Hi Burgy,
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John W Burgeson [mailto:burgytwo@juno.com]
>Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2002 3:01 PM
>Yeah. I know. We are singing from the same page of the hymnbook here,
>Glenn. It is sad. Still -- based on what I see, they are winning the
>hearts and minds(?) of the multitudes. And I see no way that tide is
>going to be turned, at least not in my lifetime.
>
>But, as Edmund Burke observed, "Just because only a little can be done,
>it does not excuse one from doing what he can." (paraphrased), we must
>keep on keeping on in the gallant battle. Fundamentalism is only 90 years
>old, it has a good way to go before it dies. That it will die, I have
>little doubt. And, as Allen well knows, both you and I, along with many
>here, are committed to killing it just a little bit sooner by our
>arguments and testimonies.
This is why I continue to confront them. I have had good friends tell me
that it is sad to see the body at war with itself, but frankly, I wish
someone had fought hard to keep me from ever having become a YEC. I would
give almost anything never to have been one. But when I became a YEC, no
one was fighting them in the church, no one was pointing out how poorly they
explained things, how they had to use contradictory explanations for
different situtations, how they violate the laws of physics, the laws of
chemistry, the logic of math, and the reality of biology. No one pointed out
how they misquoted and misunderstood the science of geology and wove a story
absolutely inconsistent with observation. No one was actively pointing out
how they make the universe a big illusion and our God a big liar. No one
fought for me and I sank into YEC.
glenn
see http://www.glenn.morton.btinternet.co.uk/dmd.htm
for lots of creation/evolution information
anthropology/geology/paleontology/theology\
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