Re: Darwin quote

From: Sarah Berel-Harrop (sec@hal-pc.org)
Date: Sat Aug 16 2003 - 09:29:56 EDT

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    From: "George Murphy" <gmurphy@raex.com>
    To: "Walter Hicks" <wallyshoes@mindspring.com>
    Cc: "Howard J. Van Till" <hvantill@chartermi.net>; "Keith Miller"
    <kbmill@ksu.edu>; <asa@calvin.edu>
    Sent: Saturday, August 16, 2003 7:54 AM
    Subject: Re: Darwin quote

    > The main ideas I've pursued in treating evolution are:
    > 1) God's kenosis and hiddenness in the event of the cross should lead us
    to
    > expect that God's action in the world in general is hidden, and thus that
    at one level
    > the scientific description of the world is satisfactory.
    > 2) The development of life through natural selection is in a sense "the
    same
    > kind of thing" as the resurrection of the crucified, creatio ex nihilo,
    and
    > justification of the ungodly (cf. Rom.4).
    > 3) Through the Incarnation God participates in the evolutionary process,
    > identifies with the losers in that process by getting killed, & by
    assuming not only
    > human nature but our whole evolutionary history makes it possible to make
    sense of the
    > promises of cosmic salvation in the NT.

    Your points here are also discussed, albeit not
    specifically in regard to evolution but rather in
    regard to the general situation of the world, in the
    book _Liberating faith : Bonhoeffer's message for
    today_ by Geffrey B. Kelly .

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