(August 8, 2010 at 6:07 am)solja247 Wrote: Christians who accept evolution as the best theory to understand how the world was created. Live on a slippery slop. What you argue here is the slippery slope fallacy, remove creation you have no sin entering the world, have no sin you have no Jesus, Have no Jesus you have no Christianity.
But what if you are looking at it wrong?
What if the battle between 'good' and 'evil' is bigger than over a piece of fruit? I mean the whole story is full of holes, theologically and morally speaking, the woman is blamed, not both them (just to name one). Anyways what if the controversy was bigger? This is what I believe happens when rejecting Genesis 1 and 2 as being literal, only makes the controversy bigger. Sure we dont know how it all started, but should we expect something so complicated written in a book written by primitive people?
What you're saying here isn't entirely clear. On the one hand, you say that the Eden story is flawed, then you say that not accepting it as literal leads to controversy. Is it the inspired word of God or not? If it is, why is it morally flawed?
Then you say 'Should we expect something so complicated written in a book written by primitive people?' If there were a detailed account of, say, quantum mechanics, in the Bible, that would be surprising. Whereas, the Eden story has all the hallmarks of a myth, and it is an extremely simple and childish view of the creation of the universe. Hardly complicated.
'We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.' H.L. Mencken
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
'False religion' is the ultimate tautology.
'It is just like man's vanity and impertinence to call an animal dumb because it is dumb to his dull perceptions.' Mark Twain
'I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.' Abraham Lincoln
