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January 30, 2016
The latest word of modern science lasts no longer than the latest word in women’s fashion.
If the Bible is chained to an interpretation saying that ‘Let There Be Light’ refers to the Big Bang,what becomes of faith when scientists in our children’s generation discover that the Steady State theory was correct after all, and there never was a Big Bang? What do Biblical scholars who busily reconciled Genesis with Darwin do once Darwin is thrown on the same ash heap of exploded scientific models as phlogiston and geocentrism and phrenology? Darwin and Genesis | John C. Wright's Journal
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"What do Biblical scholars who busily reconciled Genesis with Darwin do once Darwin is thrown on the same ash heap of exploded scientific models as phlogiston and geocentrism and phrenology?"
They go and reconcile the next thing to the Bible. Ptolemy's theory was reconciled to it, and later Galileo's Theory was.
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at January 31, 2016 3:48 AM
They probably will look AlGore for some prescient thoughst on how Climate Change caused God.
Posted by: Vermont Woodchuck at January 31, 2016 5:12 AM
A lot of this Bible vs Science stuff could have been avoided if the shepherds of ancient Palestine had a better grounding in chemistry, biology and astrophysics.
Posted by: SteveS at February 1, 2016 3:58 PM