Gregg Matte: To Believe in Evolution, We Must Declare Slaughter of Jews in Auschwitz Equal to Slaughter of Cattle

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFVABQ5GvgqrNhthEvdtpURNESepxO3ybr9yxkPUqCNSjfm42Nrn3seFp8DU57uVedngZF7GjNxuTxYjwz-r6ySQ-Wfsvo8pQx1qWzk3g-BgyecNm_KV0ZEmzJHn9AZ87TuasQB7p8iMf/s1600/Matte.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwFVABQ5GvgqrNhthEvdtpURNESepxO3ybr9yxkPUqCNSjfm42Nrn3seFp8DU57uVedngZF7GjNxuTxYjwz-r6ySQ-Wfsvo8pQx1qWzk3g-BgyecNm_KV0ZEmzJHn9AZ87TuasQB7p8iMf/s320/Matte.png" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>"If you believe in evolution, you must also believe that Auschwitz and Hitler's Germany is equal to mad cow's disease. Because there is no difference in cattle and a person besides opposable thumbs and reason...so the slaughtering of cattle and the slaughtering of Jewish folks in Auschwitch MUST BE DECLARED EQUAL."</b></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b>---------------------------</b></i></div>Gregg Matte is the <a href="http://houstonsfirst.org/staff-detail/pastor-gregg-matte/" target="_blank">senior pastor</a> of <a href="http://houstonsfirst.org/" target="_blank">First Baptist Church of Houston</a>, and the elected <a href="http://www.sbcpc.net/?page_id=211" target="_blank">president</a> of the <a href="http://www.sbcpc.net/" target="_blank">Southern Baptist Convention Pastor's Conference</a> this week at the <a href="http://www.sbcannualmeeting.net/sbc13/default.asp" target="_blank">SBC Annual Meeting</a> in Houston.<br /><br />In his June 2nd sermon entitled "Connecting the Dots Worldwide", Matte addresses the essential importance of a Christian believing in creationism and rejecting evolution. <br /><br />But to try to make his point, Matte makes an idiotic, nonsensical argument that evolution will lead people to not being to ascertain between right and wrong - in fact he declares: <br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><i><b>That’s what evolution is all about…if man is the highest thing, then man gets to  decide whatever he wants to do and then there is no longer anything called ‘sin’. There is not anything wrong, there is not anything right…<span style="color: red;">here’s what happens: if you believe in evolution, you must also believe that Auschwitz and Hitler’s Germany is equal to mad cow’s disease</span>. Because there’s no difference in cattle and a person besides opposable thumbs and reason. They’re all living creatures, <span style="color: red;">so the slaughtering of cattle and the slaughtering of Jewish folks in Auschwitz must be declared equal</span>. </b></i></blockquote>What is he talking about? We CAN and DO judge morality and immorality separate from the issue of creationism vs. evolution. People of faith, and people of no faith together, can rightly judge immoral acts like Hitler slaughtering Jews. We can rightly judge moral issues like adultery or murder or theft. Duh.<br /><br />If any person of faith - or an atheist or agnostic - believes in evolution vs. the biblical account of creation - they most certainly don't have to equate slaughter of Jews to slaughter of cattle. That's an offensive idea to begin with, that a person's view on the origin of the universe might render them completely incapable of seeing the atrocities of Hilter's regime. This idea that Matte puts forth is sick.<br /><br />It is too bad guys like Matte don't realize that this kind of nonsense drives people - especially young people - away from Christianity. A young person who is struggling with their faith and is thinking through matters like creationism vs. evolution and hears Matte's rubbish, they will likely reject the faith altogether.<br /><br />Listen to the above quote in the entire context of his argument, and it becomes even nuttier.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="375" mozallowfullscreen="" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/68030624" webkitallowfullscreen="" width="500"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/68030624">Greg Matte: To Believe Evolution is to Equate Slaughter of Jews to Slaughter of Cattle</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user4054328">FBCJax Watchdog</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</div>

Gregg Matte: To Believe in Evolution, We Must Declare Slaughter of Jews in Auschwitz Equal to Slaughter of Cattle

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