Re: Evolutionary Psychology and Free Will

In writing as a TE (if this term must be used) I haven't always gone out of
my way to "challenge" the distinctive claims of "evolutionism." But the
very fact that I speak quite explicitly about the involvement in the
evolutionary process of the God revealed in Jesus Christ is an implicit
rejection of the claims of evolutionism as a "totalalizing metanarrative."
There is no need always to be on the defensive.

OTOH, one of the more absurd tactics of anti-evolutionists is to cite
comments critical of TE by people like Dawkins. Somehow these atheists
become theological experts when they attack thesistic evolution. (& of
course they do attack it: What could be more galling for them than to find
out that there are Christians who accept evolution with without thinking
that they have to apostasize?)

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Loren Haarsma" <lhaarsma@calvin.edu>
To: "_American Sci Affil" <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, May 02, 2006 11:32 AM
Subject: Re: Evolutionary Psychology and Free Will

>
>
> On Mon, 1 May 2006, Gregory Arago wrote:
> many things, many of which I think I agree with,
> but one thing I must protest:
>
>> "[S]elfish-gene theorists refuse to challenge evolutionary
>> psychologists" - James Miles
>>
>> Likewise, theistic evolutionists and evolutionary creationists
>> apparently refuse to challenge evolutionism, though they cannot sustain
>> the criticism that is due to come from non-natural sciences.
>
> Umm, which theistic evolutionsists / evolutionary creationists have you
> been reading?
>
> Every single book, and the vast majority of articles, written by TE/EC
> advocates that I've read (and I've read quite a few) has devoted
> considerable time to challenging evolutionism.
>
> Loren Haarsma
>
Received on Tue May 2 14:11:09 2006