Re: slightly OT, but still connected

Chris L Peterson <clp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:<pm7571pim1kmg1f7pqhmt90krj16ecdgot@xxxxxxx>...
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 16:09:45 -0400, Roland Roberts
> <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >I have problems with the phrase "literal interpretation of ... the
> >Bible" in general...
>
> Well, without getting into a long discussion about Biblical
> interpretation, I think it is fair to say (in the context of this
> debate) that we are talking mainly about the literal interpretation of
> simple, physical, scientifically verifiable things that appear not to be
> intended as poetry or allegory. This includes things such as the age of
> the Earth, the manner of creation of the Earth, the manner of creation
> of Man, events such as the Biblical plagues and Noah's flood.
>
> These are things that, if taken literally as presented in the Bible (as
> is common with fundamental Christians in the United States), are at odds
> with scientific knowledge. That is the sort of gross dichotomy I'm
> talking about- nothing subtle!
>
> And to be clear again, what I'm discussing has nothing to do in general
> with the relationship between science and religion, and everything to do
> with specific items presented as "fact" or "truth" by some religious
> practitioners and which are scientifically unsound.
>
> _________________________________________________
>
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com

The Book Of Genesis took centuries to reach its final form.

The Bible is not just a collection of books,it is organised like a
library .

The Word is peculariar to ONE book alone,the Johannine community's
soaring conception of Christ and Christianity.

Now,the authors of these Judaeo- Christian works took extraordinary
steps to protect their texts from cretins like empiricists and
creationists or indeed any variations arising from people who are
either too speculative or too dominant such as the gnostics or
denominational Christianity.

Reviewing what presents itself as science vs religion is just a
sickening dumbing down of not only the investigation of natural
phenomena and the magnificence of life but that investigation as a
facet of faith.We cannot describe God because of the complexity of
things yet we understand God in simplicity,the great memorial of
Pascal captures the insight when the veil is lifted and we see thing
as they truly are with a new set of eyes.






"GOD of Abraham, GOD of Isaac, GOD of Jacob
not of the philosophers and of the learned.
Certitude. Certitude. Feeling. Joy. Peace."

http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~eknuth/pascal.html
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