Register | Sign In


Understanding through Discussion


EvC Forum active members: 64 (9164 total)
7 online now:
Newest Member: ChatGPT
Post Volume: Total: 916,839 Year: 4,096/9,624 Month: 967/974 Week: 294/286 Day: 15/40 Hour: 0/1


Thread  Details

Email This Thread
Newer Topic | Older Topic
  
Author Topic:   What we must accept if we accept evolution Part 2
GDR
Member
Posts: 6202
From: Sidney, BC, Canada
Joined: 05-22-2005
Member Rating: 2.1


Message 49 of 301 (282727)
01-30-2006 10:15 PM


Jumping In
This has been a very long thread and I don't have the time to read it all so I'll post and if I've crossed the line by doing so I apologize.
I'm not a biologist so I am unable to form an opinion as to the veracity of the TofE. I believe that the Bible is a book of spiritual truth but I don't accept that it is a science text.
As I understand evolution it occurs because of a series of genetic mutations.If one is an Atheist then one believes that these mutations accured by natural means. If one is a Theist then the changes would have been caused by an intelligent designer.
As I see it, the TofE is agnostic. Once you go beyond that it is a faith issue.

Everybody is entitled to my opinion.

Replies to this message:
 Message 51 by Faith, posted 01-30-2006 10:23 PM GDR has not replied

GDR
Member
Posts: 6202
From: Sidney, BC, Canada
Joined: 05-22-2005
Member Rating: 2.1


Message 88 of 301 (282774)
01-31-2006 1:16 AM
Reply to: Message 78 by Faith
01-31-2006 12:48 AM


Re: The ToE and Gods
I have to admit Faith that although I admire your tenacity but I have trouble with your reasoning. God did create us to be creatures of reason.
Genesis tells us that time began because God spoke it into existance. If time has a beginning it will also have an end. The Bible tells us explicitly that this world will come to an end. The world coming to an end requires physical death for everyone eventually no matter what you say God's original intent was.
If you read Roman's 1:20 it is clear that God gave us reason so that we could know him through our minds and his creation. The Christian faith has historically been rooted in the idea that we learn about God through the written scripture of the Bible and the created scripture in nature and our minds.

Everybody is entitled to my opinion.

This message is a reply to:
 Message 78 by Faith, posted 01-31-2006 12:48 AM Faith has replied

Replies to this message:
 Message 96 by Faith, posted 01-31-2006 9:37 AM GDR has not replied

Newer Topic | Older Topic
Jump to:


Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved

™ Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024