The Clergy Project

Page not found - University of Wisconsin Oshkosh University of Wisconsin OshkoshAt the time of writing 10,000 Christian clergymen of many denominations have endorsed this letter which denies a literalist interpretation of the Biblical creation stories and accepts evolution as valid science.

So far as I can see your objection to the list is that the people signing it agreed with the statement.I say that the number of signatories - and the fact that there are many Protestants - is significant. It certainly indicates that you should be qauliftying your references to "Protestant" theology since there are so many Protestants who reject it.

I don't really care about your petition. The simple existence of so many "liberal" clergymen (where "liberal" seems to refer to anyone who is not an extreme conservative) is enough to show that your view is far from the only significant view within Christianity.

Mike you need to distinguish between saying that God almost certainly DIDN'T do something and that God COULDN'T do something. One of the assumptions underlying it is probably the assumption that God is honest - they He wouldn't leave huge amounts of misleading evidence around to fool us.Here's a simple example. If someone stands up in court and says that God told him to commit a murder we regard him as crazy. But you would not say that God was incapable of sending those messages - you would sya that God would not do so.

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The "extreme conservative" is simply a Christian. The liberals have to reject parts of the Bible to embrace evolution. They are the deviants.

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No, they simply take a different view of the Bible than you do.But don't worry. I don't think of you as a Christian either.