In the next series of blog posts we are going to look at Christian questions about evolution. In my last post we saw that two of the Christian views of creation, Young Earth Creationism and Old Earth Creationism, disagree with the scientific account of the mechanism of creation. Because of this we need to ask, is evolution true? Perhaps the strongest recent challenge to evolution has been the Intelligent Design movement. For the rest of this post we are going to look at Intelligent Design and ask if it is a better … [Read more...] about Does Intelligent Design Rule Out Evolution?
evolution
Christian Views of Creation
In this post, I'm going to discuss three Christian views of creation (young earth creationism, old earth creationism and theistic evolution) with the goal of identifying points of agreement and points of tension with each other and with the view from science discussed in my previous posts. I'm also going to compare the Christian views with philosophical naturalism, a world-view that is often confused with the scientific view. A comparison of these views is shown in the table. … [Read more...] about Christian Views of Creation
The Mechanism of Creation – The View from Science, Pt. 3
This is the last part of a series of three posts dealing with the mechanism of creation from the point of view of science (Part 1, Part 2). These will be followed by a series of posts addressing questions and concerns that Christians might have about this scientific view. In this post we are going to continue looking at the theory of evolution which is the dominant scientific view of the mechanism of creation. Previously I pointed out that evolution is a loaded word that has multiple meanings for people and that part … [Read more...] about The Mechanism of Creation – The View from Science, Pt. 3
Book Review: The Wonder of the Universe
If you are looking for a book arguing for a proof of God's existence through science, The Wonder of the Universe: Hints of God in Our Fine-Tuned World isn't it! Karl Giberson [1] does something, that in my opinion, is far more valuable. In The Wonder of the Universe he carefully lays out the scientific evidence that shows how finely tuned the universe is how even minor differences in various forces would result in either no universe or one where life as we know it would not be possible how even a habitable … [Read more...] about Book Review: The Wonder of the Universe
Book Review: Where the Conflict Really Lies
Most people think there is a basic antagonism between faith and science that has to be overcome if one is to be both a theist and a scientific practitioner. Alvin Plantinga [1] says, au contraire. It is in fact the naturalist who has the real problem. In Where the Conflict Really Lies: Science, Religion, and Naturalism, Plantinga carefully works this out over 352 pages. He begins with the areas often thought to be in contradiction, in particular the questions of evolution and miracles, and demonstrates that in … [Read more...] about Book Review: Where the Conflict Really Lies