On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 21:33:47 GMT, "Doug Kanter" "escape"
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On Wed, 17 Nov 2004 14:06:17 GMT, "Doug Kanter"

opined:

Two weeks back, PBS aired a Nova show which showed how scientists are
piecing together the beginnings of quadrupeds, starting with certain
types
of fish, and tracking the increments by which a fish finally left the
water
and walked on land. Assuming several million Christians watched this
show,
how do you suppose they felt about it? Did they consider it to be in the
same category as Star Trek?

I saw the show and it was wonderful. I was thinking about your question
as I
was watching it, funny enough. I have no idea what a Christian would
think
about it. I don't know how they can deny evolution, theory or not. My
problem is not with Christians believing in creation, but when it comes to
the
man running the US, it matters to me.

Well, people who are into WWII history believe that the movie "Enemy at the
Gates" was about a real person, and others, based on their research, think
there were several similar heroes, and the movie is about a compilation of
those people. Either way, it's still nice to believe in a story that
represents something. So, I have no problem with someone who sees the
creation as having symbolic beauty. But, when those people look at the last
100 years' of research into evolution and call it bullshit, it's time to get
out a really big roll of mental floss.

There are many Christians that believe both in evolution, and in
creation as in God created the universe. They are not mutually
exclusive views, at least I don't see it that way.

There are some Christian groups that reject evolution, but I seriously
doubt they are a majority of Christians. Using the label Christians
to describe both groups and lump them as being the same in thought and
deed is not accurate.

As for rejecting history there are those that reject the moon
landings, though I've never taken the time to figure out if they're
just pulling everyone's leg.

From what I've read, the sniper Zaitsev in "Enemy of the Gates" was a
real person, and he has published a book of memoirs, but the sniper
duel was a fabrication. Who knows? Its easy to follow down a story
pretty far yet never get to the bottom. Good luck finding those
memoirs at Amazon.

Swyck