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From: merrill@raja.DEC (Rick - Font Mgr. for Hardcopy Engineering)
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Subject: God, Science, and believers
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Date: Thu, 30-May-85 11:39:44 EDT
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>...
>has to give.  For me, Science must give.
>...
	Both science and theology would be out of business if they had 
	ALL the answers - its more important to keep searching!

>...
>Well, here I disagree.  I don't believe the Bible upholds the concept
>of "God created the basic building blocks, and then they all began
>evolving into what we have today, including man".  Nope - can't buy
>that, 'cause the Bible explicitly states that God made each living
>thing after its own kind.  Also, scientific study has shown that much

	BUT, just HOW did God DO it?  Clearly we don't know ALL of WHAT
	God did/does, much less HOW He did/does it.  My view is that
	science is man's way of finding out How God Works.
	
>of what was thought of as evolution turned out to be the result of
>passive genes that were stimulated by a different environment - hence,
<the adaptability was built into the genes to occur - the result is that
>the living being was still the same species, just showing its pre-
>programmed adaptability.

	I LIKE that idea!  But can I not still ask, "how did God put
	those genes in there?"

>
>Finally, it was good (and surprising!) to hear from a believer on the
>net!  You're the first one I've encountered.
>
>Bill Gates

     There are plenty of believers.

	Rick Merrill
			 ('course they don't all believe like me:-))