Hi John,
First of all, God did not tell me to respond to your message before you had written it, I wrote in response to several other messages previous to mine and yours.

The subject was how what we know about science affects our actions. I did not change the subject to religeon, others did.
The theory of evolution is not a "fact", it is an unproven theory. It has failed to be proven by the scientific method. Therefore some in this group have proposed giving less importance to the scientific method in deciding what is true. This is a dangerous step backward for the endeavor of scientific study and again demonstates how the theory itself is dangerous.
I am somewhat doubtful that the corrupt political system here in the US (both parties) will continue to serve it's citizens in any real way for very much longer. It is bought by both corporate interests and interests overseas. I am praying for the Lord to return and take charge of everything.

I don't know what exactly a fundamentalist is. I never cared enough to find out. I just read the Bible and try to believe and do what it says. It tells me it's not my job to try to solve all the world's problems.

It is not just the 14th century when the Catholic church was in error. It had big problems from the very beginning. I don't think we have heard the last from them yet, either....the pope believes in evolution....

Sincerely, Brady Hess

John Addis wrote:
> In response to the following by Brady Hess on March 15, 7:14PM:
>
> I am not a member of the Catholic church and would die rather than join an
> institution with such a bloody history and flagrant disregard and suppression of
> biblical teachings. I am a Bible believing christian (sic) and over 200,000,000 of my
> kind have been burned at the stake or tortured to death in some manner, labeled as
> heretics, by the Catholic church, according to their own records. Nowhere in the
> Bible is anyone instructed to kill heretics. They are to be tolerated in the church
> as they provide an opportunities for debates which tend to bring out both sides of
> an issue.
> I reject any church which uses God's name to justify killing innocent people or
> to oppress the weak. My point mainly was that the theory of evolution has caused a
> wave of killing UNPRECEDENTED in known history. Evolution is theory that
> encourages the strong to trample the weak, that is amoung (sic) it's core teachings.
> Sincerely, Brady Hess
>
> John Addis replies:
>
> First of all, what I wrote was not in response to your statement about
> evolution. It was in response to Todd's question of where the influence of
> Science has been the greatest. I wrote what I did about the Catholic Church (at
> the time in question, the only Christian Church) on March 13 at 2:42PM. Todd
> posted it on March 14. Your piece was posted on March 13, at 9:52PM.
>
> However, since you changed the subject, I would reply that the Theory of
> Evolution, which is the backbone of modern biology and genetics, does not
> encourage anyone to do anything. It is an explanation of the way nature is.
> That some people use it to justify various political philosophies is not a
> reflection on the fact of evolution.
>
> Furthermore, the MAJOR US political philosophy justifying in any remote way the
> survival of the fittest is the right wing of the Republican Party. The left
> wing of the Democratic party sounds like it would be more to your liking since
> it suggests that people should give to others and be tolerant of others. Since
> describe yourself as a "Bible believing christian (sic)" (i.e. a Christian
> Fundamentalist-correct me if I am wrong), I am sure you follow the extreme left
> wing of the Democratic Party since this is closest social philosophy to Jesus'.
> He preached that one should give up all earthly belongings and live a life of
> asceticism and poverty (it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of the
> needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven). I have to admit
> that you are probably nearly alone in this, since modern economics have made
> this philosophy and Communism a joke.
>
> I am delighted to learn that you reject the 14th century Catholic Church. That
> is a hopeful sign.
>
> Regards,
>
> John Addis