Bill Nye seems to have angered some people during a presentation in Waco last week:
He pointed out that the sun, the “greater light,” is but one of countless stars and that the “lesser light” is the moon, which really is not a light at all, rather a reflector of light.
A number of audience members left the room at that point, visibly angered by what some perceived as irreverence.
“We believe in a God!” exclaimed one woman as she left the room with three young children.
Wait, what? How is this incongruous? I believe in a God. I also believe in evidence we've gathered in the past few hundred years indicating that the moon does not generate light. It makes perfect sense that the people writing the Bible a few thousand years ago didn't know this yet, and made the reasonable assumption that the moon gives off light. Even today, it doesn't seem unfactual to refer to the moon as a "light in the sky" when speaking poetically, as is done in Breishis/Genesis.
Do these people honestly think that it's some sort of sin to accept any knowledge that has come about since the time of Jesus? Wouldn't they then be blaspheming any time they turn on a light or start up their SUV?
Thursday, April 13, 2006
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My own opinion...
Those who only believe in creationism show how small-minded they are... If we lived in 1492, they would be the ones screaming that the earth is flat.
The God I believe in has more power than a simple human can possibly comprehend. His works are impossible to understand and explain with our limited knowledge and perception.
To assume that God is not capable of intelligent design and evolution is saying that God's power is limited. How arrogant and patronizing!
I believe God can do anything... I think that is called "faith"...
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