tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post3411295253056888781..comments2023-09-01T07:04:13.381-07:00Comments on Reflections on Faith and Culture: Youthful Maturity vs. Aging AdolescenceGil Bailiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04481878663941134090noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33424426.post-50510227733040447072008-10-06T20:20:00.000-07:002008-10-06T20:20:00.000-07:00Gil, To make this a bit more even handed let m...Gil,<BR/> To make this a bit more even handed let me begin by stating clearly and without reservation that Abortion is an evil. It is the destruction of a human life and the circumstances of conception or the physical defects of the child change nothing. On this Dr. Cole is sadly mistaken and shows a lack of understanding of why abortion is so abhorrent to many people of faith.<BR/> Other than that I happen to firmly agree with him. Teaching Creationism/Intelligent Design in schools is teaching religion. You have said yourself that all Christianity asks of it's host culture is the freedom to obey the word of God. We cannot demand for ourselves what we will not provide to another. Therefore I want taught what can be deduced from evidence or proven by experimentation taught as science. To set the teaching of a 6,000 year old Earth alongside science is to deny the truth contained both in our faith and in science. <BR/> Religion and government have been linked before and we have seen the evils that can bring forth. Perhaps it is up to us Christians alive now to find a way to allow for faith to guide us to proper care of our fellow humans without enforcing canons with cannons. If there is a way, Palin's way is not it. <BR/> Finally may I suggest then as one who agrees with you on a great deal, that perhaps the distaste for modern "thoughts de jour" might be colouring your judgement with regards to climate change? If you do not wish to enter into the fray on global warming that is fine. If you wish to enter into that issue please consider that the same firms who once lobbied on behalf of tobacco companies are also working to muddy the waters on climate change. I doubt their reasons for helping here are altruistic.<BR/><BR/> Take care Gil. Congratulations on your daughter's wedding. St. Paul said it all, said it well and we would do well to remember. <BR/> Ad Astra Per Aspera,<BR/> KevinKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07035744898664620942noreply@blogger.com