hua@cmu-cs-gandalf.ARPA (Ernest Hua) (03/15/85)
______________________________________________________________________ > { source of original copy : unknown } > > In order to focus this issue, I present here the actual text of > the statement that an applicant for membership in the Creation > Research Society (CRS) must subscribe to. The CRS is based in > Ann Arbor, Michigan. > > "1. The Bible is the written word of God, and because we believe > it to be inspired thruout, all of its assertions are historically > and scientifically true in all the original autographs. To the > students of nature, this means that the account of origins in > Genesis is a factual presentation of simple historical truths. The first statement is a bold assertion, giving belief in the valid- ity of the Bible to be sufficient for its validity. Interesting ... "because we believe it to be true, it must be true ... in fact, it's completely accurate scientifically and historically ..." Quite some claims to jump to from a simple belief which is not substantiated at all though taken for granted. > "2. All basic types of living things, including man, were made by > direct creative acts of God during Creation Week as described in > Genesis. Whatever biological changes have occurred since Creation > have accomplished only changes within the original created kinds. Here we go again! More leaps and bounds! There's that silly word "kind" again. Here genetic and other types of variation is magic- ally limited within certainly boundaries which I have yet to see a creationist define. Nothing in science justifies the existence of any such boundary. > "3. The great Flood described in Genesis, commonly referred to as > the Noachian Deluge, was an historical event, worldwide in its > extent and scope. One could easily deduce this statement from the first except for the worldwide part, which makes the statement even more unbelievable. > "4. Finally, we are an organization of Christian men of science, > who accept Jesus Christ as our Lord and Savior. The account of > the special creation of Adam and Eve as one man and one woman, > and their subsequent Fall into sin, is the basis for our belief > in the necessity of a Savior for all mankind. Therefore, salva- > tion can only come thru accepting Jesus Christ as Savior. Science?! What BS! "Christian men of science" is about as contra- dictory as "black is white". They have already accepted their idea as true. Their objective cannot be scientific because they are al- ready sure of their opinion. Scientists can never be absolutely certain of anything. Scientists' work is for the sake of proving or disproving theories. It is illogical to accept it as true, and then try to prove it. (It may be simple to do, but it is not valid.) Paul DuBois said that he would sign this, with a minor constraint. Someone else wholehearted agrees with everything here. Okay, you people that are along the same track as these two ... YES! YOU! ... are you willing to sign this statement, which contains blatantly irresponsible passages? ______________________________________________________________________ Keebler { hua@cmu-cs-gandalf.arpa }