tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post114359245747213776..comments2023-10-17T06:26:31.005-07:00Comments on Evolutionary Middleman: The Evolution of ChristJohn Evohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-1144119888175263532006-04-03T20:04:00.000-07:002006-04-03T20:04:00.000-07:00The Church never taught that the Earth was flat. A...The Church never taught that the Earth was flat. A very few early Church fathers did so, but they're not important in the overall scheme of things. The claim that it used to be generally taught that the Earth was flat was invented in the 1820s by Washington Irving and some French writer. Before that time, educated people would not have understood a remark that people used to believe that the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-1143662752693514912006-03-29T12:05:00.000-08:002006-03-29T12:05:00.000-08:00Kevin; I understand what you are saying about lay...Kevin; <BR/><BR/>I understand what you are saying about laymen who stick to the yarns of the elders. You can never change their minds on an individual level. When you hear arguments about the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics, it isn't coming from the intellectual wing of the opponents. A very interesting read at Answers in Genesis, is the arguments that should not be used. Check it out here:<BR/><John Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-1143643992984642012006-03-29T06:53:00.000-08:002006-03-29T06:53:00.000-08:00The questions and "problems in theory" that they b...<B>The questions and "problems in theory" that they bring to the table are simply things that need further study and clarification.</B><BR/><BR/>Some of them are, many of them are not. If I had a nickel for every time I encountered a creationist claiming that the Second Law of Thermodynamics refuted evolution, I could retire now.<BR/><BR/>You are far too optimistic about these people's attitudes:Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-1143610689889176162006-03-28T21:38:00.000-08:002006-03-28T21:38:00.000-08:00One thing we are all certainly not - "in unison"!I...One thing we are all certainly not - "in unison"!<BR/><BR/>I give a lot of credit to the writers of the bible and other ancient texts. <BR/><BR/>And you can't go to science and find out how to behave like a decent human being, but you can certainly get it from the bible.<BR/><BR/>That's what I'd like to see modern pastors concentrate on and not worry about the fact that all species alive evolvedJohn Evohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868904051881865159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15599022.post-1143609543129366492006-03-28T21:19:00.000-08:002006-03-28T21:19:00.000-08:00It is good to know that we are all members in unis...It is good to know that we are all members in unison, marching in the army of Darwin's glorified and advanced human apes. <BR/><BR/>I'm not sure what the job of science is; somehow I prefer the Job of the bible. <BR/><BR/>To paraphrase and plagarize a writer:<BR/><BR/>"If we could talk to one of the writers of the Bible today, they would say "We wrote that woman came from the rib of man because Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com