tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507820238396505743.post1914797524539788717..comments2023-05-23T09:08:02.436-05:00Comments on Ancient Words: "Creationist" or Just a "Christian"?Jeremiahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10032929810668434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3507820238396505743.post-56482017972209912352009-07-24T20:20:29.668-05:002009-07-24T20:20:29.668-05:00"The shame is not so much that an ignorant in..."The shame is not so much that an ignorant individual is derided, but that people outside the household of faith think our sacred writers held such opinions, and, to the great loss of those for whose salvation we toil, the writers of our Scripture are criticized and rejected as unlearned men. If they find a Christian mistaken in a field which they themselves know well and hear him maintaining his foolish opinions about our books, how are they going to believe those books in matters concerning the resurrection of the dead, the hope of eternal life, and the kingdom of heaven, when they think their pages are full of falsehoods and on facts which they themselves have learnt from experience and the light of reason?"<br />Augustine of Hippo A.D. 354-430<br />Please take the hint.<br />ThanksKGEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03642722242236504256noreply@blogger.com