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By heavens, you're absolutely right! And lest anyone say, "Hah! Just another pair of Roman Catholics, patting each other on the back!", I am not a Roman Catholic, I'm Greek Orthodox. The evidence for your statement would remain both overwhelming and unchanged, were I a worshiper of the Flying...

That is a truly excellent explication! I very much wish that I had said that and, since I am copying it to a Word document, I undoubtedly will, in the future! :D My only problem: How can I construct an attribution for this, to give due credit to "Radarmark"? :confused: Regards, Jim

That certainly works for me! While I have perhaps more confidence than you that the preponderance of evidence for evolution--much like the preponderance of evidence for gravitation--is sufficient to ensure that the theory will be modified, elaborated, improved, but never falsified, the fact...

And best of all, you do not merely believe this because others have told you; you know this by direct observation! Regards, Jim

Essentially by overwhelming weight of evidence. See: 29+ Evidences for Macroevolution: the Scientific Case for Common Descent Major areas of evidence: 1. Geology: The fossil record. Highest strata contain fossils most closely resembling living species. Lower strata contain fossils...

How do you know there are 50 states? Have you been to 50 states? Have you met someone who lives in, or comes from, all 50 states? Or do you simply accept that there are 50 states because someone told you there were 50 states? If I were to suggest to you that there are 48 states, not 50 states...

As Christians, we have a wide range of differing perceptions concerning the Bible. The vast majority of Christians are not Fundamentalists and therefore regard the Bible as authoritative in matters of faith and morality, but not in matters of physics, chemistry, mathematics, biology, or geology...

Well, that certainly answers the question, "Can belief in a higher power be combined with evolution?" Obviously it can, because Leakey did it. :) Regards, Jim

An astute observation, IMO. Yes, bibliolatry is alive and well, both in America and in Australia. I'm reminded of a conversation, many years back, between the South African scholar and Orthodox Christian, Stephen Methodius Hayes, and an American Creationist. It went as follows: HAYES: What...

It seems conclusive that the Creationist movement--including Intelligent Design--was imported into the U.K. from America. As an American, I offer my most abject apologies! Regards, Jim

Yes, my mother.:D Regards, Jim

I've found the British Centre for Science Education <http://www.bcseweb.org.uk/> to be an excellent source for information on this subject. In addition, I would recommend an article by the late eminent paleontologist and evolutionary biologist, Stephen J. Gould, to be an excellent clarification...

Statement 1 ("If you know God, then God exists.") is derived from Job, but not from Matthew. Statement 2 ("If God knows you, then you exist.") is derived from Matthew, but not from Job. The two statements are separate and not interdependent. Well, I should hope so! Does anyone think they...

Same here!:D In fact, when one considers it, evolution actually makes it easier to believe in the goodness of God despite some of the uglier features one finds in the natural world, such as the full panoply of parasites, for just one example. Then, when one considers such depressing aspects of...

That's odd--I've never seen that in Job. Where do you see it? If you check it out, I think you'll find that the most agreed-upon translation is, "I am who am": who, not what. Sorry, but we'll have to agree to disagree on that, because I don't accept that statement as true and never will...

Quote: Originally Posted by vizenos If you know God, then God exists. If God knows you, then you exist. Actually it isn't, since I am not familiar with that statement...

If you know God, then God exists. If God knows you, then you exist. Regards, Jim

It's probably true that some Christians believe what you describe, above. It's certainly true that some do not, and I, a Greek Orthodox Christian, am among the latter. To me, it makes sense to try to figure out, first, what the soul is, before building complex beliefs about who has one, who...

IMO, this is entirely true, and it confirms the validity of the late Stephen Jay Gould's "Non-Overlapping Magisteria" hypothesis <http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library/gould_noma.html>. Of course, the degree of "suffering" inherent in this is directly proportional to the degree of (A)...

I vote F) None of the above really works for me. :D Regards, vizenos