You have, IMO, a totally flawed understanding of the ID movement. To
accuse them of a God of the Gaps (GOG) Theology (as others have done in
this list in the last few weeks) is simply to misunderstanding that you
have taken to the nth degree. I'm sure that you'd agree that we all run
a high risk of ridicule when we attack or criticize that which we don't
know very well. So, I highly recommend to you that you read the latest
issue of Origins & Design, specially de article by Dr. Platinga, that
you may have a better understanding of what IDT is, what GOG is, and
where it came from, and other nice things.
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TdL
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Thank you, Allan. The trouble is again alack of philosophical and
theological study by persons advocating ID. I believe, that I am very
orthodox, believing every word in the Bible, but I do think that most
people advicating ID read the Bible as they read a science book which
it is
not. Consequently we have to read poetry as a recitation of facts,
rather
than a poetic way of describing GOd's works to a people liable to
leave
their trust in God. Thus so-called "contradictions" are not dealt
with, or
in a very superficial way. If you do not read the Bible in their way
you
are liberal, but I am afraid that ID, and especially Interventionism,
is so
totally unbiblical that I shudder. It is indeed a God-of-the Gaps
theory.
So some can say, that their scientific stusies are not guided by
their
faith in God, who came to us in Jesus Christ. After all, if God is
not
everywhere and in all our works, I am reminded of what we read in the
NT
after evil spirits are thrown out: If the house (mind) many others
will
come and occupy the empty space.
In another message (James Behnke) I read about apologetics being the
driving force for some research. I would like to suggest, that
theology
should give the direction to apologetics. I don't think that results
in
other sciences will have any influence on apologetics or theology. It
is
the other way around. I believe, that all Christian scholars should
spend
much time in reading the Bible and comparing translations, notes,
commentaries (especially from people you totally disagree with) etc..
Jan de Koning
Willowdale, Ont.
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