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Author Topic:   Take the Atheist Challenge!!!
berberry
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Message 314 of 321 (108355)
05-15-2004 3:13 AM
Reply to: Message 310 by Rrhain
05-15-2004 2:08 AM


How 'bout a Creationist Challenge???
Rrhain issued a good one, and I was surprised that no one complained that taking his challenge would compel a Christian or Jew to disobey the first commandment. But even if they had, Rrhain's point is made: regardless of the reason the creationist refuses to take that challenge the fact that he or she won't demonstrates the inherent unfairness of the athiest challenge. It's possible that I might have missed something along the way; I've been very busy lately and have only been able to follow this thread sporadically.
I want to issue a different challenge to creationists, one that will not require breaking any commandment. The only thing required is the courage of your convictions.
The next time you or any member of your family visits a doctor, ask the doctor whether he or she accepts ToE. If he or she does, you must find another doctor. Since you argue against ToE and believe it leads people away from Christ or the bible or whatever it is that ToE is supposed to lead people away from, you will be compelled to find a doctor who shares your views. Consider Romans 16:17:
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
Surely this admonition which comes directly from the word of God would have to extend to those in whom we confide our most personal problems. If you believe that ToE is evil, how can you trust a doctor who agrees with it?
Side note: whenever I find myself in a Baptist hospital, I love to ask the doctors if they accept ToE. They always do, but some of them will get irritated when you point out that they work for a fundamentalist institution. Others will dismiss the question with comments like "I'm not a Baptist so I don't know what they believe" (which of course may be true). Once in a while you get to have a very interesting conversation with someone who knows something about the subject.

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