Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84 exptools; site ihu1m.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!ihu1m!jho From: jho@ihu1m.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) Newsgroups: net.origins,net.religion.christian Subject: Origins Program on CBN TV Message-ID: <672@ihu1m.UUCP> Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 14:06:14 EDT Article-I.D.: ihu1m.672 Posted: Thu Sep 12 14:06:14 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 13-Sep-85 04:29:14 EDT Distribution: net Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 28 Xref: watmath net.origins:2342 net.religion.christian:1275 In the past few days the local Christian TV station, Chicago's channel 38, had a program on origins. The program, titled Crossroad, discussed evolution and creation from Christian perspective. They "proved" using the same outdated arguments (which we regularly see on net.origins) that evolution is false. And, therefore biblical creation must be true. They also argued that evolution is the philosophy of origins of the secular humanist just as creation is the origin philosophy of the Christian. They tried to draw parallels between creationism and and evolution implying that both depend on faith and, therefore, are both religions. The moderator of the program concluded the show by saying that If evolution is true then creation must be false. If creation is false then there is no Adam. If there is no Adam then there is no original sin. If there is no original sin then there is no need for redeemer. The bottom line is that evolution is the antithesis to Christianity. Evolution should be opposed because propagating evolution undermines the faith. As I did not see this argument previouly on the net, I wonder whether any of you feel that if evolution is true then the logical conclusion is that Christianity is false. Even if the question is not phrased as: "Either Christianity or evolution" do you think that teaching evolution undermines the religion? -- Yosi Hoshen, AT&T Bell Laboratories Naperville, Illinois, Mail: ihnp4!ihu1m!jho