flooding and scripture

James Wynn · 19 Dec 2010, 02:58 · from 2010-December.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 20:58:25 -0600
Subject: (urth) flooding and scripture
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> Jack Smith -
> Most protestants do not read the scriptures literally either.  There 
> is a strong emphasis on the conscience of the individual, as opposed 
> to top-down authority, which fits in well with scientific inquiry.   
> The know-nothing literal-minded anti-evolutionists are a small minority.

"Literal-mindedness" and a lack of skepticism about Genesis is not 
really a small minority among _observant_ Christians, Jews, or Muslims 
in my experience, including observant Catholics. And for many of those 
"anti-evolutionists", Science is their day job, just not their 
religion.  And perhaps that's all we need know about Wolfe's Christan 
beliefs and why tBotNS could be interpreted as potentially violating 
them: SF fantasy is his day job.

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