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From: scs@wucs.UUCP (Steve Swope)
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Subject: Re: Origins Program on CBN TV
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Date: Sat, 14-Sep-85 02:25:55 EDT
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In article <672@ihu1m.UUCP>, jho@ihu1m.UUCP (Yosi Hoshen) writes:
> 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?

I don't believe that evolution and Christianity are necessarily mutually
exclusive. Recall the scripture that says that a thousand years are to God
"as a watch in the night". If this is so, the "days" referred to in the
Genesis account could be interpreted as being geologic eons during which
the described events took place (e.g., parting the land and sea could refer
in some sense to plate tectonics). Note that I am not trying to spawn a
sub-discussion on biblical interpretation here; I am simply stating my
belief that these two (evolution and Christianity) need not be considered
mutually exclusive.
In view of this, I don't see how the teaching of evolution could undermine
the Christian faith.

				Steve Swope (aka scs@wucs.UUCP)

"Brigadier, A straight line may be the shortest path between
 two points, but it is by no means the most interesting!"