Gunnison news-champion., 1922-12-01
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s,OrsH-p ana Dy teachers OF religion.
Ala-y .ylng people are giving up the
Blgle 4slL Sls4ES Up religion because
tEss cannot eacaPe accepting - IacLs
TIE --.-EL4AsE Vi science - 10 EEOIu-
tl8l. IHs blame rests not on the
feallH.-s ~ science but upon wrong
,e4a-..l...- lu regard 70 the Bible anu
rra sauu-
IAa. 10 aHy cannot give Lhls series
ut .Isgrr on the Bible without tins
ra- .. gEg Bl1le ard Evolution. FOR
a.m .vry sure that II is not necessary
% -... Up the BlDle and 20 lose one :
lea-a.-- l--ln Il one accepts the teach
.. a. rgssHre a. 10 Ev0luIoa.
Ir.-. that once It vas rnOt Impos-
-...- -a l.l-..-...n iaIth IH the B4Ulc II
.l-a,..-. a,ss permitted 10 believe and
.,4. a ta4l las world on which We 1--we
.. .s-.... It .la held that rather the
..a... n -a q HAT surface like a table
l.t .--. .u-E ggTTsyla, fgLluL-itu, and
- .. ..-.l cover The shy, OF =8lL
.-...-.. e. Ir.r after text. ycT-r
a... .-.." anIy cited 10 show that
r.. r.4 rO-.G u.- De- round But,
...-... Non '.'a the thrg.0giaEs had
o.. -..u....r. ln -.. hard phgalgal real
.. . ...-EH Aa they a.g, ! also recall
.. a.a.r Ha. not a.sI-lleI and
.. -..... la.LE uH lul .IaeT.
ID, ... r.a- ..,t- Lae Bible and
.. .... H.r--.. -.s ..4u. yl roe
.r -.a a- Tire l.u.r .-lgI-.Ee
,.. u. .r 8al.sg 90 ra be-. NE
..... ... u.b.o ag.-aI., -lsaa.rE
..s-..sa.r ul their time anu
.a. O.. ID . the pAg-.ca. C1nerU-
.-. ..-. lu ulau. 20 maze
.. ... -H..I...aa uE a-g more .u-
... ...... 'aau The shape u. the
I..... aaau. that Hneu final
... ... u,mgvaa. accepted the
Zee. ... .a.-as Fha.iy these
-... ....r.4aas denied en-
r.4... tile possibility OF human be-
... tang aU the uFI,s.ie SIDE Of
'... .a .- Iua could people walk
a..-r ..H .u.r i.r. higher laaH their
.... How trI.u Tho ar-.cGUauLr Of
... ....lr.y have reached Tho other
., .. Tho ,asU uheu there did not
-.I-.I lu Doe a.g I.a-sIs.- way thtth-
D.. I..a.f seq ... E,rr again cited tu
..-.......Ia-r. that the a mole habiJub.c
....a d.. .rIlrd % the then known
...sI.. And again the the0lOgIaUs
N. finally Go admit that they had
boot. wrong lu their Interpretation.
And J ura.I nuw once a. was thot
Hrm.-y 30 maintain that the world
moved aauuUi the sun instead OF the
.4u. moon and star, revolving around
the world. The opinion Of the earth's
motion l- Of all hcrc5ics the most
abgwlnablc, the most peTnicious, the
most scaudalous; the lmmOyabIli-
y OF the earth Is thrice sacred; argu-
meut against the immortality Of the
soul. against the existence OF God.
and against incarnation. should be toll
Grated sooner than an argument TO
prove that the earth moves" so said
certain Jealous tncOlogian OF the
seventeenth century. And We wonder
why there were iuiidels in those days.
And yet today, except in Zion City,
the fact that the world does move,
does not shake faith in Immortality,
nor God, nor the incarnation. We
know now when Bible writers spoke
Of the carth's shape and the earth's
position and the movement Of sun,
moon, and stars with reference to IL.
they spoke, using such materials and
ideas rs were then in the MINDS of
those TO whom they spoke in order to
teach something far more important
than astronomy.
But even if the Bible writers had
known better. which they did not,
would they not have been most foolish
teachers to have attempted TO reform
mans ideas Of astronomy when the
more weighty task was to form mems
ideas of God.
Again | recall that when some as
tronOmer began TO discover additional
planets there was theologian who in
all seriousness denied the possibility of
1t. He asserted that the Bible estab-
Iished forever the sacredness, the
completeness of the figure "seven"-
seven days of the week, seven churches
in Asia Minor to whom the angel
wrote, seven candles in the candle
stick, and ergo. seven planets.
And now finally as to Evolution
and the Bible Creation story. Here
again theologians have looked for
knowledge about facts and things in
this world from narrative that was
only meant to convey wisdom and
world by making use of the materials,
the ideas of things then commonly
held in the minds of men. The open
ing chapters of Genesis have in them
two very beautiful, very wonderful.
very poetic, very truthful accounts of
the creation. But not only do these
accounts fail to agree with the facts |
of the physical world as we know
them, they also fail to agree with /
each other as to the facts. In one ac-
count creation takes six days. In the /
other but one day. See Genesis "a. |
In one account man is made after all
other created things and animals. In |
the other man is made first of all. In
one account man and woman were
made together. In the other, man is |
made first, then all other animals. and
finally woman. But in both these ac-
counts. differing as they do as to |
facts, there is one eternal vital all i'm /,
portant truth: This, "In the beginning,
God" '.In the beginning God Great
ed God created the world, God
CREATED nlants amin ais r.,an "A nd