>As for TE, that's an even bigger tent, in some ways. Let me elaborate. On
>the one hand, TE is much smaller b/c everyone by definition more or less
>accepts evolution and what comes with it (big bang, old earth, common
>ancestry, figurative interpretation of Genesis if the Bible is considered at
>all). And everyone is some type of theist (probably, though if I think hard
>I might change my mind). On the other hand, the tent is mighty big
>theologically. <snip>
I agree. That is why many of us who are given the "theistic evolutionist"
label don't like it. However, it becomes tiring to keep trying to present
and defend a different terminology. I for example, much prefer the term
"continuous creation" to describe my view. Others like "evolutionary
creationist" and others use still other labels. Part of the problem with
the rhetoric coming from some ID proponents is a result of lumping all
"theistic evolutionists" together and attributing to them a basically
deistic understanding of God's action.
There is also the confusion generated by having commonality with people on
educational or scientific issues, while differing substantially on
theological issues.
I guess we just need to keep dogedly trying to make clear our own
theological understandings.
Keith
Keith B. Miller
Department of Geology
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS 66506
kbmill@ksu.edu
http://www-personal.ksu.edu/~kbmill/
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