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Author Topic:   Is Evolution the Work of Satan?
dwise1
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Message 33 of 104 (589417)
11-02-2010 11:19 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Stephen Push
11-01-2010 5:47 AM


No, of course evolution is not the work of Satan. Evolution is a natural consequence of the way that life works.
If anything were to be recognized as the work of Satan, then that would be "creation science", which deceives its victims into believing that if the world is as it actually is and life works as it naturally does, then God does not exist. Which is why, as Percy has just put it so succinctly in another thread (Message 10), creationists must work so hard to protect themselves from knowledge.
As for how the real world is supposed to mesh with one's theology, that is up to each individual to consider and to attempt to harmonize. However, be aware that there is no one single Christian theology, but rather many theologies based on various collections of aspects of Christian doctrine. Furthermore, each individual, even fundamentalists, creates his own theology, which is the theology that must be harmonized. One thing is certain, though: harmonizing by denying how the real world actually works is self-defeating and leads to self-delusion.
So perhaps a better question would be to ask of a Christian who accepts evoluton what his beliefs are and how he had harmonized them with reality -- points of doctrine that you personally find important may not be important to others, or they might have a different view about those points. Or you might take points that are important to yourself (which I believe you have already been doing) and ask how they could be harmonized.
Edited by dwise1, : added link to Percy's message

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