Vernon Jenkins wrote:
> You appear to have ignored the point I was making regarding
> the Christian
> evolutionist's dilemma, viz that
> He who said 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself' also
> happens to be Our
> Creator, and if evolution indeed
> be a reality, then how is He to be trusted when claiming to be 'the
> way, the truth,
> and the life...' (Jn.14:6)?!
> Christianity and evolution are thus mutually exclusive.
Can you explain why you believe that "love your neighbor as yourself"
contradicts with evolution? I am interested in your meaning behind that
because I didn't understand. You mention a dog-eat-dog idea of evolution --
is that what you mean? If so, are you considering animals and plants to be
our neighbors? Because if you're referring to humanity, evolutionary
creationists (like myself) can believe that God imbued a spirit into humans
at some point that differentiates us from the rest of created beings. It is
this Spirit that allows us to transcend the dog-eat-dog nature that we
indeed do see even among humans (look at the fundamentalists Muslims hating
the Jews and murdering themselves to kill them, or the fighting between the
Indian Hindus and Muslim Pakistanis right now, or the murders at Columbine).
It requires transcending our human nature to grow into our spiritual nature.
We can be 100% human and 100% spiritual beings, just as Jesus was. We are
not God but we have His Holy Spirit within us, and are His sons and
daughters.
Just my thoughts. Would be curious what others think of them.
Wendee
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Wendee Holtcamp -- wendee@greendzn.com
Environmental Journalist ~~ www.greendzn.com
Adjunct Instructor of Biology, Kingwood College
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