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bluescat48
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Message 5 of 11 (505037)
04-06-2009 8:43 PM
Reply to: Message 4 by kbertsche
04-06-2009 5:22 PM


There seems to be a common misconception here on EvC Forum that all serious Christians are young-earth creationist "biblical literalists". I am an evangelical Christian, but certainly NOT a young-earth creationist.)
Actually it is the conception that all bible literalists are young earth creationists.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

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bluescat48
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Message 9 of 11 (505411)
04-11-2009 8:42 AM
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04-06-2009 9:35 PM


Whatever it is, there seems to be an "excluded middle" on EvC Forum. Discussions are often polarized between naive, literalistic young-earth creationists who want to show that modern science is erroneous, and equally literalistic atheists who want to adopt an even more naive interpretation of the Bible to make IT look ridiculous. Few are active here who really want to discuss the Bible in a scholarly, intellectual fashion or to seriously discuss theological, archaeological, historical, cultural, literary, or grammatical details.
True, but one thing I have seen in various forums here and other sites is that the middle is usually quiet. The wings, that is the radical right and left of a topic, do most of the talking sometimes with hilarious results. They have a tendency to speak without thinking.

There is no better love between 2 people than mutual respect for each other WT Young, 2002
Who gave anyone the authority to call me an authority on anything. WT Young, 1969
Since Evolution is only ~90% correct it should be thrown out and replaced by Creation which has even a lower % of correctness. W T Young, 2008

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