tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376513832087728071.post2739148830185133078..comments2023-03-09T02:40:09.750-06:00Comments on Syncopator Familias: John Lennox on creationism, and my slip with a banana peelOwen Tewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00697480206282784163noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1376513832087728071.post-14027277200659460712011-07-28T19:25:06.825-05:002011-07-28T19:25:06.825-05:00Haha! I was performing a Google Image search looki...Haha! I was performing a Google Image search looking for a professional photo of John Lennox, and your first picture showed up, taking me to your blog - which I remembered I had visited before.<br /><br />I didn't get to attend the conference, but I did interview John Lennox the next morning at Latimer House. I'm working on an article about it for The Washington Times Communities now.<br /><br />I was glad to see that Fixed Point aired Part I of Lennox's "In the Beginning" talk on the NRB channel on Monday. I found it to be a refreshingly humble and considerate lecture on the controversial subject.<br /><br />Now, what I found interesting was that he mentioned animal/plant death being a problem for old earth creationists (I thought that was actually a problem for theistic evolutionists more so than old earth creationists). While differences in Greek terms for death used in the New Testament may testify that human death was the specific result of the Fall, animal suffering before the Fall still seems to pose a problem theologically. <br /><br />Last week I watched the webcast of the Melbourne debate between Peter Singer and John Lennox, and I noticed that Singer's big "problem with God" is suffering that the entire natural world experiences. I get the impression from the Bible that suffering in any form was not part of God's original design at all.<br /><br />Personally, I'm skeptical of the old earth view for scientific and historical reasons - Jay L. Wile has some of the best info I've seen on the matter (see: http://blog.drwile.com/?cat=3). But I certainly don't think we have all the answers yet (the Bible has the facts, but humanity is slow at comprehending them fully!) and shouldn't be up in arms about the age of the earth (like Lennox said, what if the age of the universe is different from the age of the earth? I would like to hear more discussion of that mysterious overlooked verse, Genesis 1:2).<br /><br />I enjoyed reading your post!<br /><br />GOD BLESS,<br /><br />~ AmandaAmanda Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17528452702318812532noreply@blogger.com