1) in relation to believing in God, c.s. lewis proposed an interesting idea. in the new testament, Jesus says "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. no one comes to the Father but through me." (no i'm not going to give a reference and no i wouldn't swear that's a perfect quote..hehe) this basically states that the ONLY way you can be saved is through Jesus. it's just not gonna happen any other way. however, it never states that this way is faith specifically in Christ. in all actuality, you could say that it's limiting Jesus if you say that only those who believe IN HIM can go to heaven. granted, believing specifically against Christ (regardless of religion or knowledge of Christianity) would probably speak ill of your condition, but with this thought pattern, who's to say that the devout old man of some ancient African religion isn't just as saved as sally sue who goes to such and such baptist church and goes to Bible study three times a week. i'm not too sure how i feel about this, but i think it's pretty interesting.
2) in regards to evolution...you've probably heard it said before, but ah well. yes, according to the Bible the earth wouldn't be very old. however, if you were to believe the account of Creation, you could still argue that God created the earth with the appearance of age. think about it..Adam and Eve weren't children, according to the Bible. trees weren't little tiny saplings. everything was full grown, so why not the earth itself also?
that's my two cents! now you kids can have fun and please don't kill each other as i like you both. ;)
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Date: 2003-09-08 11:21 pm (UTC)1) in relation to believing in God, c.s. lewis proposed an interesting idea. in the new testament, Jesus says "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life. no one comes to the Father but through me." (no i'm not going to give a reference and no i wouldn't swear that's a perfect quote..hehe) this basically states that the ONLY way you can be saved is through Jesus. it's just not gonna happen any other way. however, it never states that this way is faith specifically in Christ. in all actuality, you could say that it's limiting Jesus if you say that only those who believe IN HIM can go to heaven. granted, believing specifically against Christ (regardless of religion or knowledge of Christianity) would probably speak ill of your condition, but with this thought pattern, who's to say that the devout old man of some ancient African religion isn't just as saved as sally sue who goes to such and such baptist church and goes to Bible study three times a week. i'm not too sure how i feel about this, but i think it's pretty interesting.
2) in regards to evolution...you've probably heard it said before, but ah well. yes, according to the Bible the earth wouldn't be very old. however, if you were to believe the account of Creation, you could still argue that God created the earth with the appearance of age. think about it..Adam and Eve weren't children, according to the Bible. trees weren't little tiny saplings. everything was full grown, so why not the earth itself also?
that's my two cents! now you kids can have fun and please don't kill each other as i like you both. ;)