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Author Topic:   Some help from Creationists
randman 
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Message 45 of 53 (218884)
06-23-2005 3:05 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by CaptRuss
02-03-2005 11:55 AM


those definitions are messed up
But I'll play to a degree, but not all the details.
39
married
non-denominational Christian
Raised to believe in evolution, and not a literal interpretation of the Bible. My Dad didn't really believe in the Resurrection. Mom did, but was sort of weak on believing in the Bible. She does not seem to accept things like the virgin birth. We were Episcopalians, but only attended church during the years they had a minister they liked, and even then, not all the time.
I was challenged in the 80s, after becoming a Christian, to look into the evidence for evolution. I had assumed at the time that the evidence for evolution was unassailable.
I was shocked to learn most of what I was taught as far as evidence for evolution was BS, and since then I have never accepted universal common descent.
Over the years, I have looked at the various models out there, but have never become convinced that the evidence is conclusive. I suppose I am more of an IDer/Old Earth Creationist, but I find parts of YEC compelling and find parts of theistic evolution or creationist evolution compelling as well.
I do believe God in some sense is connected to all matter, and that nothing self-exists without the direct intervention of God's presence to a degree. I think quantum physics is a more interesting and useful area of study to discuss origins since we need to find out what everything is made of to properly even assess what constitutes "material."
This message has been edited by randman, 06-23-2005 03:06 AM
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