Stephen [to Allen]:
>Agreed. That is IMHO why most evolutionists are so hostile to
>Christianity. It is because intuitively the recognise Christianity as a
>rival to
>their own (unacknowledged) `religion' of evolutionism.
It has a lot more to do with recruiting being one of the central activities
of your religion. Most people who have decided to be agnostics or atheists
don't want to be recruited. However, we get solicited and preached at all
the time. Your worst enemy is your own right wing. Their breathtaking
arrogance--for example when they hand out pamphlets to Hindus telling them
their religion is inspired by Satan--makes everyone who hears about it who
is not a Christian hostile to Christianity. When I see pro-life literature
that tells people not to use condoms--which prevent abortions--I get mad at
Christianity all over again. And I'm not the only one. (And don't even get
me started on how Christians act like Wicca isn't covered by the first
amendment!) There are days when I think Christianity is an ok religion with
a few good things to tell people and there are days when I think it's a
sick death cult that should be wiped from the earth. Evolution is true no
matter which day you catch me on :-)
I have a text book "Earth Sciences for Christian Schools" that baldly
states that any evidence which conflicts with the Bible is error and should
be ignored. Amazingly the entire book is quite empty of science (a (*lot*
is being ignored!).
>So when they try to dismiss creationism/ID as "religion" and their own
>view as "science" they are effectively trying to preserve their `religion'
>from
>challenge.
I think we have a definite pot/kettle problem here. :-)
Susan
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For if there is a sin against life, it consists not so much in despairing
of life as in hoping for another and in eluding the implacable grandeur of
this one.
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