Originally posted by robbie carrobie
the question was directed to you, in an objective way, with a view to establishing a precedent, that those who dismiss the teachings of Christ cannot in any sense of the word be termed Christians , can they? for a Christian is one who follows the teachings of Christ and Christ clearly taught, whether you accept it or not, that the flood was a litera ...[text shortened]... lood as a literal account or they have deviated from what Christ taught, its really that simple.
I don't agree. If Christ said something like "Dinosaurs lived together with humans" then he was plain wrong. There are christians who say this is important, and if Jesus didn't say that, he surely would have said that.
What Jesus said was according to the scientific knowledge at that time, more than that he didn't know anything about. If science know more than Jesus, and contradicts Jesus, then of course, that part christians should avoid to believe in. When StPaul and StPeter quoted Jesus, they are of course also wrong.
I don't always believe in my teachers. I have a mind of my own, and am able to think for myself. What christians should listen to is the essentials of the Jesus teachings. Dinosaurs living together with humans is not among these essentials.
If you say "Creation is a part of my religion" then I cannot mind. If you say "Science backs me up in this" then you're wrong, religion or not. If you furthermore say that "Evolution is not science" then you either don't know science or don't know evolution, and this has nothing to do with your right to excercize your religion.
Science doesn't support any global flooding during the history of man, therefore the story of Noah should be read symbolically or as a nice tale of what a brutal and evil supreme being was doing. A good story to be told at the camp fire to amuse an audience and not to be interpreted literary.