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Originally Posted by Antitrust32
There are a lot of smart/great people who thoroughly (sp?) believe the Bible & everything in it. Its a hard subject to debate with someone when faith and belief are involved.
Personally, I just can not.. no matter how I think about it or try to have faith, can not believe that Adam and Eve started this whole thing or that Noah's Ark happened.. or... countless stories that I could pull out of the Bible.
I respect people who have faith and believe in the bible... I mean it has to take a lot of faith to believe some of those things.
But to IGNORE SCIENCE (which is supposed to be a major school topic) and teach this creation theory in schools is just  |
it shouldn't be.
someone's deep belief in a fairy tale doesn't end the discussion. rational people need to stop walking away from the topic. many christians have no problem understanding that a parable can carry morale truth without being factual. you can believe in god and still know the books of the new testament were written decades to centuries after the historical jesus died and chosen for inclusion by people with a political agenda for a strong centralized church.
the books of the old testament are no different. anyone who believes god stopped the midday sun in the sky (written at a time when people thought earth was the center of the universe) don't understand celestial mechanics.
treat creationists with the same respect you would someone who insists they've been kidnapped by aliens and want to teach your kids about that at school.