This entry - by Enns himself - is especially relevant to this forum.
A Missing Angle on the Evangelical Struggle with Evolution
I wouldn’t go quite as far as Enns says here but he’s on the right track.
Some Evangelicals bypass this challenge by seeking to undermine the historical claims of evolution. That is another matter entirely, and to which I say, good luck to you—as long as that challenge is done in an informed and principled manner: informed, meaning one has true professional training in the sciences being discussed and subjected to professional review; principled, meaning one is genuinely seeking after truth rather than pre-committed to defending truth as they need it to be?
I would say that - at least for the purposes of this site
informed means an awareness of the evidence and of the theory and a willingness to learn more.
Principled would have to be extended to having the honest humility to recognise the huge amount of work and expertise that has gone into creating evolutionary theory and to give that the respect it deserves.
In all my time discussing the issues I don’t think I’ve seen one truly principled creationist in a forum. Most professional creationists aren’t much better (I can think of a couple of exceptions but neither seems to be a big name).
Edited by PaulK, : No reason given.
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