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From: "John de Rivaz" <>
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Subject: Re: Creationism
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 11:12:19 +0100

Wouldn't everyone be happy if the religious people taught that God made the
universe and one of the tools he used was evolution? (I think that it was
once Isaac Assimov who suggested this is a story.)

Science explains the tools used, not the person that uses them. Jesus was
supposed to have trained as a carpenter, and probably made tables and
chairs. No one doubts that he would have used a hammer, chisel, and a saw.
There is no argument about whether tables and chairs come from thin air or
were made with the aid of these tools.

Similarly Jesus told his followers to heal the sick and restore those given
up for dead. I don't recall any admonition against using tools (such as
herbs, or for that matter cryonics, genomics or whatever) to do this.

I therefore conclude that those who are against healing, and the development
of tools for this purpose, are against Jesus (and probably other religions)
and not for him. Teaching nonsense in schools to prevent scientific advance
is against what Jesus told his followers to achieve.

-- 
Sincerely, John de Rivaz:  http://John.deRivaz.com for websites including
Cryonics Europe, Longevity Report, The Venturists, Porthtowan, Alec Harley
Reeves - inventor, Arthur Bowker - potter, de Rivaz genealogy,  Nomad .. and
more

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