Re: [asa] some questions on doctrinal differences and a moderator note

To justify a judgment that the following comment is not off-topic I
remark that it has a connection with acoustics and genetics.
For fifty years (roughly the second half of the 19th C) there were two
Presbyterian churches in New Zealand (divided North-South, embodying two
Scottish traditions). They finally united. Union was held up for much of
that period by debate over two issues: 1. Whether the use of an organ
was permissible in church services 2. Whether a man was permitted to
marry his deceased wife's sister.
Don

WENDEE HOLTCAMP wrote:
> Thanks Terry - I'm very confused though. What do you mean that the
> faith-science connection is doubtful? The question was posed by me because
> I'm writing a book on evolution and Christianity, and about the culture war.
> I'm trying to make the point that there are literally quadrillions of
> different options in various of the main denominational and doctrinal
> schisms, and that the age of the earth or literalism is just one of many. I
> just needed a bit of help from these many people who I know have such stores
> of knowledge about the history and philosophy and doctrines within
> Christianity as I know people have discussed things like Calvinsim, Reformed
> movements etc on this very list. Maybe I didn't make the connection to my
> book project and purpose clear. But although the question may seem
> tangential, it's an essential point I'm making in my book which is clearly
> directly related to science-faith.
>
> I don't want to cause any controversy, I just wanted a few answers not
> opinions :) The book George suggested looks great and I ordered it from my
> library! It's shame there are not more online resources. I would think there
> would be some sort of branching tree history of the various denominations.
> That would be very helpful, like an evolutionary tree/bush!
>
> best
> Wendee
>
> And now for the moderator note. As you all can see, this topic has
> created its share of volatile disagreement already. Technically, I'd
> call it off-topic--(the faith-science connection is doubtful). Of
> course, I couldn't even resist trying to contribute, but let's be
> careful. I'd encourage those of us interested in pursuing this
> discussion to take it up privately with Wendee.
>
> TG
>
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Received on Fri Jul 20 17:08:35 2007