J. G. Vos on the inconsistency of theistic evolution with creation for God’s glory

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A consistent evolutionist could not agree that man’s chief and highest end is to glorify and enjoy God, for he must hold that the human race has evolved from a brute ancestry by a process which originated in blind chance. Therefore he must hold that the human race cannot exist for any purpose outside of itself.

There are “theistic evolutionists” who believe that evolution was God’s method of creation, but they are not consistent, for creation concerns the origin of things, while evolution starts by assuming that things already exist and seeks to show their development to other form. The consistent evolutionist cannot believe in creation by the sheer power of God, and therefore he cannot believe that the human race exists not for itself but for God.

For the reference, see J. G. Vos on the inconsistency of theistic evolution with creation for God’s glory.
 
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