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Subject: Re: Creation-science vs. Christianity
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> [Richard Carnes]
> Most of the debates about creation/evolution focus on the
> incompatibility between "creation-science" and real science.
> However, a book I came across recently, *Is God a Creationist?  The
> Religious Case Against Creation-Science*, ed. R. M. Frye, makes the
> case that 20th-century creationists' ignorance of their own religious
> and theological tradition is at least as profound as their ignorance
> of science.  Having had some exposure to Christian theology in the
> past, I tend to agree.  The book is a collection of articles by
> various theologians and scholars (and a Pope), and looks very good so
> far.  All of the contributors accept the Christian doctrine of
> creation, BTW.

"The" Christian doctrine of creation?  Evolutionists tell us too often
that the fundamentalists endorse only one very narrow view of Genesis
and that most denonimations (or schools of thought, or [insert your
own concept used for dividing Christians into categories for
classificatory purposes]) have long ago made their peace with Darwin
(as the phrase usually goes).  So what is "the" doctrine?

Kehoe makes somewhat the same point (Godfrey, _Scientists Confront
Creationism_).  So does Aulie (_American Biology Teacher_, Apr and May
1972, v34).  There's also an article in Zetterberg's book, and one in
Montagu's book, both of which make the same point.
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