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Old 04-13-2010, 11:48 AM
 
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Old Testament scholar Bruce K. Waltke formerly of Florida's Reformed Theological Seminary was dismissed after making the heretical statement, "Christianity's continued denial of evolution will make them a cult."

http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/04/09/video

Oh, how we miss the days of the Holy Inquisition.
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Old 04-13-2010, 12:02 PM
 
Location: Somewhere out there
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Red face "You are a wtich! Or Satan's minion!" "Ouch!... OK..."

Yes; a few days on the rack with the Adjudicators will change everything. Those pesky confrontational attitudes? Gone. Lies about evoluton? Ditto; gone!

It must be a real pain to the church that they can't use these simple remedies, huh catto? How much simpler life would be!

(Of course, you and I would be in real trouble... Run! Run!)
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Old 04-13-2010, 01:17 PM
 
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Old Testament scholar Bruce K. Waltke formerly of Florida's Reformed Theological Seminary was dismissed after making the heretical statement, "Christianity's continued denial of evolution will make them a cult."

News: The Video That Ended a Career - Inside Higher Ed

Oh, how we miss the days of the Holy Inquisition.
This is so disheartening. Benighted hardly seems to adequately describe it!
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Old 04-13-2010, 01:25 PM
 
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I thought many believers and certain denominations were making peace with science and evolution.

I guess this isn't one of them.
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Old 04-13-2010, 01:37 PM
 
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Yes; a few days on the rack with the Adjudicators will change everything. Those pesky confrontational attitudes? Gone. Lies about evoluton? Ditto; gone!

It must be a real pain to the church that they can't use these simple remedies, huh catto? How much simpler life would be!

(Of course, you and I would be in real trouble... Run! Run!)
Don't laugh, if some have their way...
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Old 04-13-2010, 01:41 PM
 
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It's simply a case of religion showing its true colors.
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Old 04-13-2010, 02:14 PM
 
Location: Log home in the Appalachians
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If they keep on like this, soon there will be none of them left and then where will they be, nothing but a memory.
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Old 04-14-2010, 07:10 AM
 
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So much for claiming that "might makes right" is a moral idea limited to non-believers. Looks like religious types like to throw their weight around to back up their opinions about the world too.

In fact, since you're dealing with matters of faith, it is only opinion that matters. And obviously some opinions matter more than others. In this case, the people writing the checks get to decide which opinions God would agree with.
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Old 04-14-2010, 07:48 AM
 
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Oh, how we miss the days of the Holy Inquisition.
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I thought many believers and certain denominations were making peace with science and evolution.

I guess this isn't one of them.
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Don't laugh, if some have their way...
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It's simply a case of religion showing its true colors.
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So much for claiming that "might makes right" is a moral idea limited to non-believers. Looks like religious types like to throw their weight around to back up their opinions about the world too.

In fact, since you're dealing with matters of faith, it is only opinion that matters. And obviously some opinions matter more than others. In this case, the people writing the checks get to decide which opinions God would agree with.
Too funny!

You folks are so "open minded" that you actually believe that no professors, researchers or scientists have been fired or lost funding because of their views concerning intelligent design?

Where’s the “intellectual honesty” that you proclaim to hold near & dear?
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Old 04-14-2010, 08:03 AM
 
Location: The land where cats rule
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Where’s the “intellectual honesty” that you proclaim to hold near & dear?

Where is yours?

You continue to make claims based on mere faith and refuse the intellectual honesty to even examine with an open mind anything that isn't in your bible.
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