Re: Schaefer's Book.

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From: "Peter Ruest" <pruest@mysunrise.ch>
To: "Michael Roberts" <michael.andrea.r@ukonline.co.uk>
Cc: <asa@calvin.edu>; "Armin Held" <arminheld@utanet.at>
Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: Schaefer's Book.

>
> Michael Roberts wrote (11 Aug 2004):
>
> >Schaefer's Book.Sorry to be slow but I have been away , as Schaefer's =
> >book will be widely read, it gives me some concerns.
> > Science and Chirstianty: Conflict or Coherence? by Henry F. Schaefer,
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> >Watkinsville, Georgia: The Apollos Trust, 2003. 179 pages plus appendix
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> >and index. ISBN 0-9742975-0-X. ...
>
> Although I haven't yet seen Schaefer's book, I can easily see the
> reasons for your disagreements with him. He presumably starts out with
> basic assumptions very different from yours. The interpretational points
> you raise below need not lead to any conflicts such as the ones you are
> painting.
>
> If Schaefer sees coherence between science and Gen.1, and you retain the
> traditional misconceptions about its interpretation (like "firmament",
> creation of luminaries on Day 4, etc.), combined with the belief that it
> represents a "broken myth", radical disagreement is pre-programmed. But
> such disagreement need not imply that he is the one who is wrong.

Peter -
    Simply repeating that the "firmament" & creation of celestial bodies on
the 4th Day are "misconceptions" doesn't make it so.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
Received on Fri Aug 13 13:53:50 2004