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jar
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09-29-2004 10:35 AM 		Reply to: Message 1 by Rubystars
09-28-2004 6:25 PM

Actually, I think Bishop Sims (the Episcopal Bishop of the Atlanta Diocese) summed it up pretty well. Speaking specifically about the issue of Evolution vs the Genesis account of creation he said, "Insistence upon dated and partially contradictory statements of how as conditions for true belief in the why of creation cannot qualify either as faithful religion or as intelligent science."
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Religion deal with the questions of WHY, not How. IMHO, religion and science are not mutually exclusive but rather support each other. The more we learn about the hows involved in this universe we live in, the more in awe of the GOD that created it I become.
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jar
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09-29-2004 5:15 PM 		Reply to: Message 17 by Rubystars
09-29-2004 4:58 PM

rubystars writes:
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For accepting evolution, creationists have called me:
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There is a big difference between qualified christians such as Fundamentalists and just plain old Christians.
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And I've been called most everything on your list as well as many other things here on this board by many a Christian. You just pull a duck and let it roll like water off your back.
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Bishop Sims had more to say on the subject.
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Neither evolution over an immensity of time nor the work done in a sixday week are articles of the creeds. It is a symptom of fearful and unsound religion to contend with one another as if they were. Historic creedal Christianity joyfully insists on God as sovereign and frees the human spirit to trust and seek that sovereignty in a world full of surprises.
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rubystars writes:
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For believing in God, atheists have called me:
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Yup. A few Atheists have called me most everything on that list as well as a couple others, but I must admit that in general, the Atheists have been far more polite and reasonable than the Christians. I guess it's because I told them that even though they don't believe in GOD, even though they deny GOD's very existence, if they are nice folk they will likely get to come to the great barbeque in the sky.
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