[Magdalen] Magdalen] neat comparisons

[James Oppenheimer]

Creationism is the invention of a kind of pseudo-science, based on the
primary assumption that the Bible is literally true, and if science
disagrees with that, then science must be mistaken.

I would not say any of our faith in a creator involves creationism, for we
follow truth; we do not just make stuff up in order to "discover" the
pseudo-truth we "knew" all along.

There's a difference between believing that God is creator of the Universe
and believing that we have to invent out of whole cloth something to
"explain" a collection of Iron-age myths and tales as if they were inerrant
truth.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Cantor03--- via Magdalen <
magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:

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> In a message dated 10/14/2014, Roger writes:
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> This  means that, by definition, God is
> outside of them all - and of the black  holes.
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> Isn't all religion contain some form of Creationism?
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> Did God just create and then leave everything to chance, or is
> He/She directing the evolution of Earth, too?
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> Are the "rules of evolution" (survival of the fittest, etc.) God's
> way?
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> Is the Trinity the God of terrestrial humankind only?  Or
> is the Trinity the God of the universe, and of any sentient
> beings of whatever shape, size, or type?
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> Did Christ die for all (sentient) beings in the universe, or
> just those on earth?
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> Does God have any other forms than humanoid ("Created
> in God's Image")?
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> Playing the Devil's Advocate.  I think that space discoveries
> which certainly demonstrate the marvels of the universe
> leave us with a lot of questions.
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> And, yes, I know that one way of handling all this is by faith
> in the traditional God in his universe, and I'd rather
> not have all this to ponder, but I think a lot of us do ponder
> none-the-less.  I think these questions may, in the end,  strengthen
> faith rather than cause loss of it.  Simply sweeping all this  under
> the rug doesn't work for me.
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> David Strang.
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> David Strang.
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