tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post5222370381933852316..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: Answers in Genesis Responds to Criticisms of the Ark EncounterJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-42394028490653047192012-06-08T04:09:45.133-04:002012-06-08T04:09:45.133-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-69886995479511867442011-05-18T00:16:00.785-04:002011-05-18T00:16:00.785-04:00Dear Anonymous.. Why have you not posted your nam...Dear Anonymous.. Why have you not posted your name? You have made some rather scathing attacks here. No matter. You say that you have rejected evolution but do not say why. If you have truly done careful study of the issue, what evidence do you have that evolution has not occurred? <br /><br />I used the word subterfuge intentionally. In the interview, Ken Ham makes several attempts to clearly distance himself and AiG from the construction of the Ark Encounter and its financing but that rings hollow when you read the web site and realize that AiG is up to its eyeballs in the project. <i>That</i> is subterfuge. I have no problems with the tax issues that the Ark Encounter raises. It is Barry Lynn that has the problems.<br /><br />You make a statement about me making a snide comment about the construction of arguments from the writer at AiG. Did you read <a href="http://scienceandcreation.blogspot.com/2010/09/aig-evolution-not-even-theory.html" rel="nofollow">the post</a> about those arguments? They were not coherent or logically constructed. <br /><br />I will plead guilty on the word "impactful," although I have a problem with verbizing nouns in general. <br /><br />I use this public forum to educate my fellow Christians of the science of the world in which they live. I do so with the understanding that a number of them will not accept those arguments. That is fine with me. I understand the fact that YEC, OEC and EC can coexist in the same grace and love of Jesus Christ. <br /><br />What I don't care for is being told that to take the EC position means I am going to hell. If you think I am snotty, you obviously didn't read the response to BioLogos by Nathan Ham, who takes that very position. It is one taken by a number of YEC leaders and is not, to my knowledge, taken by any other group, including BioLogos or the Discovery Institute.Jimpithecushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-85460490093242520862011-05-16T12:32:37.365-04:002011-05-16T12:32:37.365-04:00As a Christian who has carefully studied both side...As a Christian who has carefully studied both sides of the creation/evolution issue (and I totally reject evolution), I could respond about many items in this post and others about creationists. But I’ll just note a few things about how your commentaries can come across at times. You attack fellow Christians who are creationists with words like “subterfuge” (i.e. deception). You have also attacked Answers in Genesis with snide comments like: “Usually, what emanates from Answers in Genesis barely passes for logically-constructed arguments.” In the post above, you made a snippy editorial comment about a person’s use of the word “impactful” when it really is a word – see http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/impactful ); also, your accuracy is in question when you misspelled that Christian’s name – it is Looy, not Looey.<br /> You should also do a little fact checking before posting your blogs: The Arkencounter is not getting state sponsored subsidies. It is simply getting a refund of some of the taxes it will pay once it is up and running, subsidies that are available regardless of religious affilitation, in accordance with state law. <br /> If a Christian uses a public forum like this and recognizes that non-Christians will also come here, please watch the attitude if you are going to criticize another believer, and accuse them of "subterfuge". (Galations 5) Thank you.<br /> PatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-37753362638821862162011-05-10T09:43:51.228-04:002011-05-10T09:43:51.228-04:00If I wanted to make a lot of money at the expense ...If I wanted to make a lot of money at the expense of uneducated Christians, I would write a book, using shoddy and unethical journalistic techniques, in which I ask questions that lead solely to the answers I want to hear, so that I could write a response that makes it look like the world is going to hell in "free-thinking" handbasket.kylejacobritterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01511571797796379224noreply@blogger.com