Guest Caddius Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 10,000 Clergy sign on to agree with science. An Open Letter Concerning Religion and Science We've reached our goal of gathering 10,000 clergy signatures. The next step in our campaign is outlined here. See below to endorse the following letter Click here to learn more about the "Clergy Letter Project" Within the community of Christian believers there are areas of dispute and disagreement, including the proper way to interpret Holy Scripture. While virtually all Christians take the Bible seriously and hold it to be authoritative in matters of faith and practice, the overwhelming majority do not read the Bible literally, as they would a science textbook. Many of the beloved stories found in the Bible – the Creation, Adam and Eve, Noah and the ark – convey timeless truths about God, human beings, and the proper relationship between Creator and creation expressed in the only form capable of transmitting these truths from generation to generation. Religious truth is of a different order from scientific truth. Its purpose is not to convey scientific information but to transform hearts. We the undersigned, Christian clergy from many different traditions, believe that the timeless truths of the Bible and the discoveries of modern science may comfortably coexist. We believe that the theory of evolution is a foundational scientific truth, one that has stood up to rigorous scrutiny and upon which much of human knowledge and achievement rests. To reject this truth or to treat it as “one theory among others” is to deliberately embrace scientific ignorance and transmit such ignorance to our children. We believe that among God’s good gifts are human minds capable of critical thought and that the failure to fully employ this gift is a rejection of the will of our Creator. To argue that God’s loving plan of salvation for humanity precludes the full employment of the God-given faculty of reason is to attempt to limit God, an act of hubris. We urge school board members to preserve the integrity of the science curriculum by affirming the teaching of the theory of evolution as a core component of human knowledge. We ask that science remain science and that religion remain religion, two very different, but complementary, forms of truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antlerman Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 That is incredible! I'm going to save this and quote from it time and again when dealing with creationists. We believe that among God’s good gifts are human minds capable of critical thought and that the failure to fully employ this gift is a rejection of the will of our Creator. To argue that God’s loving plan of salvation for humanity precludes the full employment of the God-given faculty of reason is to attempt to limit God, an act of hubris. Wow, what words for the fundi to process from their brother and sister Christians!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skankboy Posted January 24, 2006 Share Posted January 24, 2006 Great post! I'll definitely save this one for ammo in the future... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-COG Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 That is incredible! I'm going to save this and quote from it time and again when dealing with creationists. We believe that among God’s good gifts are human minds capable of critical thought and that the failure to fully employ this gift is a rejection of the will of our Creator. To argue that God’s loving plan of salvation for humanity precludes the full employment of the God-given faculty of reason is to attempt to limit God, an act of hubris. Wow, what words for the fundi to process from their brother and sister Christians!! These 10,000 clergy are obviously not True Christians . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godlessgrrl Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 10,000 clergy can most definitely be wrong... ...but I don't think this is one of those times. Excellent post. Thank Gaia all Xians aren't brainless YEC goons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkepticOfBible Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 These 10,000 clergy are obviously not True Christians . Off course, all of them and their congregration are now gonna goto hell and get tortured forever for their beliefs. Somebody should post this in CF, and just wait for "christian love" for these clergyment to come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vixentrox Posted January 25, 2006 Share Posted January 25, 2006 Yeah. someone whose account hasn't yet been banned, please do and lets us know what happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Open_Minded Posted January 29, 2006 Share Posted January 29, 2006 10,000 Clergy sign on to agree with science. An Open Letter Concerning Religion and Science We've reached our goal of gathering 10,000 clergy signatures. The next step in our campaign is outlined here. Cool.... the first thing I did is look up every minister I know. Some had signed, others hadn't. I'll be emailing the ones who didn't sign the link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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