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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 of the conflict between Christianity and science in this area is due to misunderstandings about the meanings of the word. In the previous two posts I discussed two of the meanings: change over time and common ancestor. Now we are going to look at the third meaning, a mechanism, evolution by natural selection, which explains the observations of change over time and common descent. [Read more…] about The Mechanism of Creation – The View from Science, Pt. 3