I would somewhat disagree. Conflict occurs when you describe one in terms of
the other. For instance, man says world is billions of years old and that it
took millions of years to make a change. God says He did it in 7 days not
too long ago. If you want to believe man, fine. If you want to believe God
so much the better. But now comes the rub. Let's stretch (modify) what God
said to more agree with man says, make 1 day = 1 million years. Here lies
the conflict.
Believe God and you may have eternal life, believe man and you will have
death. Which one has a better average of being right? I let you decide.

James

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Subject: Re: OT: Back to Mars


Wirt Atmar wrote:

> At the risk of deeply offending again those who tend to believe that the
> Earth was created 6004 years ago, last Thursday, I believe it's important
to
> understand why we're doing this. This mission is not merely planetary
> astronomy. Rather, the Mars Polar Lander is just the first in a long
series
> of missions to come that will change their emphases from simple geology to
> biology, and this mission is a first step in a fundamental exploration in
> evolutionary biology. For more than fifty years now, planetologists and
> biologists have believed that life should be as common in the universe as
is
> warm mud.

I am looking forward to hearing more on the Mars lander.  I hope that people
are
not offended.  Religion helps us ponder questions that science can never
answer
(Where did life come from originally and who started up this great big
universe
and why am I here?) . . . whereas science answers questions that religion
isn't
really concerned with (How do things work around us and what are the
apparent
rules that govern the universe and how can I make a better mouse trap?).
Conflicts occur when people decide that scientific questions can be answered
through religion or that religious questions can be answered through
science.
Both disciplines are helpful and really do work together.

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