I was invited to hear a free church of Scotland minister debate on evolution, atheism and Dawkins a few nights ago. I think the guys name was David Robertson or something like that.
Anyway, he sought to refute Dawkins. I liked some of his approach. However he does embrace both evolution and creation. i.e God used evolution to create the world.
Now it seems to me that
1) Evolution is taught as true
2) To believe otherwise on the account of scripture is as thought to be as stupid as believing in fairies.
3) To believe otherwise based on scientific appeals (i.e Ken Ham) is to be considered a lunatic.
So the only option, it would seem, for thinking Christians, is to accept evolution as the means by which God created the world.
hmmmm
I have a problem, I am an educated person (I think), I do not understand all the facts about evolution. But I do reject it because
1) I do not think Genesis one is only a myth ( i guess I see it as literal)
2) Evolution is only a theory
3) Why would I change my view of the bible based on an unproven theory of godless men?
4) It is not only the fact that I believe the literal account in genesis happened but that those accounts have huge theological significance tied to them.
1) Man is seperate from the animals (Image of God)
2) No death pre-fall (survival of fittest does not fit with the creation story at all) etc
hmmm
Anyone here more clued up than I on this area got any insights?
Anyway, he sought to refute Dawkins. I liked some of his approach. However he does embrace both evolution and creation. i.e God used evolution to create the world.
Now it seems to me that
1) Evolution is taught as true
2) To believe otherwise on the account of scripture is as thought to be as stupid as believing in fairies.
3) To believe otherwise based on scientific appeals (i.e Ken Ham) is to be considered a lunatic.
So the only option, it would seem, for thinking Christians, is to accept evolution as the means by which God created the world.
hmmmm
I have a problem, I am an educated person (I think), I do not understand all the facts about evolution. But I do reject it because
1) I do not think Genesis one is only a myth ( i guess I see it as literal)
2) Evolution is only a theory
3) Why would I change my view of the bible based on an unproven theory of godless men?
4) It is not only the fact that I believe the literal account in genesis happened but that those accounts have huge theological significance tied to them.
1) Man is seperate from the animals (Image of God)
2) No death pre-fall (survival of fittest does not fit with the creation story at all) etc
hmmm
Anyone here more clued up than I on this area got any insights?