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Church apologizes to Darwin
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 5:23 am
by MacUser
Church apologizes to Darwin
LONDON: The church of England is to officially apologise to Charles Darwin for misunderstanding his theory of evolution - 126 years after his death.
The church the will address its contrition directly to the Victorian scientist himself. It will concede in a statement that it was over-defensive and over-emotional in dismissing Darwin's ideas, calling "anti-evolutionary fervour" an "indictment" on the church.
The apology has been written by the Rev Malcolm Brown, the church's director of mission and public affairs.
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Posted: September 15th, 2008, 5:30 am
by RaceRunner
To DaJudge:
What????
The very FIRST church to adopt D&R as perfectly acceptable???
Hundreds of years ahead of it's time!
King Henry 8th would be appalled at the very thought of accepting Darwin's Evolution...wouldn't he?????
Funny thing about slippery slopes....they are always very slippery.
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 5:39 am
by DaJudge
RaceRunner wrote:To DaJudge:
What????
The very FIRST church to adopt D&R as perfectly acceptable???
Hundreds of years ahead of it's time!
King Henry 8th would be appalled at the very thought of accepting Darwin's Evolution...wouldn't he?????
Funny thing about slippery slopes....they are always very slippery.
Race Runner. Have you ever gone to a movie? If not, have ever rented one? If not have you ever watched one on tv? Have you gone to a professional sporting event? Does your husband ever wear neckties? Have you ever drunk Coca Cola? Have you ever gone to a bowling alley? Do you wear makeup? Do you ever wear pants instead of a skirt?
If the answer to any of the questions is "Yes", then I guess you are on your so-called "slippery slope" too, because at one point and time the members of the great Church of God would have turned you out for any one of these activities.
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 6:06 am
by RaceRunner
DaJudge wrote:RaceRunner wrote:To DaJudge:
What????
The very FIRST church to adopt D&R as perfectly acceptable???
Hundreds of years ahead of it's time!
King Henry 8th would be appalled at the very thought of accepting Darwin's Evolution...wouldn't he?????
Funny thing about slippery slopes....they are always very slippery.
Race Runner.
Have you ever gone to a movie? If not, have ever rented one? If not have you ever watched one on tv? Have you gone to a professional sporting event? Does your husband ever wear neckties? Have you ever drunk Coca Cola? Have you ever gone to a bowling alley? Do you wear makeup? Do you ever wear pants instead of a skirt?
If the answer to any of the questions is "Yes", then I guess you are on your so-called "slippery slope" too, because at one point and time the members of the great Church of God would have turned you out for any one of these activities.
Oooooh. Got me running now!!!
Go ahead...keep on equating the Doctrines of Christ with the traditions of
men.
Like I said...I'll check in on you in 5 - 10 - 15 years to see how it's been working for ya.
(you do know...that once the COCAINE was taken out of coke...then it was okay to drink it? Don't believe I am old enuf to have tasted the cocaine laden product)
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 6:25 am
by RamboPreacher
race and dajudge - what do these posts have to do with this thread?
macuser - i would like to know what they are actually apologizing for. while I am not an advocate of speciation evolutionism, "the theory of evolution" is not a complete and unified theory. there are many sciences and theories involved. some of which are reproduce-able and empirically testable. what was it that "the church" ignored, disregarded, etc..., that needs apologized for?
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 6:35 am
by RaceRunner
["RamboPreacher"]
race and dajudge - what do these posts have to do with this thread?
Everything and nothing...all at the same time.
Enigma ain't it?
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 8:21 am
by DaJudge
RamboPreacher wrote:race and dajudge - what do these posts have to do with this thread?
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Don't know why you are asking me Rambo. The nutcase was the one who asked me a direct question. I was just giving her the answer.
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 9:25 am
by RamboPreacher
DaJudge wrote:RamboPreacher wrote:race and dajudge - what do these posts have to do with this thread?
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Don't know why you are asking me Rambo. The nutcase was the one who asked me a direct question. I was just giving her the answer.
ahh - okay. wait, is a nutcase the same thing as a moron? or are we talking about two different things? ahhhh - the little things in life...
hehehheee
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 9:26 am
by RaceRunner
DaJudge wrote:RamboPreacher wrote:race and dajudge - what do these posts have to do with this thread?
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Don't know why you are asking me Rambo. The nutcase was the one who asked me a direct question. I was just giving her the answer.
First you've called me a moron...now a nutcase.
And that was all before 2:00!
Oh well.
You must be having a very, very bad day.
That okay.....I can take it.
Cheer up! It might get better.
Carry on.
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 9:37 am
by dolfan
She's goin' Palin on you, DaJudge!
Hey, RaceRunner, what's the difference in a hockey mom and a pitbull?
Lipst ...... aw, shoot! Y'all don't wear lipstick.
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 9:39 am
by RaceRunner
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 11:52 am
by Full Quiver
Allow me to interpret.
She, Race Runner, is saying that the church of England was the first denomination to accept folks in 2nd marriages. Where that info comes from I don't know; maybe it is true. Her point is that here all these centuries later they are saying Darwin was not so bad. Accepting divorce and remarriage equals apologizing to Darwin. So she is implying that CoGoP will eventually follow suit since the slope is slippery.
To answer your question DaJudge... I can't say if she's ever wore pants or gone to a movie but I can say that her son (who is also a TCoG member and minister of some sort), whom lives under her roof recently testified to the following
Things I've done differently since the Assembly... 1. Sold +- 9 XBox 360 games and 15 dvds back to Gamestop 2. Turned off the tv (It only comes on to entertain other people) 3. Got rid of 2 full boxes of books with violent themes 4. Thrown away 1 full box of secular music cd's 5. Deleted over 3000 secular songs from my computer (at least $4000 worth) 6. Spending at least one hour every night studying scripture & preparing messages 7. Studying Scripture during my lunch break when possible 8. Making it a point to be a blessing to my classmates and coworkers 9. Only listening to God-uplifting music 10. And praying and thanking God while driving for His answered prayers. You could say that Bro. Hawkins message got to me. Yes, even me. You can still touch a VLB by preaching it that strong--if you believe every word of it, and it's true. Before this years Assembly, and despite my heritage, TCOG Teachings, etc, I didn't think anything of having violent movies in my home or secular cd's in my room. It took a strong sermon to realize how far I'd let things go, and after getting victory over everything, God required those things of me. I didn't give up these things because one man had said so. I gave them up because God showed me the effect that they were having on my spiritual life. What I've experienced since the Assembly
. My guess is he learned from his parents but as she said those are traditions of man yet her son said God told/showed him.
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 12:02 pm
by RaceRunner
Actually my son is 25 and doesn't live with me.
He makes his own decisions now.
AND I'm extremely proud of His testimony.
I'm very happy to see that God has guided him off a slippery slope of "media influence" onto the stable ground of Spiritual nourishment.
Improvement unto Holiness is to be commended...not disdained.
Sorry a father of 6 finds this so offensive.
If you gonna quote him...quote him correctly....
Before this years Assembly, and despite my heritage,
I'm sure he would love to discuss this with you on the forum he started it on. He's quite able to handle himself in discussions...just like his mother.
You know him...He knows you... Feel free to give him a call.
And yes....I do wear pants.
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Tammy Washburn
My admiration for your personage is evidently deficient in the glaring light of your self esteem.
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 12:24 pm
by Full Quiver
RR, I copied the post from where I read it so I suppose I did quote him.
Now are these things that you are proud of traditions of men or the influence of God on your son's life?
I am offended that a young man was convinced by another man that these things were so awfully sinful that he need lay them aside. You call them traditions, others say personal convictions, and yet you rejoice when your own flesh and blood drinks the kool-aid.
I teach my kids that the Bible is the only true source of truth, faith, and doctrine. Daddy has been wrong before & will undoubtedly be wrong again so therefore by all means look to the Lord; let HIM rule in your heart and not a screaming preacher because screaming preachers come and go and they all fall flat on their face at some point.
Posted: September 15th, 2008, 12:36 pm
by one love
unreal
