature, to answer questions, don't they? As I Christian I believe
the Truth lies in Scripture, just as the truth about nature lies in nature
itself and not necessarily in the minds of researchers. I think the reason
for leaving the Christian faith is manifold, but I find it hard to believe
that it is the one you give.
Moorad
-----Original Message-----
From: glenn morton <mortongr@flash.net>
To: Charles F. Austerberry <cfauster@creighton.edu>
Cc: asa@udomo3.calvin.edu <asa@udomo3.calvin.edu>
Date: Wednesday, March 08, 2000 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: ID:philosophy or scientific theory?
>At 01:13 PM 3/8/00 -0600, Charles F. Austerberry wrote:
>Johnson and Behe and other ID proponents are at their best when
>>they ferret out non-scientific *philosophical* materialism /naturalism,
and
>>they don't have to look very hard to find such statements being made by
>>Sagan, Dawkins, Dennett, Provine, Wilson, etc.
>
>I wanted to point out a couple of things about the last two on this list.
>Wilson was raised a Southern Baptist and left Christianity when he was in
>college because there were no Christian apologetics which answered his
>questions. And Provine and I have had many e-mail chats a few years ago,
>(now rare since he is sick), about his faith. He was the son of a
>Presbyterian Preacher. He too lost his faith because he couldn't see any
>reason to believe the Bible especially given the apologetical choices.
>Now, my question to this group is, who is at fault? Is it those who lose
>faith, or those who failed to supply reasonable answers?
>glenn
>
>Foundation, Fall and Flood
>Adam, Apes and Anthropology
>http://www.flash.net/~mortongr/dmd.htm
>
>Lots of information on creation/evolution
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