Comments on: Intelligent Design… http://joshrobinson.cc/2008/04/21/intelligent-design/ Student Pastor Mon, 26 Jul 2010 21:46:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dan http://joshrobinson.cc/2008/04/21/intelligent-design/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Dan Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:38:28 +0000 http://joshrobinson.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-80 Melissa, No, I'm equally open-minded to all gods. I'm also equally skeptical of them. And should I find any tangible evidence that I can scrutinize, and find that the evidence holds up to examination, then I would gladly convert. Psychological revelations, and quoting scripture just because it says so, doesn't cut it. Put another way - one can be so open-minded that their brain (figuratively) falls out. I'm not <em>that</em> open-minded. Melissa,
No, I’m equally open-minded to all gods. I’m also equally skeptical of them. And should I find any tangible evidence that I can scrutinize, and find that the evidence holds up to examination, then I would gladly convert.

Psychological revelations, and quoting scripture just because it says so, doesn’t cut it.

Put another way – one can be so open-minded that their brain (figuratively) falls out. I’m not that open-minded.

]]> By: MELISSA http://joshrobinson.cc/2008/04/21/intelligent-design/comment-page-1/#comment-79 MELISSA Thu, 24 Apr 2008 15:16:23 +0000 http://joshrobinson.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-79 I'm always a little confused when I hear someone who is an atheist say that Christians are close minded (or in this case tunnel-vision was used). Isn't an atheist closed off to the idea that there is a God? Maybe I'm closed off to the idea that there isn't a God, but at the very least, isn't it the pot calling the kettle black, for an atheist to call a Christian close-minded? Maybe we are tunnel-visioned as far as believing there is one way to Heaven, but that Way is open to everyone. God is here for all who come to Him. We come as we are. I feel like that gets left out a lot. A minority of Christians give the rest of us a bad reputation because they like to point out the sins of others and condemn them to hell, which is nowhere near what we are supposed to do. Salvation is a free gift and is open to all, no discrimination based on who you are or what your past consists of. I guess it could be considered close-minded, or tunnel visioned, or whatever else, but what's wrong with sticking to our convictions and beliefs? Why would anyone respect a Christian who wavered in their beliefs to make others happy or comfortable? We're not politicians, it doesn't work that way. I’m always a little confused when I hear someone who is an atheist say that Christians are close minded (or in this case tunnel-vision was used). Isn’t an atheist closed off to the idea that there is a God? Maybe I’m closed off to the idea that there isn’t a God, but at the very least, isn’t it the pot calling the kettle black, for an atheist to call a Christian close-minded?

Maybe we are tunnel-visioned as far as believing there is one way to Heaven, but that Way is open to everyone. God is here for all who come to Him. We come as we are. I feel like that gets left out a lot. A minority of Christians give the rest of us a bad reputation because they like to point out the sins of others and condemn them to hell, which is nowhere near what we are supposed to do. Salvation is a free gift and is open to all, no discrimination based on who you are or what your past consists of. I guess it could be considered close-minded, or tunnel visioned, or whatever else, but what’s wrong with sticking to our convictions and beliefs? Why would anyone respect a Christian who wavered in their beliefs to make others happy or comfortable? We’re not politicians, it doesn’t work that way.

]]> By: Dan http://joshrobinson.cc/2008/04/21/intelligent-design/comment-page-1/#comment-78 Dan Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:36:29 +0000 http://joshrobinson.wordpress.com/?p=102#comment-78 Just to have a little fun with your delusions... <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/04/still_just_a_lizard.php" rel="nofollow">Evolution</a> is <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2008/01/speciation_in_birds.php" rel="nofollow">clearly</a> a <a href="http://www.scientificblogging.com/dna_and_diversity/evolution_as_fact_theory_and_path" rel="nofollow">theory</a> that <a href="http://www.pandasthumb.org/archives/2007/09/how_does_evolut.html" rel="nofollow">has not been</a> <a href="http://blog.lib.umn.edu/denis036/thisweekinevolution/2007/09/evolving_enzymes_in_the_lab.html" rel="nofollow">proven</a> at all. Sure. Just to have a little fun with your delusions…

Evolution is clearly a theory that has not been proven at all.

Sure.

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