{"id":284,"date":"2009-11-01T10:51:16","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T18:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?p=284"},"modified":"2009-11-01T10:51:32","modified_gmt":"2009-11-01T18:51:32","slug":"ray-and-michael-discuss-science-vs-intelligent-design","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/ray-and-michael-discuss-science-vs-intelligent-design\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"rss\"<\/a>\"instagram\"<\/a>

I’ve known Michael Parkman since fifth grade.\u00a0 That’s . . . . . forty-two years.\u00a0 Wow!<\/p>\n

We both grew up in the college town of Bryan\/College Station, Texas, in the shadow of Texas A&M University.\u00a0 We went through eight years of school together.\u00a0I learned to play Hearts, a game I still frequently play and enjoy, with him.\u00a0 He turned me on to Styx and Elton John.\u00a0 I was at both of his weddings.<\/p>\n

Our “life journeys”, to use a gag-inducing phrase, have led us both down very different paths, and we now look at the world quite differently.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Michael is a Christian, and I no do not have any religious beliefs.\u00a0 Recently my old friend sent me a copy of a book by Norman L. Geisler and Frank Turek called I Don’t Have Enough Faith to Be An<\/strong><\/em> Atheist<\/em><\/strong>.\u00a0 He wanted me to read the book.\u00a0 I told him I would read it under two conditions:\u00a0<\/p>\n

1) That he read the copy of Letter to a Christian Nation<\/strong><\/em> by Sam Harris that I was sending him and<\/p>\n

2) He agree to discuss both books with me on my blog.<\/p>\n

He agreed!<\/p>\n

SO.\u00a0 I will be sharing our discussion with you, Gentle Reader.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It’s a story you’ll want to read backwards.<\/p>\n

I’m creating a new category on the blog called “Ray and Michael Debate the Universe, ” which will make it easier to check out the entries.<\/p>\n

I hope you enjoy it!<\/p>\n

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