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Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly dead, and we are therefore on our own.

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If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In that case right and wrong would be a matter of cultural preference, or political power, and the power already available to modernists ideologies would be overwhelming.

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In the most important sense a creationist is a person who believes in creation, and that includes people who believe that Genesis is a myth and that creation involved a process called evolution and consumed billions of years.

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A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain degree of education and civic virtue.

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All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do so.

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So one reason the science educators panic at the first sign of public rebellion is that they fear exposure of the implicit religious content in what they are teaching.

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As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates.

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Although I insist that God has always had the power to intervene directly in nature to create new forms, I am willing to be per-suaded that He chose not to do so and instead employed secondary natural causes like random mutation and natural selection.

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Most importantly, I agree that the truth of these matters should be determined by interpretation of scientific evidence - experiments, fossil studies and the like.

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To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: Unknown

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