Dubious books about origins. Why does Logos promote them?
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Glad you're still with us, Rodney.Rodney Gynther said:I got up this morning and realised this discussion is still going!
Thank you everyone for your thoughts and I will take them all on board. I might even read Walton's book!
I do apologise for my sarcastic comments. I just find myself getting angry with so many things happening in the world, and more and more feel like the church is not having much impact - that makes me sad. Here in Australia, for example, they have just put a stop to Christian Religious Education in public schools, and have replaced it with a "Safe Schools" initiative, in which the children will be taught how to have gay sex, encouraged to used both girls and boys bathrooms, taught how to tape their breasts so they won't grow, etc. These are good reasons to get angry.
I'm sorry for offending people who know Mr Walton (I don't), and Mr Wright.
God bless you all.
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I consider the broad range of books on the topic in Logos a huge benefit. I wouldn't actually mind having access to some more scientific resources. I once attended a lecture by a Christian geology professor; unfortunately I can't remember his name. That was a real eye opener how inconclusive "old earth" actually is.
That doesn't mean though that I'd find "young earth" any more convincing. With my current understanding, I can only reject both. (The fact that Earth still exists despite the contradictions is sufficient evidence/proof for a Creator God -> Romans 1:20).
What I would really like to see are some more honest books with a less narrow minded view. Authors (on both sides) too often focus on answering questions instead of raining them, comfortably omitting factual information that contradicts their personal view/belief. The ideal book would leave 100 or more open questions unanswered. I'm well aware that such book would have the potential to offend both old earth and young earth believers... Any recommendation are welcome. I know such books exist on the topic of evolution, but I haven't heard about anything on historical geography yet.
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Logos is not the church. It is a business. They sell books to people who are evangelical, people who are liberal, people who are Baptist, people who are Catholic. They sell books to Dispensationalists and people who are Covenant theologians. They sell to Calvinist and to Arminians.Rodney Gynther said:I was reading one of my “Bible Study” magazines and came across a book review of “The Lost World of Adam and Eve”. It beggars belief that this book would even be mentioned in an evangelical magazine. There is absolutely no room for extra-biblical interpretations of Genesis. I am disgusted about this. Why don’t you have books from people who have studied Genesis all their lives – Creation Ministries International – they have many PhD science professors who can attest that Genesis is literally true. I get so angry when Christians side with the world on origins – don’t they realise how damaging this is to evangelism?!
Why are most of our young people leaving the church and becoming atheists? It is because the church has a foot in both camps when it comes to the authority of the Bible.
Please, please get some good books on Creation. Here’s one: The Genesis Account by Jonathan Sarfati. A 700 page commentary on the first 11 chapters of Genesis. I challenge you to read it. You will have no doubt about the Biblical account of creation being 6 literal days. “There was evening and there was morning, day one.”
Instead, I find my Gold Logos populated with dubious characters such as N.T. Wright. Why?
There is no Dallas Willard, no John Ortberg, no books on mission, no missionary biographies. I could go on.
They sell to people who are Creationists and people who are evolutionists. They sell books that represent all of these views, and many more. Personally, I would prefer N. T. Wright to John Ortberg. Go figure.
Your expectations of Logos are not based upon reality.
"In all cases, the Church is to be judged by the Scripture, not the Scripture by the Church," John Wesley0 -
Rodney Gynther looks like thy are not done beating up on you.
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amen!
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And they all lived happily ever after [:D]
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