RE: the so fallible Bible
October 4, 2013 at 7:04 pm
(This post was last modified: October 4, 2013 at 7:10 pm by Tonus.)
(October 4, 2013 at 5:15 pm)Drich Wrote: What of those who simply believe what the bible says about itself? You went to semenary,
All things considered, that's probably the most appropriate way to spell it.
(October 4, 2013 at 5:15 pm)Drich Wrote: The bible does not claim inerrancy. the doctrine of inerrancy is based off of 2tim 3:16&17 and 2 Pet 1:20&21.That seems like a quibble, though. The Bible does not state that it is inerrant, but should it have to? Are we to assume that without that guarantee, that god's one and only holy book isn't perfect? Can't he do anything right?
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould
-Stephen Jay Gould
