Re: [asa] anti-evolutionism and deism

I'm having a source monitoring error because I can't remember if this is
something that came up in the course I took with Ted at Messiah, or in a
conversation with one of my deacons, but the suggestion was to ask this
question.

What happens if God were to vanish tomorrow?

If you get an answer about humanity degenerating into irredeemable sin and
ever-increasing wickedness until we destroy each other and human life ceases
to exist (but the stars, planets and whatever organic life we leave behind
continue as they were), you've got more of deist world-view, where God
creates and then steps back.

If you get an answer that all of creation vanishes with Him, because nothing
can exist without the Creator and Sustainer God, then you've got a more
theistic perspective, where God is actively engaged in everything that
happens, "miraculous" or "natural."

Note that either answer is compatible with both an evolutionary and a
special creation view of origins.
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Louise M. Freeman, PhD
Psychology Dept
Mary Baldwin College
Staunton, VA 24401
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Received on Thu Apr 19 22:01:13 2007