From: Jim Eisele (jeisele@starpower.net)
Date: Sun Apr 27 2003 - 19:20:54 EDT
I looked at the posts this afternoon. Here's what sticks
out:
1. Atheists can "receive money" for their efforts. I
simply cannot seriously put this in the same category
as churches. If you don't toe the company line in
a church, you lose your job.
2. Many people are Christians no matter what Genesis
says. I don't dispute this. It seems strange to
me that these people won't say "Adam died a physical
death because of his sin." It takes an atheist to
say that. I guess the implications of admitting that
lead to a slippery slope.
3. Not necessarily here, but "liberal" Christians love
to beat up atheists for having a "fundamentalist"
interpretation of Genesis. Fundies have such a
poor reputation people think they can win points
in a discussion by comparing their "opponent" to
them. I couldn't disagree more, here. The very
reason fundies take such a nonsensical science
stance is because of the Biblical text. Would
they really take such a stance for no reason?
In conclusion, I hate to say it, but the posts that
I saw smack of dishonesty. Gen 3:19 says what it
says. Not one post accepted the implications of
this. So I will mention one more thing: Not
necessarily here, but Christians I know tend to
not be responsible. It is oh so easy for them to
be evasive and resort to personal attacks.
Generally, I end the discussion at that point.
Jim
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