Lucy replies:
I can only speak for myself. The teaching of evolution (me teaching it
or me studying it under someone else) has never hurt my faith.
My son thinks Steven Spielberg is the most amazing man. He watches his
movies over and over and over. One night on an educational station we
watched a 2-hour special on "how Spielberg does what he does." (Don't
remember the name of it). It showed the evolution of his movies, why
they cost so much, how the creatures were made, the techniques for
animating the creatures, and so on.
Understanding **how** Spielberg weaves his magic did not lessen my son's
admiration for him; HIS ADMIRATION INCREASED. By the end of that
special, my son was even more amazed by the details of what Spielberg
has done.
That's how I feel about evolution. The more I know, the more amazed I
am by how God works. The whole process is positively stunning. The
fact that we don't have the story completely pieced together is no
bother to me; it gives us something to research!
Blessings, Lucy
attached mail follows:
In a message dated 5/24/01 9:35:34 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
bpayne15@juno.com writes:
> I am strongly in favor of the ID movement; evolution is being used by
> many to undercut our faith by making God irrelavant - especially in our
> schools (IMHO).
>
I hope these two clauses are not as directly linked as they appear to be.
All sorts of things can get "used by many to undercut our faith."
Heliocentrism and Newtonian physics being two historic examples. If
evolution is being used in that manner (which I would agree that it is,
though probably not to the extent Bill Payne would say it is), should not our
primary call be to oppose this *misuse* of the science? The only motivation
for opposing the science itself should be if the science is not true, which
is not the motivation Bill states.
If we recognize God's sovereignty over nature, then natural explanations like
evolution (whether true or not) can never "undercut our faith."
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