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Subject: Re: How many have read Origin of Species? From: Hootowl posted Mon, Nov 2 2009, 3:07pm  "So, pray tell, which one is the TRUE religion, or IS there a one true religion? I am Episcopalian, but I would never once be so self-absorbed as to proselytize my own religion above that of others." Then the obvious question arises - Why are you an Episcopalian? If your religion is a better path than those of your friends, it would be quite selfish of you to deny them the opportunity of hearing your reasoning of why the Episcopal religion is your faith of choice. If your religion is not a better path to salvation than that of your friends, the other obvious question arises - Why don't your friends care enough about you to teach you the possibly superior value of their faiths? Being an Episcopalian, I would assume you accept Jesus as your Saviour, and would seek to follow his advice in how to live your faith. As just one example: Matthew 28:17-20 - "And Jesus approached and spoke to them, saying: “All authority has been given me in heaven and on the earth. Go therefore and make disciples of people of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy spirit, teaching them to observe all the things I have commanded you. And, look! I am with you all the days until the conclusion of the system of things.”" Jesus was quite clear that Christians are supposed to preach the Word to others, not keep it to themselves. If you feel the Christian faith has nothing better to offer mankind than atheism or devil-worship, then I am, for once, speechless. The rest of your commentary is pretty much "It's okay to be a Christian and believe in materialistic evolution." I strongly disagree. Belief in his version of evolution destroyed whatever flicker of faith in God Darwin had, and believers in it have used it to do much harm in the world. I fail to see the connection between believing God created life, and directed it's development, with blasphemy. I call it giving God the credit He deserves, and that He himself takes credit for in the Bible. Subject: Re: How many have read Origin of Species? From: Entity posted Tue, Nov 3 2009, 4:49am  "and believers in it have used it to do much harm in the world. " What harm? Give an example. And do not forget how many people were killed in the name of the biblical god, allah and many other deities. That is not an "atheistic evolution" world view but religious. Subject: Re: How many have read Origin of Species? From: schloaty posted Tue, Nov 3 2009, 3:56pm  To add on to what you say.... What people DO with information in NO WAY impacts the veracity of that information. Catholoism's truth is not affected by the Crusades. Evolution's truth is not affected by social Lamarkism. These are argument falacies - the appeal to nazims (has a true fallacy name, but I can't remember).

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