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infamy84

Misconceptions Evolutionists have about Creationists

Nov 11, 2011 15:46

Perusing the shelves of books here at the school library, I came across Ernst Mayr's book What Evolution Is. Curiosity took hold and I picked up the book and set it down with my effects at the computer. Upon seating myself I at once began to read what this famed authority had to say about evolution. It did not take long- only in the opening ( Read more... )

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infamy84 November 12 2011, 18:50:01 UTC

>Galileo was charged with heresy for his heliocentrism. What's more, there are sections of the Bible where it is claimed that the Earth does not move and these were used to counter Galileo's position. How then is the belief that Galileo was persecuted for his scientific theories misleading? And how is it false to say that Biblical literalism was at play amongst his detractors ( ... )

part 2... infamy84 November 12 2011, 18:50:59 UTC

>While you are right that some people (generally Christians) are wrong to use that verse to suggest that the seven days are actually each a thousand years is fair. However, your claim that the text is simply about how God is not bound by time misses an important point ( ... )