A confession: I haven't read most of this thread. However, I want to nip any digressions from the topic before they get entirely off topic. Recent postings could easily result in a general all purpose evolution discussion. From the OP
My position is largely in the realm of theory, but I believe it is important to consider whether religion itself is causing humanity to stagnate at a time when anything BUT stagnation is what we need.
This arguement thus asks the question: "Does religion make good people do bad things?" In this case "bad things" refers to standing in the way of progress.
Such things as 'Is macroevolution a fact', may well be tangentially on topic though very tangentially. The topic should be about whether Christianity's teachings are anti-knowledge-gained-through-our-senses (such as physical evidence), not what the evidence is and how it is interpreted.
Any replies should be directed to the relevant posts in my signature below. That isn't a suggestion.
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