Re: [asa] historical science?

David

This is an exceptionally good post, though almost a one-liner! You have
summed it all up in a nutshell.

A bit of testimony. I became a Christian almost the same time as I graduated
in geology. (I dread to think what would have happened if I were three years
younger when the Genesis Flood was all the rave in my Christian Union) I
immediately saw the importance of history to Christianity - perhaps in an
ill-thought out way. I heard FF Bruce speak and bought his book Are the New
Testament Documents reliable? That with its good historical arguments akin
to geological arguments set me on my way, and have a strong sense of
biblical historicity, including the Old Testament (but some would regard me
as iffy on a certain 11 chapters)

Going back to geology as science my university lecturers reckoned the best A
levels to take (school exams at 18) were maths physics and chemistry, so
when I swapped to geology from chemistry in my first year my tutor said that
my science background in those subjects would hold me in good stead and so I
moved from one science to another and never really thought about the
difference, except it is nicer out in the field than in a lab!

Michael
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Campbell" <pleuronaia@gmail.com>
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Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:27 PM
Subject: Re: [asa] historical science?

> Young-earth attempts to denigrate the merits of historical sciences as
> merely history, not science run afoul of the fact that Christianity
> depends on the validity of historical data.
>
> --
> Dr. David Campbell
> 425 Scientific Collections
> University of Alabama
> "I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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