Comments on: Resistance to Evolutionary Theory

By: Draypoker

Draypoker — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:51:11 +0000

The software keeps cutting off my remarks. For the third time: I think we should consider the possibility that initiate kings of the type we are reading about did indeed live longer than we are accustomed to. There are modern examples described in the book: Adventures in Afghanistan by Louis Palmer. He meets some very long lived people.

By: Draypoker

Draypoker — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:47:20 +0000

Nobody thinks that the Sumerian antediluvian king lists are historical documents.

By: Draypoker

Draypoker — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 17:39:00 +0000

>>But the key here is that in the cases I cited we have something that must be true, so an ad hoc explanation for how it is true. With any ancient near eastern document, literary, or historical, the approach of historians is to examine critically its claims, and to determine its credibility based on that kind of historical study. Nobody thinks that the Sumerian antediluvian king lists are historical documents. Why? Because they give preposterous lengths for the reigns of the kings. But in the case of the Bible we are told to ignore all evidence in any direction except to confirm some interpretation. We should let the Bible speak for itself, and if we did we would realize that these lists belong to a different category of literature than �historical records

By: Abnormal Interests

Abnormal Interests — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:49:49 +0000

On the Role of Intuition in Creationism…

Henry Neufeld at Threads of Henry has an interesting post that challenges a long held belief of mine (and his) in a very interesting way. The belief is that some kind of naive intuition lies near the base of much……

By: Threads from Henry’s Web » Blog Archive » Resistance to Evolutionary Theory Confirmed!

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 16:16:33 +0000

[...] Just two posts ago I commented on the resistance to evolutionary theory and what I think are the actual reasons for it. Today I came across a blog that truly confirms everything I said from the other side. The blog is called The Sheep’s Crib. In a post titled EVOLUTION: Croco-fish can’t crack Chritian commitment!. In this post you will find the attitude I discussed expressed and defended from the Bible. [...]

By: BruceA

BruceA — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:22:54 +0000

I’ve noticed that, too. For example, many young earth creationists argue that there was no death before Adam and Eve ate the apple. Why? Because of some verse in Romans (which I don’t think is talking about physical death, but that’s another issue). So, because there was no death, there could not have been millions of years of evolution, because animals would have had to die. Forget the geological column, forget the fossils of animals long extinct which bear little resemblance to today’s living creatures. Since the conclusion must be that there was no death before Adam and Eve, the only possible option is young earth creationism.

Young earth creationists object not to the science of evolution — scientific observations are irrelevant — but to the theological implications.