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Thread #142452   Message #3312562
Posted By: GUEST,Shimrod
24-Feb-12 - 04:35 AM
Thread Name: BS: Young Earth Creationism Eureka!
Subject: RE: BS: Young Earth Creationism Eureka!
"the dominion mandate in genesis is not one of destruction but stewardship.adam was put in the garden to tend it after his creation.
however i believe man is above nature and is to use its resources responsibly."

Aha! Thought so! Well, pete, Christianity has evidently failed on the 'stewardship' front, hasn't it? As far as I can see Christian missionaries were in the vanguard when Western, Christian 'civilisation' went out to conquer, rape, despoil and enslave the rest of the world.

"i cannot prove Gods existence and i dont think it is the christians responsibility to do so but to testify as to why we believe, though this may well involve offering evidences and arguments which no doubt you've heard before.so go back to being uncivil if you wish-and i go back to not responding!"

No, of course you can't prove the existence of God! But if you want me, or anyone else, to believe in Him I insist that it IS your responsibility to prove His existence. I must also remind you that respect has to be earned. Having said that, I don't usually begin a relationship by dis-respecting someone - but if they continue to spout dangerous tosh my respect for them certainly doesn't increase!
I also strongly believe that, in this day and age, the religious and the pious are not automatically entitled to respect - as they may have been in the past.