RE: [asa] anti-evolutionism and deism

If you add the two equations you get God =0, which is incorrect. I think
the second equation ought to read World-God = - infinity. Therefore by
adding the two new equations one gets God =infinity.

Moorad

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On
Behalf Of Michael Roberts
Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 2:03 AM
To: Freeman, Louise Margaret; ASA Discussion Group
Subject: 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 <mailto:lfreeman@mbc.edu>

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        Sent: Friday, April 20, 2007 3:00 AM

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        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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