Re: I've met a YEC

On Mon, 04 Aug 2008 12:45:20 -0700, jenspolsen wrote:

On 4 Aug., 19:44, "Rodjk #613" <rjka...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

She said that she was a Christian,
and that if evolution was true (and she admitted that it might be) then
everything she believed was wrong and she did not want to think that
her religion was wrong.

Did you try to explaion to her, that must christians in the world
doesn't find it necessary to belief in the creation myth of the bible in
order to be christian?

I think this post hits at a point missed by many. Mythology, and belief
in mythology, need not be summarily dismissed by either science or
religion. Many Catholics have no problem carrying on careers in science,
engineering and education, without giving up a faith and belief in
transubstantiation. They know how to separate physical reality from
spiritual bonding. Many believers have no problem realizing that their
faith is in a mythology, and that "mythology" need not be equated with
"falsehood."

The human species appears to need to believe in myths and legends, and
it's common for the species to be able to suspend immersion in reality
for escapism and fantasy. Religion has its positives, and has a basis in
the survival of the species in its use as a societal bonding agent. That
it often gets stretched into xenophobia and thus war and genocide is a
regrettable extension of its use in creating healthy communities and
societies.

The struggle over evolutionary theory appears to be mainly at the edges -
the hard core sceptics versus the relentless evangelists - and as a
consequence the battle devolves into a fight of deism versus atheism.
Society as a whole ends up the net loser.

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Relevant Pages

  • Re: Article: Brain May Still Be Evolving, Studies Hint
    ... > taking us in some predetermined direction as though by intelligent design. ... > propagating this mythology. ... Convergence looks like a powerful effect. ... direction" to evolution may well be pretty-much correct. ...
    (sci.bio.evolution)
  • Re: Check out the "Top 10 Questions"
    ... or some other handy bit of mythology. ... why the answers of evolutionists don't fit the observed evidence. ... evolution is the model that is based on "handy...mythology"!: ...
    (sci.astro.amateur)
  • Re: The problem is not in the proof....
    ... >>that evolution is occurring but look at what has happened so far. ... As for mythology, look no further than the myth of "evolution." ... > is a puppet to be used for enforcing their personal beliefs and ... Americans are a very smart nation; could it be that the dreary myth of ...
    (talk.origins)
  • Re: The problem is not in the proof....
    ... >>>people to how evolution is proven time and again but it won't do a d@mn ... >>>that evolution is occurring but look at what has happened so far. ... >>>much mind to a bug splattering on a windshield right? ... >> I don't object to people believing creationism or any other mythology, ...
    (talk.origins)
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