tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post9090479706857774551..comments2024-02-13T02:39:22.756-05:00Comments on EconomicPolicyJournal.com: The Religious Views of Ludwig von MisesRobert Wenzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14296920597416905488noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-44846759477940234602018-01-04T20:07:54.801-05:002018-01-04T20:07:54.801-05:00Donxon: "I am a believing Christian and a che...Donxon: "I am a believing Christian and a chemist, and I don't see any problem with evolution at all."<br /><br />Then you understand neither Christianity nor chemistry.<br /><br />"There simply is no conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution."<br /><br />Au contraire (that's French for 'you must be kidding.') As I mentioned above, the Bible is Mister Spockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790678390017800846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-59738028180647790402018-01-04T20:06:00.197-05:002018-01-04T20:06:00.197-05:00Andrew: "The early church fathers like August...Andrew: "The early church fathers like Augustine argued that Genesis was allegorical"<br /><br />The majority of the Church Fathers either specifically stated that the days of creation were ordinary days or that the world could only be a few thousand years old.<br /><br />The creation account in Genesis is historical narrative, not allegory, and the days listed there are obviously Mister Spockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790678390017800846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-33208316358671294692018-01-04T13:40:12.744-05:002018-01-04T13:40:12.744-05:00Donxon, very well put. As that quote above from Au...Donxon, very well put. As that quote above from Augustine (ht Andrew Murphy) shows, self-idolatry is nothing new, but seems to bloom still.Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15603153065912441315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-75598136991559057152018-01-03T21:46:11.047-05:002018-01-03T21:46:11.047-05:00I am a believing Christian and a chemist, and I do...I am a believing Christian and a chemist, and I don't see any problem with evolution at all. There simply is no conflict between Christianity and the theory of evolution. People whose understanding of either is still mired in superstition and self-idolatry conjure a conflict from their confusion and use it to paint their opponents as silly people who believe in absurdities.Donxonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16480364222848672992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-53281025096720911112018-01-03T21:07:26.899-05:002018-01-03T21:07:26.899-05:00The early church fathers like Augustine argued tha...The early church fathers like Augustine argued that Genesis was allegorical <br /><br />"In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received. In such cases, we should not rush in headlong and so firmly take our stand on one side that, if further progress inAndrew Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07449923538125529915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-8052603616673392132018-01-03T20:49:26.070-05:002018-01-03T20:49:26.070-05:00I'll stay with Jordan Peterson on religion.I'll stay with Jordan Peterson on religion.Austro-AnCaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00499074664943064283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-87883156711312228032018-01-03T20:38:22.696-05:002018-01-03T20:38:22.696-05:00To DesertBunny
We know how and when God created m...To DesertBunny<br /><br />We know how and when God created man from Genesis, not the book of Romans. And we know the biblical account contradicts man's attempt to explain himself. And to evolution in general, in Genesis 1:31, after completing the creation of the world, including all plant, animal and human life, we read, "God saw all that He had made, and behold, it was very good."<Mister Spockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790678390017800846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30428003504517651122018-01-03T20:31:22.679-05:002018-01-03T20:31:22.679-05:00DesertBunny His Word says He created everything in...DesertBunny His Word says He created everything in 6 days. Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772135067816270643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-30218285734182549112018-01-03T19:44:40.099-05:002018-01-03T19:44:40.099-05:00Praise, Ye Lord! And Pass The Pancakes! Praise, Ye Lord! And Pass The Pancakes! OldMexicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16111465436836633221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-49753046682248115862018-01-03T19:33:13.042-05:002018-01-03T19:33:13.042-05:00You admit that DNA is information but appear to de...You admit that DNA is information but appear to deny that "billions of years of evolution will produce information to turn bacteria into man." But how would you know that God did not create man through the evolution of simple life forms in to more complex ones? I don't see that your quotes of Romans 1 precludes that possibility. In fact one could use your quotes to argue that one DesertBunnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073629890058475829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-86808754272051011662018-01-03T19:23:32.009-05:002018-01-03T19:23:32.009-05:00Excellent. A while back, I put together some state...Excellent. A while back, I put together some statements and paraphrases from others along with some comments of my own and came up with this:<br /><br />I reject the notion that everything came from nothing, life came from lifelessness, all living things came from a rock that was rained on for millions of years, and consciousness came from matter. One may choose to believe those things as part ofMister Spockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04790678390017800846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-22587566158058809052018-01-03T13:41:24.809-05:002018-01-03T13:41:24.809-05:00Considering Mises was a Benthamite liberal philoso...Considering Mises was a Benthamite liberal philosophically, his views don't surprise me. Bentham was hostile to religionAndrew Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07449923538125529915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-12001995480571536322018-01-03T11:58:35.177-05:002018-01-03T11:58:35.177-05:00"“Modern man” was free from these shackles of..."“Modern man” was free from these shackles of irrationalism" I see. You mean the irrationalism of believing that something comes from nothing, order can be derived from disorder, and precision comes from randomness. Doesn't sound very "reasonable" or "scientific". No one denies that DNA is information yet somehow billions of years of evolution will produce Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09772135067816270643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3758330678390419129.post-19115194812805490442018-01-03T09:50:09.199-05:002018-01-03T09:50:09.199-05:00Very interesting. Very interesting. Matt Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238238180136834059noreply@blogger.com