This article is guaranteed to foster reactions on both sides of the issue. Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution. BioLogos, director Francis Collins, is promoting a theistic evolution among evangelicals, while anti-evolutionists claim their rejection of evolution is not a rejection of science. This is a stimulating point of view by theologians and should prove worthy of debate.
"In the evangelical community, the year 2011 has brought a resurgence of debate over evolution. The current issue of Christianity Today asks if genetic discoveries preclude an historical Adam. While BioLogos, the brainchild of NIH director Francis Collins, is seeking to promote theistic evolution among evangelicals, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary recently argued that true Christians should believe the Earth is only a few thousand years old."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-dudley/christian-faith-requires-_b_876345.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=062011&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief
"Of course, anti-evolutionists claim their rejection of evolution is not a rejection of science. Phillip Johnson, widely considered the leader of the Intelligent Design movement, states that all he's rejecting is the atheistic lens through which evolutionary scientists view the world. Evolution, he argues, is "based not upon any incontrovertible empirical evidence, but upon a highly philosophical presupposition."
"And to a certain extent, this line of argument makes sense. Science is not a neutral enterprise. Prior beliefs undoubtedly influence interpretation. If one believes God created vertebrates with a similar design plan, one can acknowledge their structural similarities without believing in common descent. No amount of radiocarbon dating evidence will convince someone the Earth is 4.5 billion years old if that person believes God created the world to look old, with the appearance of age."
Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution is further addressed in this book Broken Words, by Jonathan Dudley. For those who are curious and inclined to researching this further, here is the resource.
"In the evangelical community, the year 2011 has brought a resurgence of debate over evolution. The current issue of Christianity Today asks if genetic discoveries preclude an historical Adam. While BioLogos, the brainchild of NIH director Francis Collins, is seeking to promote theistic evolution among evangelicals, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary recently argued that true Christians should believe the Earth is only a few thousand years old."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jonathan-dudley/christian-faith-requires-_b_876345.html?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=062011&utm_medium=email&utm_content=BlogEntry&utm_term=Daily%20Brief
"Of course, anti-evolutionists claim their rejection of evolution is not a rejection of science. Phillip Johnson, widely considered the leader of the Intelligent Design movement, states that all he's rejecting is the atheistic lens through which evolutionary scientists view the world. Evolution, he argues, is "based not upon any incontrovertible empirical evidence, but upon a highly philosophical presupposition."
"And to a certain extent, this line of argument makes sense. Science is not a neutral enterprise. Prior beliefs undoubtedly influence interpretation. If one believes God created vertebrates with a similar design plan, one can acknowledge their structural similarities without believing in common descent. No amount of radiocarbon dating evidence will convince someone the Earth is 4.5 billion years old if that person believes God created the world to look old, with the appearance of age."
Christian Faith Requires Accepting Evolution is further addressed in this book Broken Words, by Jonathan Dudley. For those who are curious and inclined to researching this further, here is the resource.
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