Re: ASA positions on science/faith issues

>The words "continuously unfolding" or simply "unfolding" come to mind.
>That would tend to overcome some notion of instantaneous (only)
>existence. JimA

And that's what "evolution" literally means.

Last post of the day for me! I guess my Hodge quote will have to wait
till tomorrow.

I did mention that this "continuous creation" issue was a semantic
curiosity--and so it seems.

<soapbox--more than usual>
However, there is slightly more than semantics in my agenda. Some in
this group have a curious penchant for inventing terms and concepts.
We seem to thing that we're some of the first people to ever think
about some of these things. Now I'm not suggesting that there is
never anything new, but there seldom really is. And we owe to
ourselves if this is going to more than bar room or dorm room
off-the-top discussion to root ourselves in previous millennia of
philosophical and theological discussion.
</soapbox>

Of course, sometimes we need fresh categories to help us see things
in a new light and I'm not opposed to that, but let's realize that
our conversations here have a deep historical dimension to them as
well (and not so deep--you all should skim the archives from time to
time--it's amazing how we never really seem to get anywhere). But
then, don't they say that Aristotle and Plato did all there is to do
in philosophy and that there haven't been any really new issues in
theology since Augustine.

TG

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