Todd S. Beall‚ Ph.D. (toddbeall@gmail.com) Professor of Old Testament‚ Capital Bible Seminary‚ Lanham‚ MD Evangelical Theological Society Nov 19‚ 2010 On March 24‚ 2010 BioLogos released an interview with Bruce Waltke in which he stated that for Christians to deny the reality of evolution would “make us a cult‚ some odd group that’s not really interacting with the real world.”1 His remarks‚ actually taped during a November workshop‚ sparked a flurry of repercussions‚ culminating with Waltke’s
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I. Introduction The topic of my comparative essay will be to compare and contrast the different viewpoint of the nebular hypothesis (old-earth secular view) vs. six day creation (young-earth view) on the topic original creation of the earth. For Christians‚ the only answer would be that God created the Earth and everything in it in six days. To the old-earth believers they believe the nebular hypothesis came from a cloud of dust and gas. II. Old-Earth Secular view The Old-Earth secular view that
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Long periods of isolation can transform one into an unordinary member of society. In the novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and the film Edward Scissorhands directed by Tim Burton‚ the creature and Edward are unable to evolve into ordinary members of society due to the effects of long periods of isolation. The isolation that both the creature and Edward experience from being alienated by their creators leaves them oblivious when trying to abide by the rules of society. The creature is abandoned
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The romantic writer Mary Shelley published Frankenstein‚ in 1818. Her novel encompasses sympathy between a tragic science creation of a monster and his creator‚ Victor Frankenstein. Frankenstein is written in two parts‚ first from the narration of Frankenstein himself‚ then from the view of the monster‚ which allows in depth analysis of the characters feelings. Shelly uses sympathy and beauty to illustrate the dynamic relationship between Frankenstein and his creation. Shelley uses pathetic fallacy
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When I was very young‚ my science teacher taught me Charles Darwin’s evolution theory‚ and I never doubted that theory since Darwin is a well-known scientist and the authority in the field of biology. Until one day‚ I became a Christian; I need to accept another theory which is that human beings are created by God. My knowledge had a crash. I have never seen neither earlier species develop to human beings nor God creates human beings by using mud. That is when I started to question the knowledge
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Response to “Dawkins’ ironic Hypocrisy” James Patrick Holding’s article talks about how “demagogues” like Dawkins find it hard to believe that creationists’ views are accepted and the double standard shown by them in accepting a thesis. The author seems to be offended as indicated by how he can mention “a lengthy list of the insulting rhetoric Dawkins has heaped upon the creationists”. Holding questions the credibility of the beliefs supported by Dawkins‚ who seems to be raising doubts on the view
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We‚ too‚ find ourselves involved in a spiritual battle—a battle over the accuracy of God’s Word in regard to its teaching on origins. Why is this particular battle of such importance? There are a number of reasons‚ but primarily what makes victory so urgent is best summarized in this one thought: give a man a false‚ warped view of his origin‚ and he likewise will possess a false‚ warped view of his destiny. Matters of origin and destiny are inextricably linked. Many Christians believe that we are
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FUNDAMENTALISM AND ITS RISE IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. What is Fundamentalism? The most common association those with no base knowledge of the term make is with Islam‚ the word being linked to the faith with great popularity in the first decade of the twenty first century. Despite this point many faiths‚ apart from Islam‚ like the Christian‚ Jewish‚ Buddhist‚ and Hindu have those within their respective memberships who can be classed as fundamentalists. Fundamentalists are staunch believers and
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Assignment 1 Ex nihilo: creation from or out of nothing. The very idea of something coming from nothing goes against all logic and science. Yet‚ when we talk about the creation of the world and the creation of art‚ the concept is easy to grasp. Take the creation of the world for example. In the Bible‚ it says God created the world in seven days‚ each day adding to what He had created the day before. The world began in darkness‚ nothing in existence. Just by His words‚ God created everything
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Inherit the Wind midterm essay about the Inherit the Wind Trial: The Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 was one of the most important parts in history. During the book Inherit the Wind there was a trial that showed two different sides. One person that was involved in the trial had gone against the law. One of the people involved in the trial was a school teacher named Cates. He went against the law which evolution was illegal. Brady was another person at the trial. Brady was supporting the other side which
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