Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] [RELIGION] Evolution and religion

[Stephen Montgomery-Smith <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Now here you really are rambling.  :-)

Seriously, Collins' book is definitely out of the ordinary, avoiding 
both the literalism held by most fundamentalist christians, but also the 
radical secularism of people like Dawkins and Mike Miller.  Collins' 
book is about as unKansas as anything can be.




Jennifer Dozar wrote:
> Maybe you guys should move to Kansas. :) 
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 05, 2006 at 09:18:48AM -0600, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
>
> > Mike Miller wrote:
> >
> > > On Sat, 4 Nov 2006, Stephen Montgomery-Smith wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > > I had a few words to say about the recent trend in science/religion 
> > > > > writing:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://taxa.epi.umn.edu/rmnews/2006/msg00202.html
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > This web page indicates how messed up you are.
> > > >
> > > > Read Collins' book.
> > >
> > >
> > > I've already read more about Collins' ideas than he deserves.
> > >
> > > I think that what I wrote was excellent -- it is a consistent position. 
> > > People play self-prormoting manipulative games with religion.  It's 
> > > disgusting.
> >
> > Are you saying that Collins is engaging in playing self promoting games 
> > with religion?  In your previous post you say that Collins claims to be 
> > a born again christian.  While this statement is completely true, it has 
> > the added implication that you do not believe his claim.
> >
> > My strong sense from reading Collins' book is that he is the real deal.
> >
> > Stephen
> >
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