[creation] Re: Re who was darwin
- From: "Marshall" <fefinc@xxxxxxxx>
- To: <creation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:16:18 -0500
Darwin's only college degree was in Theology, not any science discipline.
He came to dislike Christianity though because of its (false!) teaching of a
Dantean torture chamber concept of Hell.
http://www.fixedearth.com/hell.html
----- Original Message -----
From: "Percival Tanierla" <percy_tan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <creation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 30, 2005 10:09 PM
Subject: [creation] Re who was darwin
> I am interested in Darwin,s history- especially in his
> younger age. Was he a christian before he wrote the
> books Origin Of Species ? His parents were they
> christian also ?
>
> percival
>
>
> --- "Dr. Neville Jones" <ntj005@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
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> > I will start the ball rolling with the following
> > observation:
> >
> > Under the heading, "Darwin put to flight in Bible
> > Belt," on page 27 of The Sunday Times, 30 January,
> > 2005, Sarah Baxter presents a report with the
> > following tints of bias:
> >
> >
> >
> > ********************************
> >
> > "Bold initiatives to introduce the concept of
> > 'intelligent design', wrought by a god or higher
> > being, into theories about Earth's creation are
> > being sponsored in towns and communities across
> > America.
> >
> > "Religious fundamentalists - or 'theocons' - opposed
> > to Darwinism have adopted sophisticated tactics .
> >
> > "A recent CBS poll found that 55% of Americans and
> > 67% of those who voted for Bush do not believe in
> > evolution.
> >
> > "The prairie town of Salina, Kansas, in the centre
> > of the United States is modern enough to have a
> > two-mile airstrip. When it comes to religion,
> > however, little has changed for some families since
> > the pioneers rolled by on their wagons.
> >
> > "It is hard for opponents to write the [intelligent
> > design movement] off as the American equivalent of
> > Afghanistan's fundamentalist Taliban .
> >
> > "[Jack Krebs of Kansas Citizens for Science], 56, a
> > veteran of skirmishes with anti-evolutionists, said
> > . 'It used to be easy to dismiss the views of young
> > Earth creationists as an embarrassment, ."
> >
> > ********************************
> >
> >
> >
> > Well, there we are then. This would imply that we
> > are a bunch of backward, Bush-loving 'theocons'
> > (what?), whose views are an 'embarrassment' to
> > 'real' scientists.
> >
> > Knowing this first, that there shall come in the
> > last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts,
> > And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for
> > since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue
> > as they were from the beginning of the creation. For
> > this they willingly are ignorant of, that by the
> > word of God the heavens were of old, and the earth
> > standing out of the water and in the water: Whereby
> > the world that then was, being overflowed with
> > water, perished: But the heavens and the earth,
> > which are now, by the same word are kept in store,
> > reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and
> > perdition of ungodly men. (2 Pet. 3:3-7, KJV.)
> >
> >
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