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1 | Is God Sovereign in the Church today? | Rom 1:22 | Just Read Mark | 168511 | ||
I am confused. It seems you have written this post in support of the "Pastors' Letter" quoted above. The letter (which many find offensive) claimed that "the timeless truths of the Bible and the discoveries of modern science may comfortably coexist." Isn't that also the point of your post? JRM |
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2 | Is God Sovereign in the Church today? | Rom 1:22 | Ocelot | 168522 | ||
In regards to the quote that you used from the letter, I believe that "the timeless truths of the Bible and the discoveries of modern science may comfortably coexist." Darwinian Evolution is not science. It has NEVER been observed. Sure there is such a thing as MICRO evolution, variations within kinds, but MACRO evolution has NEVER been observed. Ocelot |
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3 | Is God Sovereign in the Church today? | Rom 1:22 | Just Read Mark | 168523 | ||
Hi Ocelot. Yes, my question was more to you... I thought Mark's statement was quite clear. I guess I thought the scientists you quote would probably have a more metaphorical reading of Creation etc. I guess I suspect that Jastrow, an astronomer, would be one of the ones signing the letter Mark quoted... his study of the stars, and the vast expanse of time, could draw him to the God of Genesis... rather than interpreting a 6 day creation. ..... Just found this interview on the net. GCMI: You've written that the Big Bang is at least consistent with the idea of a creator or a first cause. DR. JASTROW: The theoretical cosmologists are very active inventing various exotic ideas for a non-deist first cause, and that means, of course, the possibility of the creator. I'm an agnostic because I see the thrust of the discoveries toward the idea of a first cause, but everything else I know about humankind and the universe tells me that it could have happened without an overarching plan. And yet, when you step back and look at the whole picture that seems hard to believe. So as I've said in a number of places, I'm just stuck in the middle. |
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4 | Is God Sovereign in the Church today? | Rom 1:22 | Ocelot | 168524 | ||
Sorry about that JRM. I’m actually under the weather so to speak, so that will be my excuse for thinking that you addressed your post to Mark :-) My point wasn’t to prove the literal Genesis account (though that’s what I believe). My point was just to show that Evolutionists really don’t know what’s going on. The deeper they look, the more things they find that simply can’t be explained by chance. So why do “we” Christians feel as though we must answer to them? Why must our beliefs be reconciled with theirs, when they don’t truly know what they believe? It irritates me to think that there are theologians out there that have this overwhelming urge to make Darwinian evolution and the Bible fit together. They can’t do it, and they just come off looking like emotional weaklings who use religion as a crutch (which is what Evolutionists have accused Creationists of being all along). So in effect they “prove” the evolutionist point. It just bugs me. Thanks for correcting me. I’ll try not to write anymore while I’m sick. ;-) Ocelot |
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5 | Is God Sovereign in the Church today? | Rom 1:22 | mark d seyler | 168526 | ||
Hi Ocelot, It's true that the leading edge of Science no longer regards evolution as a realistic possibility. The ones that hang onto it are the ones with an agenda. When we accept the authority of the Bible, then all science has to reconcile to IT. For those who do not accept the authority of the Bible, well, they likewise do not accept the authority of its Author. Brad's original question was asking why has the authority of God been lost in the churches today. I think your quotes showed us that even scientists recognize what these pastors have lost, that the works of God run deeper than what we can perceive and measure. God is still sovereign. Man's disbelief will never change that. But mankind, both in and out of the church, by and large does not willingly recognize God's sovereignity. The true church does. The church that does not is on the verge of being spat out. And please, stay with us - I can become quite confused, and confusing, on my Best of days! ;-) Love in Christ, Mark |
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