Hello David,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bivalve [mailto:bivalve@mail.davidson.alumlink.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 2:05 PM
> To: asa@calvin.edu
> Subject: RE: Human origins and doctrine
>
> I would agree with you in rejecting the claims of those who
> would say that religion is simply a product of evolutionary
> forces. That is clearly a non-Christian viewpoint, as it
> rejects Christ as providing any factual revelation, much less
> as being God. However, acceptance of biological evolution as
> an adequate description of the means by which all organisms
> are physically created does not require acceptance of
> attempts at fully explaining all aspects of humanity through
> evolution. The presence of unique spiritual aspects to
> humanity tells us nothing about God's choice of physical
> means in creating us.
As I have also pointed out to Keith, you too seem to want to make a sharp
distinction between the physical and the spiritual which I am uncomfortable
with. Do you think that God created our physical bodies through one process
(evolution), and our spiritual aspects through another?
Adrian.
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