A week ago, I saw this letter to the editor:
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Man evolved from God
Shame on The Columbian for so totally misrepresenting what the Bible teaches and what creationists believe in publishing the Nov. 29 editorial cartoon regarding evolution.
To believe that man evolved from lower life forms is to deny the existence of God. Don't try to [ortray creationists as ignorant unless you include the likes of Francis Bacon, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, Michael Faraday, Joseph Henry and Louis Pasteur just to name a few.
Species do evolve to create hundreds of of varieties but not from one kind of species to another. What hope is there for mankind if through bad science people are here by some freak accident? That, by the way, has never been proved scientifically and is genetically a mathematical improbability.
Vernon Hartshorn
LA CENTER
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Inspired by Ronin, I wrote a letter to The Columbian
in response. Unfortunately, the idiot editors mangled my letter in an attempt to correct what was really only confusing grammar so that now it makes very little sense.
Here is the original letter I sent:
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On Dec. 9th, Vernon Hartshorn, in his letter, "Man evolved from God," condemned The Columbian for a cartoon that he claimed misrepresents ideas relating to human origins. Now I would like to correct some human errors made by Mr. Hartshorn.
* To believe that man evolved from lower life forms is not to deny the existence of God. Around half of the Christians in our country and almost all Christians outside of our country accept theistic evolution. It is improper to equate theism with Christian fundamentalism.
* Though young-earth creationists generally were not ignorant who lived before the modern discoveries of biology, geology and astronomy, such people today tend to have dubious understanding of science.
* There is plenty of evidence for inter-species evolution that can be seen by doing research. I suggest TalkOrigins.org.
* Nobody is saying that humanity got here by "freak accident." Naturalists such as I contend that the order of the universe arose from physical laws and that life arose largely from the constructive pattern of natural selection.
* And that is not a mathematical improbability, except according to the many popular creationists who pull exaggerated numbers out of their imaginations.
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Here is what was published (
found here):
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In defense of evolution In his Dec. 9 letter, "Man evolved from God," Vernon Hartshorn condemned The Columbian for a cartoon that he claimed misrepresents ideas relating to human origins. Now I would like to correct some human errors made by Hartshorn.
To believe that man evolved from lower life forms is not to deny the existence of God. Around half of the Christians in our country and almost all Christians outside of our country accept theistic evolution. It is improper to equate theism with Christian fundamentalism.
Young-earth creationists generally were not ignorant of who lived before the modern discoveries of biology, geology and astronomy. Such people today tend to have dubious understanding of science. There is plenty of evidence for inter-species evolution. I suggest talkorigins.org.
Nobody is saying that humanity got here by "freak accident." Naturalists such as I contend that the order of the universe arose from physical laws and that life arose largely from the constructive pattern of natural selection. And that is not a mathematical improbability, except according to the many popular creationists who pull exaggerated numbers out of their imaginations.
Abel Dean
Vancouver
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They merged unrelated points into the same paragraphs, and they butchered the part about past young-earth creationists because they thought I meant something else (don't ask me what). Be careful that this doesn't happen to you. Write so that a child can understand it. I should have written, "Though young-earth creationists who lived before the modern scientific discoveries were not ignorant..."
My letter to the editor gut published
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