Re: God and evolution statements from Harrisburg paper

Ted wrote (Patriot news):

Biological evolution, with its long and twisted path, suggests further that
the creation reflects the character of the suffering servant who upholds it
now.

This is an interesting viewpoint & one I've not seen before. Are you saying
that the suffering in the world ( e.g. Richard Dawkins makes much of the
amount of suffering due to evolution and struggle for survival) mirrors the
suffering of Christ? I'm trying to get my brain round this one - is there
not a problem in that it suggests that God deliberately created an evolving
world that would suffer, rather than the traditional view that suffering is
the result of the Fall ( not necessarily literal, but our deliberate choice
to disobey God)? Maybe I've misread what you said though.

Iain

On 10/3/05, Randy Isaac <randyisaac@adelphia.net> wrote:
>
> Well done, Ted. You're by far the most erudite of those quoted.
>
> Randy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Davis" <tdavis@messiah.edu>
> To: <asa@calvin.edu>
> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 9:33 PM
> Subject: God and evolution statements from Harrisburg paper
>
>
> > As the trial was in progress this week, I was invited to contribute a
> > statement to a story about God and evolution being written by Mary
> Warner,
> > religion editor of the Harrisburg Patriot-News. I was allowed no more
> > than
> > 3 or 4 sentences, which gave me much hesitation, and a very quick
> deadline
> > to meet. It's a lot tougher than you might think, to say anything worth
> > saying about such a huge subject in such a short space on such short
> > notice.
> > Nevertheless I gave it a go, as follows:
> >
> >
> http://www.pennlive.com/news/patriotnews/index.ssf?/base/news/112824483823640.xml&coll=1
> >
> > My final post for the evening, things should be much quieter around here
> > the
> > next few days.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> >
>
>

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