Re: History as well as sciece

Steve Clark (ssclark@facstaff.wisc.edu)
Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:19:45 -0500

>Dear Steve,
>
>Thank you for your comments. You can make my reply public if you wish.
>
>You said,
>
> I think it is important to note that theistic evolutionists and atheistic
> evolutionists agree only on the science and not the world-view conclusions
> taken from the science. This admits a distinction between methodological
> naturalism (the tools of science) and philosophical naturalism (that the
> whole universe can be understood through naturalistic glasses). The
>latter
> denies supernatural things, the former doesn't really address supernatural
> things by definition.
>
>you seem to forget that Theistis E also agree with the atheists in the
>history they propose and that the Bible and Genesis are wrong (or, at
>least, non historical).
>
>Your comments please.
>
>
>
>Russ

Hi Russ,

I'm not a theologian so cannot address how literal the historical account of
Genesis should be taken. But I don't believe that atheists and TE's are in
the same camp regarding the truth of the Bible. By definition atheists
exclude it as the word of God. TE's could very well hold a strong view of
biblical inerrancy and believe that the Genesis creation account is mostly
to explain the relationship God has with the creation and man's place in it,
rather than to explain actual origins. Of course, people of great faith
have completely different views of this. The point is, atheists and TE's
are far apart in their respective viewpoints of the Bible and I don't feel
that they can be lumped together in this regard.

Cheers,

Steve
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