D2MG@SDSUMUS (Kurt Evans) (02/10/90)
Abigail,
Thanks for the last post. I'm interested in your doctoral thesis
on the history of Bible interpretation up to the 12th century, but I'd
rather not put you under obligation (photocopying and mailing it). If
it's no trouble, my address is: 413 Young Hall, Brookings, SD 57007.
I'm also interested in Augustine's *On Christian Doctrine* since I've
heard Billy Graham say good things about him. I'll check it out.
A few weeks ago you said:
> There is a good deal of agreement among Christians of quite dif-
>ferent views on the Bible that the book of Job is a work of fiction
>in the sense that Job himself, his family, the country of Uz, and so
>on, never existed.
This kind of ruffled my feathers. I guess most of the Christians
I spend time with are members of InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, a
fundamentalist organization, so we take it all literally. Something
else that troubled me about your posts was the repeated implication
that science has disproved Genesis. The arguments that once "proved"
the Theory of Evolution have dissolved.
I feel it is critical to defend all the writings of Moses. I base
this belief on the following statement by Jesus in John 5:
46 "For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote of
Me.
47 "But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My
words?"
In my opinion, I've seen Steve Grimes totally demolish the supposed
evidence for Evolution on another list. I'm happy to answer questions
here the best I can, although I'm not nearly as well-informed as Steve.
For Jesus' glory,
KurtMFRANCL@CC.BRYNMAWR.EDU (02/10/90)
Dear Kurt,
You may not accept the theory of evolution, but your unwillingness
does not disprove it. Nor is it incompatible with Genesis - unless of
course you take Genesis literally. I would gather from this morning's
posting that you do - however, how can you reconcile the two distinct-
and contradictory- stories of Creation it contains?
curiously, Michelle