Re: [asa] anti-evolutionism and deism

About 70 years ago William Temple an Archbishop of Canterbury put it like this

God-World =God

World - God = 0

I for one cannot see why the acceptance of evolution results in a diminished belief in God. It is better to see Genesis as a Whodunit than a Howdunnit.

Michael
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  From: Freeman, Louise Margaret
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  Subject: 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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Received on Fri Apr 20 02:11:16 2007