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To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (24298)	2/13/1999 1:12:00 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 39621

"The Christian community, historically speaking, has had an embarrassingly poor relationship to science." Thanks for your response, TC. I feel that this statement is false! Modern scientific inquiry was started almost exclusively by Christian individuals and Christian governments. The foundations of modern scientific inquiry was primarily a product of European Christian Civilization. It was only in the twentieth century that some dispensationalist "christian" fundamentalist began to oppose certain aspect of scientific inquiry. This hardly qualifies the entire world Christian community as opponents of scientific inquiry. Also, there is much that passes as scientific inquiry that has nothing to do with science. The Jesus Seminar is a good example of this, IMO. "I am in agreement with you that the "penetration of mysteries" that pertain to issues of faith and salvation require a renewed heart and mind given as gifts of God's grace." This was a beautiful statement and shows me that you are a Christian brother. I welcome you to Ask God and encourage to share your experiences and knowledge with us. Despite my disagreement on certain issues, I encourage you to speak your heart. Open and free discourse is conducive to the Holy Spirit teachings us. We have much to learn on this thread. In the love of Christ Emile

To: Dr. Stoxx who wrote (24298)	2/13/1999 1:54:00 PM
From: Emile Vidrine	Respond to of 39621

"scientific inquiry into the historical issues surrounding the writing of the bible, including the interpretation of its content," Hi again To begin with, it was the Church--the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Church --that decided which writings should appear in the Holy Bible. They convened a Council and, with the guidance of the Holy Spirit, determined which books should be in included in the canon of Scriptures. If the early Church could make these determinations, then why shouldn't we accept their ancient pronouncements about the historical as well as the spiritual aspects of the Bible? If we cannot trust their ancient prouncements about these aspects, the why should be study and consider their book as an inspired document? In the love of Christ Emile