tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post3687152350963715607..comments2023-10-21T23:57:46.155-04:00Comments on Wheat Among Tares: Simple and Complexterrihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12399706958844399216noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-3209771262612680992010-01-14T09:23:41.783-05:002010-01-14T09:23:41.783-05:00Hi Teri,
Great post! Very interesting analysis...Hi Teri,<br /> Great post! Very interesting analysis. I agree that creationism is getting increasingly complicated. As you point out this is forcing an increasing anti-science bias that is forcing people into a pretty awkward situation--taking advantage of science/technology in an ever increasing way, while asserting that it has bias / inherent flaws in its foundations.VanceH-https://www.blogger.com/profile/14482908993570281977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33818852.post-69961285824607385822010-01-13T13:27:07.691-05:002010-01-13T13:27:07.691-05:00If you want to read something intelligent on the s...If you want to read something intelligent on the subject, try "The River of God," by Gregory Riley. He discusses how the conception of god changed over time and how it was driven by cultural and historical factors.<br /><br />Why did the Jesus movement turn into Christianity? That's a big question. In some way it met the needs of the people at the time. In other ways it was luck.<br /><br />The religion of Jesus and his contemporaries -- which focused on the presence of God in a particular place and time -- became outmoded when that place (Jerusalem) was destroyed by the Romans and god didn't return in their lifetimes as predicted. People became open to a more internalized view of the religion. <br /><br />Without the victory of Constantine, over his rivals to the throne, who knows whether christianity would ever have grown beyond a cult.<br /><br />pfAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com