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[Phys-L] Re: compromise on ID ... or not



"... BTW there are some Christian churches (not
Unitarian) which view virtually all of the Bible as allegorical with an
important moral message."

You mean in addition to UUs? I pray.

bc, nominally a Unitarian

P.s. The Unitarian church is a building; the people are members of a
Society.

John Clement wrote:

I have two colleagues who are very religious. One is a Christian the
other a Muslim. One believes that Genesis is literally correct; and, he
expends a great deal of effort trying to show that the laws of physics
can be made compatible with that view. On the other hand, he considers
some other parts of the Bible as being not literally true, including
some the parts that have to do with how one should behave.



Well, all Christian denominations do this to one degree or another. The
mainline churches generally consider the parts of the Bible from Genesis to
the flood to be allegorical. And the book of Ruth is now considered to be a
moralistic story, but not actual history. Then of course all parts which
have to do with kosher law are always excluded as being inapplicable. Why,
one wonders, can some consider Genesis to be literal, and still eat pork,
shrimp... Now when I see someone trying to expend that sort of effort, I

cut
ou will not know when that is). It is probable that some
of Bush's actions are guided by this and that he considers himself to be an
agent of the coming apocalypse. BTW there are some Christian churches (not
Unitarian) which view virtually all of the Bible as allegorical with an
important moral message.


If I were going to bet on which one of my colleagues were going to make
it into heaven, if heaven exists, I would choose the second one in a
heartbeat!


As would many Christians, Jews, Hindus ...


Mark