American Family Assoc. Suggests Pat Robertson Is a Heretic
The Defenders of the Faith over at the AFA are outraged - OUTRAGED - that Pat Robertson and other people calling themselves Christians might actually believe scientific data concerning evolution is true. It’s a well known fact that accepting scientific evidence is a slippery slope which could lead one to believe that the Bible might not be the literal truth straight from God himself.
Although Robertson and some other well-meaning Christians try to reconcile the assertions of evolutionary theory with the Bible, the fact is, the two are in no way compatible. Robertson’s remarks trivialize the conflict. Belief in an earth billions of years old, a progressive evolving of earth’s life, puts the biblical account in question on several levels.
In Exploring Genesis, the great Bible commentator and preacher, John Phillips summed the matter up by asking, “If the Holy Spirit cannot be trusted when he tells of creation, how can he be trusted when he tells of salvation?
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Theistic evolution as Robertson touted is but a compromise that actually does more harm than good. Ussher’s chronology may be a subject of debate, although I believe Ussher was a distinguished scholar and knew considerably more about the chronology of man than his detractors give him credit. Nevertheless, from the biblical record, it becomes impossible to set the date for creation much earlier than 10,000 years. And theological disaster ensues when the speculations of men, no matter how seemingly convincing, supplant God’s special revelation - His Word.
God is the one who established all scientific laws, and good science will always point to Him. That’s why we need not fear there will ever be a discovery of some scientific fact that contradicts the Bible properly interpreted.
Therefore, if Robertson believes that Ham’s literal interpretation of the biblical creation account is a “joke.” Then I suggest Robertson’s remarks make him a ham.
