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From: Daniel70 <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org>
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The Last Doctor wrote on 3/12/24 2:36 am:
> On 02/12/2024 15:07, doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca wrote:
>> In article <vikeig$3c6m6$1@dont-email.me>,
>> The Last Doctor  <mike@xenocyte.com> wrote:
>>> On 02/12/2024 13:49, doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca wrote:
>>>> In article <vik6kk$3a5bg$1@dont-email.me>,
>>>> Daniel70  <daniel47@nomail.afraid.org> wrote:
>>>>> This afternoon I caught up on the 'lastest' "The Brokenwood 
>>>>> Mysteries" episode, "Brokenwood-o-saurus" 
>>>>> https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31272072/?ref_=ttep_ep1 which had me 
>>>>> thinking about this group as the story was about a very religious 
>>>>> paleontologist ..... isn't that a contradiction?? A Person who 
>>>>> believes The Earth came into existance just 10,000 years ago (in 
>>>>> the program) but at the same time believes dinosaurs existed a 
>>>>> hundred million years ago.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sort of like our very own 'religious' nut who believes God created 
>>>>> Earth (alone) 6,000 years ago but accepts there could be 
>>>>> intelligent lifeforms from other planets .... that weren't made by 
>>>>> God!! ;-P
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> Daniel
>>>>
>>>> uAnd then there are Creationist scientists.
>>>
>>> No, Dave, there really aren't, except in a "first cause old Earth
>>> Creationist" sense.
>>>
>>> Unless you are stretching the definition of "science".
>>> I bet you won't find any New Earth Creationist biologists, physicists,
>>> astronomers, geologists, or biochemists, for example.
>>>
>>> No-one expert in any science that would be relevant to supporting
>>> Creationism is a New Earth Creationist because it's self evidently false
>>> given the vast weight of scientific evidence against it and the complete
>>> and utter absence of even one point of evidence that would support it.
>>
>> Sounds like anti-Christian bigotry to me.
> 
> There are a great many scientists who are Christian. There are vanishingly
> few who are Biblical Literalists or New Age Creationists because anyone
> with a critical mind and even modest intelligence knows that these concepts
> are just plain wrong and run counter to reason and to a faith that can ve
> credible.
> So only people who are prepared to lie to themselves and the people around
> them constantly could practise honest science while holding beliefs that
> run counter to fact, to reality, and to their scientific knowledge.
> 
> It isn't bigotry to recognise lies and stupidity, Dave, and it isn't
> anti-Christian - it's just common sense and having an honest faith.
> 
..... as in .... God GAVE US Free Choice ... so that we can weigh up all 
the presented FACTS and come to a LOGICAL conclusion!!

By doing anything less, Gobble-de-gook, is to DISHONOUR GOD!!
-- 
Daniel