Bruce K. Waltke is considered one of the country’s best known evangelical theologians. His work on the faculty of the Reformed Theological Seminary, however, came to an end when he dared to acknowledge the scientific basis for evolution.
Here is the heresy that ended his career:
“If the data is overwhelmingly in favor of evolution, to deny that reality will make us a cult … some odd group that is not really interacting with the world. And rightly so, because we are not using our gifts and trusting God’s Providence that brought us to this point of our awareness.”
The video that exposed Waltke as impermissibly rational was shot during a BioLogos workshop — an organization that tries to reconcile faith and science.
Michael Milton, president of the seminary’s Charlotte campus and interim president of its Orlando campus, insisted that the seminary allows “views to vary” about creation, including whether the Hebrew word yom (day) should be seen in Genesis as a literal 24-hour day. However, Darwinism is not allowed as a permitted view: “We are a confessional seminary. I’m a professor myself, but I do not have a freedom that would go past the boundaries of the confession. Nor do I have a freedom that would allow me to express my views in such a way to hurt or impugn someone who holds another view.”
My guess is that Bill Nye may want to avoid this particular audience as well, here.
It appears that academic freedom like evolution is not to be heard in the halls of the Reformed Theological Seminary.
So much for survival of the fittest.
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goneville–
You said: “Slarti, after repeatedly proving yourself to be demonstrated liar, I could care less what you call me.”
I think you meant (past tense) to say that you “COULDN’T care less.”
And no. I meant demonstrated.
As in past tense.
Demonstrable means something can be demonstrated.
And I’ve already demonstrated that Slarti is lying.
Don’t you mean “Don’t”?
GONEVILLE:
“Slarti, after repeatedly proving yourself to be demonstrated liar, I could care less what you call me.”
dONT you mean a “demonstrable liar”?
And as for your new goal posts of asking me to define words for you, sorry.
You’re done calling any shots with me liar.
When you grow a brain and pair of balls and recant your lies by addressing the statements I made THREE DAYS ago, you let me know.
Slartibartfast 1, April 13, 2010 at 7:45 pm
goneville,
If you want me to stop calling you a troll,
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Slarti, after repeatedly proving yourself to be demonstrated liar, I could care less what you call me.
There are many different theories out there on how the law of attraction works and there are some people that try to go as far as to explain all of the mysteries of the universe.
goneville,
If you want me to stop calling you a troll, then stop repeatedly posting the same thing, take some time to actually read my posts and address the issues I raise. If you would like to continue a discussion about science, then please define the following terms:
science
scientific knowledge
scientific theory
scientific hypothesis
scientific method
If they differ from the definitions that I am using, please present a source for your definition.
You demonstrated ignorance and I pointed it out (and explained why your position was ignorant (i.e. I explained what you showed that you did not understand). I think that my words carried the message that I intended very well.
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Wrong and now you’re just lying.
You CONFUSED the argument by wasting the entire night arguing that in order to offer an explanation as to why the Christian God doesn’t interfere in preventing evil, that I must first adopt the positions of a Greek Philosopher who lived centuries before the Christian doctrine even existed.
Your position was one of sheer and irrefutable ignorance.