tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post1140574533339318822..comments2015-09-24T15:35:02.905-04:00Comments on Enjoy the ride: So You're a Christian Who Believes in Evolution, Eh?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01579891199923760571noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post-47314020156072243292014-06-20T12:51:07.873-04:002014-06-20T12:51:07.873-04:00Well that would make you the first person I have c...Well that would make you the first person I have come across to claim metaphysical naturalism as the only ontological framework for accepting and understanding evolution.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01579891199923760571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post-66183308743197023762014-06-20T11:26:20.719-04:002014-06-20T11:26:20.719-04:00Creation evolutionist/theist-evolutionist...is no ...Creation evolutionist/theist-evolutionist...is no different than a YEC in that they all think God is cause of all creation. A theist only accepts evolution because they think god caused it....which would mean that evolution is not natural but supernatural. A supernatural version of evolution is based on belief, not science. So, why do theist bother claiming they accept evolution at all?? For manyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09183960915107196298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post-1121663513433717312013-12-31T13:00:12.875-05:002013-12-31T13:00:12.875-05:00Couldn't agree more, Wayne. Nice blog btw!Couldn't agree more, Wayne. Nice blog btw!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01579891199923760571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post-63910508245655369772013-12-31T11:26:04.153-05:002013-12-31T11:26:04.153-05:00Jesus certainly thought He needed the Old Testamen...Jesus certainly thought He needed the Old Testament. He regarded the Tenach as His Holy Scriptures and the God thereof, Yahweh, as His Father. Such an attitude also smacks of theological anti-Semitism. You tread upon very dangerous ground when you despise the Tenach.Cedric Kleinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post-14386209976980884602013-12-30T20:06:58.224-05:002013-12-30T20:06:58.224-05:00Sometimes a myth is a story that is true on the in...Sometimes a myth is a story that is true on the inside whether or not it happens to be true on the outside. Whether or not Adam and Eve ever actually existed– and whether or not the gospel accounts are historical in every respect –these traditions ring true inasmuch as they reflect:<br /><br />1) our innocence in the garden of God (cf. infancy and early childhood)<br /><br />2) our eating the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17290580573000545573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post-35793827515199171782013-12-05T14:32:42.974-05:002013-12-05T14:32:42.974-05:00For me, I interpret that simply as our becoming aw...For me, I interpret that simply as our becoming aware that we're so different than God. Where God says "I made you just the way I intended, and I love you", and where our response was not one related to sin but to humanity, that we say in kind, "I see you, God, and, you cannot nor should not love me at all. Look at me!". We became aware of the comparative gnats we are, andAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01579891199923760571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post-35167090252499100572013-12-05T03:06:31.821-05:002013-12-05T03:06:31.821-05:00i do not believe the scriptures need updating - i ...i do not believe the scriptures need updating - i believe it is our interpretation of the scriptures rather, that should be updated. <br /><br />while ur explanations on the meaning of adam and eve, of original sin, etc, is quite sensible and i'm willing to admit it as permissible interpretations, it remains a fact that the Old Testament is still part of the Holy Writ, just as inspired as theAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16587747.post-6813976352426326082013-12-04T13:02:30.644-05:002013-12-04T13:02:30.644-05:00No. You're being silly-ish.
True, Adam and E...No. You're being silly-ish. <br /><br />True, Adam and Eve never existed, except as a description of humanity as self-awareness, self-consciousness and manifest intelligence developed in our species. <br /><br />First sin is simply the acknowledgement that we, as humans became aware of being, at times, unjust, unfair, and evil. and not liking it. And eventually realizing we needed to be xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16545851126222783684noreply@blogger.com