<<One of the reasons I make the case I do is that so many Christians do not
realize that they are doing these things and they are the ones who have a
moral and religious duty to behave better.>>
I agree. I have a similar concern when it comes to the arts. As a novelist and
screenwriter, who studied literature and film in college, I often see a
blanket, negative response to art. I'm no fan of much in modern movies and
books, but I do see value encased within certain projects that some Christians
are quick to condemn. And so it happens with science, too.
On the other hand, I don't like the practice of certain evolutionists to lump
all Darwinian critics into one camp, called "Creationists", who, if we are to
believe them, thump Bibles and burn books when they are not out barking like
dogs in some ecstatic stupor. This is a ruse to avoid confronting the ultimate
issues.
And THE ultimate issue is the death, or life, of God in culture. That's the
point of my novel. It is always the biggest issue. Everything else is kid
stuff. T. H. Huxley and his progeny have recognized this dynamic for a century
and a half. The latest incarnation, Richard Dawkins, is unquestionably using
the field to whip the church once and for all. It's an abuse of science, not a
vindication of it.
I want my brothers and sisters in Christ to do better when they must; but I
feel called to level the playing field in any small way I can.
<<What I would really like is a Homo habilis from the lowest Pliocene period
or an artifact brought up in a core from the Uppermost MIocene in the
Mediterranean. Jim, there is still 1 shopping day before Christmas. Can you
get this for me?>>
I'll run out to Target, which is open until midnight. Where are fossils? Next
to housewares?
God's blessings!
Jim