There's no puzzle at all. Robin Rohan, like you, has a closed mind and refuses to accept any possible reconciliation between Christianity and science, even though he cannot defend his position.
It's becoming clear that nobody can actually defend a position on this subject. Neither can you. It's nothing but a battle of assertions on both sides. So I shall make my assertion again:
Robin Rohan has a remarkably rational mind for an infidel. It's fun to read his stuff. He has ascertained LOGICALLY that evolution and Bible believing Christianity are mutually contradictory. (This isn't about "science" at all, only evolution.) The idea of a good God can't be reconciled with a suffering creation. I think that's a brilliant point of his. My own argument focuses on the literal reading of Genesis 1-11 of course, and there's no way to reconcile that with evolution. How anyone could argue with that I don't know but the case is obvious so the argument has to be irrational.
Why should it be a puzzle that people clinging stubbornly to the same error should agree ? Thus the connection between your views is not rationality, but a shared irrationality.
Tch tch, just another irrational statement.
Even worse for your case your position of placing your personal beliefs above sicnce is not rational and is not shared with Robin.
Evolution, not science. OE, not science. Yes, he believes in evolution. Yes, he believes there is no God.
Thus there is no basis for any claim that Biblical Fundamentalism is rational on the basis of this discussion - even without considering the internal irrationality of fundamentalism. That you should make such a claim is irrational in itself, and thus the very assertion is self-defeating.
Well Paul, this whole thing is just a war of assertions, haven't you noticed? That's all this post of yours is too. This is rational, that is irrational etc. Some of it has been proved, but what's amazing is that even the proofs are ignored. So in the end it's just a war of sensibilities. There's no arguing that really.
This message has been edited by Faith, 03-17-2006 08:57 AM