Comments on: Biblical Worldview of ‘Walking with Dinosaurs’ http://theconservativereader.com/2008/10/05/biblical-worldview-of-%e2%80%98walking-with-dinosaurs/ Energizing The Movement Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:12:47 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Cephas http://theconservativereader.com/2008/10/05/biblical-worldview-of-%e2%80%98walking-with-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-3905 Cephas Sun, 03 May 2009 23:01:59 +0000 http://conservativereader.net/wordpress/?p=1261#comment-3905 One needs to remember that it is not as simple as "the Christian opinion versus the secular opinion." The age of the Earth, and the degree to which the Creation account is literal or figurative, has been an open issue since the earliest centuries of Christianity. Open up the writings of those founding pastors and theologians, and you'll see a plethora of different viewpoints. Some believed the Earth was only a few thousand years old. Some believed that each Creation-Day lasted a millenium. And still others, like Augustine (5th century) and Origen Adamantius (3rd century), believed that the Creation account was a highly symbolic account of some underlying reality. The current rise in the American popularity of Literal Creationism owes itself to two things: 1) The Protestant Reformation; Luther and Calvin were Literal Creationists, "... contrary to the opinion of the Holy Fathers." 2) The writings of Seventh Day Adventism's supposed prophetess Ellen G. White and her legacy. For more information, check out the following web site, which addresses this and other issues brought up by Focus on the Family's "The Truth Project" series: http://www.thetruthproblem.info/evolution.html One needs to remember that it is not as simple as “the Christian opinion versus the secular opinion.”

The age of the Earth, and the degree to which the Creation account is literal or figurative, has been an open issue since the earliest centuries of Christianity.

Open up the writings of those founding pastors and theologians, and you’ll see a plethora of different viewpoints. Some believed the Earth was only a few thousand years old. Some believed that each Creation-Day lasted a millenium. And still others, like Augustine (5th century) and Origen Adamantius (3rd century), believed that the Creation account was a highly symbolic account of some underlying reality.

The current rise in the American popularity of Literal Creationism owes itself to two things:

1) The Protestant Reformation; Luther and Calvin were Literal Creationists, “… contrary to the opinion of the Holy Fathers.”

2) The writings of Seventh Day Adventism’s supposed prophetess Ellen G. White and her legacy.

For more information, check out the following web site, which addresses this and other issues brought up by Focus on the Family’s “The Truth Project” series:

http://www.thetruthproblem.info/evolution.html

]]> By: Jill Coley http://theconservativereader.com/2008/10/05/biblical-worldview-of-%e2%80%98walking-with-dinosaurs/comment-page-1/#comment-1751 Jill Coley Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:32:05 +0000 http://conservativereader.net/wordpress/?p=1261#comment-1751 Amen! Thank you for your article regarding the secular humanistic teaching that is occurring in our schools. My daugter, who is in the 2nd grade, is currently studying about Dinosaurs. We have talked about our Biblical Worldview with her and have informed her that she will probably hear things like "The Dinosaurs lived 200 million years ago." Sure enough, she has come home and informed us that both her librarian and teacher have mentioned this while teaching their lessons. We just keep reminding her that we believe in the One True God who is the creator of all and that based on Biblical study we believe the world is only about 6,000 years old. We emphasize that the humanistic point of view is only an opinion....not fact! It infuriates me that the schools teach it like it is fact....yet they aren't allowed to teach the Biblical worldview. Again, thank you for this article. It was very informative and helpful as a parent who is striving to ground my children in the truth despite the popular teachings of this world that bombared them daily. Amen! Thank you for your article regarding the secular humanistic teaching that is occurring in our schools. My daugter, who is in the 2nd grade, is currently studying about Dinosaurs. We have talked about our Biblical Worldview with her and have informed her that she will probably hear things like “The Dinosaurs lived 200 million years ago.” Sure enough, she has come home and informed us that both her librarian and teacher have mentioned this while teaching their lessons. We just keep reminding her that we believe in the One True God who is the creator of all and that based on Biblical study we believe the world is only about 6,000 years old. We emphasize that the humanistic point of view is only an opinion….not fact! It infuriates me that the schools teach it like it is fact….yet they aren’t allowed to teach the Biblical worldview. Again, thank you for this article. It was very informative and helpful as a parent who is striving to ground my children in the truth despite the popular teachings of this world that bombared them daily.

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