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"Desertphile" |
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18 Apr 2006 11:40:54 PM |
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1876 Christian Minister in support of evolutionary theory |
I have finished scanning in and uploading to the 'net my copy of the
book "The Religion of Evolution" by Minot Judson Savage (1841-1918) It
is available in four formats: HTML, ASCII Text, Adobe Acrobat, and
Microsoft Word:
http://elmerfudd.us/dp/evolution/evolution.htm
Published in the year +1,876 Gregorian Calendar, this book was one of
the first written by a Christian minister regarding evolution and
evolutionary theory. As the writer stated in his book:
"One of the results of evolution cannot possibly contradict evolution
itself. I am none the less a Christian, then, because I am an
evolutionist. I will even say I am a Christian because I am an
evolutionist. To justify this position, to trace the progress of
religion until it culminates in Christianity, and to show the relation
it sustains to those religions that have preceded it, - this is my
present purpose."
Savage's wrote that since evolution is an observed fact that cannot be
refuted, and since evolutionary theory sucessfully and brilliantly
defines and describes the fact of evolution, it is both absurd and
injurous to the Body of Christ to not acknowledge the factuality of
evolution and the correctness of evolutionary theory. Ther author
acknowledged the fact that Christianity itself has evolved from earlier
religions, as have ethics and morals and laws.
This book contains both science and theology from the perspective of a
Christian minister. His science was cutting-edge and up-to-date for his
time, as was his knowledge of history. Therefore his pro-Christianity
bias and his pro-culture bias are products of his time and place in the
world, and he should not in my opinion be faulted for those biases.
It is interesting to note that Rev. Savage had, 130 years ago, refuted
and answered most of the assertions and claims we still see
Creationists make. This book proves once again that there is nothing
new to Creationism that has not already been refuted.
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| User: "Shane" |
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| Title: Re: 1876 Christian Minister in support of evolutionary theory |
19 Apr 2006 12:03:36 AM |
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On 18 Apr 2006 21:40:54 -0700, Desertphile wrote:
I have finished scanning in and uploading to the 'net my copy of the
book "The Religion of Evolution" by Minot Judson Savage (1841-1918) It
is available in four formats: HTML, ASCII Text, Adobe Acrobat, and
Microsoft Word:
http://elmerfudd.us/dp/evolution/evolution.htm
Published in the year +1,876 Gregorian Calendar, this book was one of
the first written by a Christian minister regarding evolution and
evolutionary theory. As the writer stated in his book:
[...]
Project Gutenberg would undoubtedly be interested in turning this into
an e-book. Your work may be the first step in that process which would
open it up to a potentially wider audience.
Would you like to make contact with them via;
http://www.gutenberg.org/
to find out?
regards
shane
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| User: "Desertphile" |
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| Title: Re: 1876 Christian Minister in support of evolutionary theory |
19 Apr 2006 11:55:06 AM |
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Shane wrote:
On 18 Apr 2006 21:40:54 -0700, Desertphile wrote:
I have finished scanning in and uploading to the 'net my copy of the
book "The Religion of Evolution" by Minot Judson Savage (1841-1918) It
is available in four formats: HTML, ASCII Text, Adobe Acrobat, and
Microsoft Word:
http://elmerfudd.us/dp/evolution/evolution.htm
Published in the year +1,876 Gregorian Calendar, this book was one of
the first written by a Christian minister regarding evolution and
evolutionary theory. As the writer stated in his book:
[...]
Project Gutenberg would undoubtedly be interested in turning this into
an e-book. Your work may be the first step in that process which would
open it up to a potentially wider audience.
Would you like to make contact with them via;
http://www.gutenberg.org/
to find out?
That is a dandy suggestion and I will submit the text to Project
Gutenberg. I have also scanned in several historical documents that
Project Gutenberg might also be interested in--- mostly about Mormons,
the USA Indian Wars, and the USA frontier.
regards
shane
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