Comments on: Intelligent Design is dead http://agylen.com/2005/12/21/intelligent-design-is-dead/ Ugo Cei's Weblog Mon, 06 Oct 2008 22:43:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: ugo http://agylen.com/2005/12/21/intelligent-design-is-dead/#comment-866 ugo Fri, 23 Dec 2005 08:18:12 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/12/21/intelligent-design-is-dead/#comment-866 Doug, I know perfectly well that most Christians are not rabid creationists. From an atheist point of view, I rejoice at the outcome of the Dover trial, of course, but I think Christians should rejoice too. Liars and hypocrites are sinners and will burn in hell, after all, not be allowed to teach your children. Doug, I know perfectly well that most Christians are not rabid creationists. From an atheist point of view, I rejoice at the outcome of the Dover trial, of course, but I think Christians should rejoice too. Liars and hypocrites are sinners and will burn in hell, after all, not be allowed to teach your children.

]]> By: Doug http://agylen.com/2005/12/21/intelligent-design-is-dead/#comment-860 Doug Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:51:18 +0000 http://agylen.com/2005/12/21/intelligent-design-is-dead/#comment-860 You know, I'm simply curious about the source of your malevolence. I don't know if I've mentioned here before, but I think you might be interested in reading a book entitled The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark Noll. Pardon the long link, but you can find it on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802841805/qid=1135266131/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6399459-2700016?n=507846&s=books&v=glance One of his key premises is that the natural order is God's revelation to man, just as much as scripture. To ignore, or to dispute the natural order is missing half of what God has to give us. I've been reading your blog on Planet Apache for a long time now, and it's interesting to me that you seem to despise Christianity (or, more accurately, the organized Christian religions) almost solely because of their stance on evolution. I posit that not all Christians eschew evolution, but instead embrace what observations of the natural order have to tell us. I'm sure there are other issues you have with "the church," but this definitely seems to be Issue #1. Oh, and the "spoiler" on the book? The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there's not much of an evangelical mind. Noll is an evangelical himself, so this thesis is obviously distressing to him. I encourage you to read the book. You know, I’m simply curious about the source of your malevolence.

I don’t know if I’ve mentioned here before, but I think you might be interested in reading a book entitled The Scandal of the Evangelical Mind by Mark Noll. Pardon the long link, but you can find it on Amazon here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0802841805/qid=1135266131/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-6399459-2700016?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

One of his key premises is that the natural order is God’s revelation to man, just as much as scripture. To ignore, or to dispute the natural order is missing half of what God has to give us.

I’ve been reading your blog on Planet Apache for a long time now, and it’s interesting to me that you seem to despise Christianity (or, more accurately, the organized Christian religions) almost solely because of their stance on evolution. I posit that not all Christians eschew evolution, but instead embrace what observations of the natural order have to tell us. I’m sure there are other issues you have with “the church,” but this definitely seems to be Issue #1.

Oh, and the “spoiler” on the book? The scandal of the evangelical mind is that there’s not much of an evangelical mind. Noll is an evangelical himself, so this thesis is obviously distressing to him. I encourage you to read the book.

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