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To: Lane3 who wrote (915)	9/15/2006 11:08:18 AM
From: JeffA	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

sin is next to impossible to avoid. I consider myself a really young Christian in a 40 yr old body. You are asking me questions I don't fully know the answers to. I am studying, trying to learn, and listening to preachers. It took me quite a while to accept God. I'm an engineer and wanted concrete answers to my questions. Science offers theories. To me, I see both an acceptance of Big Bang or Creation to be based on Faith. Scientists are placing faith in their theories and their ability to someday prove them, or continue to refine them. I am placing faith in the Biblical account of creation. I realize that with the scientific data of today, there seems to be problems with the age of the Universe when compared to man's understanding. I tend to believe we will find more out about the inconsistency and it will lend support to the Biblical account. We simply do not know, that is why when "scientists" dismiss, out of hand, the Biblical account and hold their views as superior, I take offense. Their understanding is based on some leaps of faith, just like mine.

To: Lane3 who wrote (915)	9/15/2006 12:05:35 PM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10087

"... sin is next to impossible to avoid. " And so we have free will, which permits us to consider the human nobility of any circumstance and where need be... throw caution to the wind. Happy Friday all.

To: Lane3 who wrote (915)	9/15/2006 1:22:45 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10087

Playing cards is considered a sin by some, even if you're not gambling. Not sure why but I remember being lectured by a guy I knew who was sort of fantatical. He was schizophrenic, used to set fire to the cross in Catholic Churches. Got so when the priests would see him coming they'd dial 911 and he'd be carted off again to make him take his meds. But I am sure there must be something about cards somewhere, he suffered from excessive literalism but not hallucinations.