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"Until Darwin, Christians took the Bible literally."
Genesis chapter 1 describes six days in which God made everything.
Genesis chapters 2-3 say God made "the man" (Adam), then Eden, then
animals then Eve. A serpent tempted them to eat from a forbidden tree.
After this, God said the offspring of the woman would be hated by the snake's
descendants, but would crush the serpent's head... |
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"You can't be a real Christian and accept evolution."
Genesis chapter 1 describes six days in which God made everything. Genesis chapter 2-3 says God made "the man" (Adam), then Eden, then animals then Eve. A serpent tempted them to eat a forbidden tre., After this, God said the offspring of the woman would be hated by the snake's descendants, but would crush the serpent's head... |
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"Few great scientists throughout history have been true Christians."
The word "Christian" can mean a lot of things to different people, like "a good person" or "someone from Western culture". We will take an "active Christian" to be a person who believes the Bible to be inspired and practices their Christian faith in an active way... |
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"In the days of Christopher Columbus, everyone thought the world was flat."
The ancient Greeks noticed five "planets" (or "vagabond stars") which seemed to wander back and forward across the sky. The earth was not assumed to be a "planet". Plato assumed, however, that the earth was a sphere. Eudoxus (c 400-350BC) (who was a teacher in Plato's famous Academy in Athens)... |
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"Eventually, science will explain everything."
“Surely,” some people think, “ultimately there will be a “theory of everthing”, and science will tell us all there is to know. To respond to this we need first to note that in physics there has long been a bit of a puzzle... |
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