Re: [asa] Science as Christian vocation

I think the ways to bridge the gap are numerous - easy, really, if only
because of the uniqueness of humans both in status and development. And I
think 'harsh and cruel' is vastly overplayed and unjustified with regards to
how evolution played out historically.

But I think the greater issue that the church has with evolution is its
perceived social track record. I don't think the fear is that evolution
somehow justifies abortion or eugenics in a Christian worldview (it
doesn't), but that someone outside of that worldview - or with a somehow
warped view of Christianity - can justify such things with an eye on
evolution. Particularly because that seems to be exactly what happened in
the past.

On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 9:23 AM, John Walley <john_walley@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Interesting. I think one of the issues the church has with evolution and TE
> is because they don't want to accept the seemingly harsh and cruel concept
> of survival of the fittest. But if this was God's mechanism of creating life
> in the animal world, how do we then bridge the gap to the sanctity of life
> in humans?
>
> This opens a tremendus can of worms, not only eugenics but abortion, human
> relief etc. What is the stopgap to prevent the logical progression to the
> liberal theology of Schmucker?
>
> Thanks
>
> John
>
>
> --- On Wed, 2/4/09, Ted Davis <TDavis@messiah.edu> wrote:
>
> > From: Ted Davis <TDavis@messiah.edu>
> > Subject: [asa] Science as Christian vocation
> > To: asa@lists.calvin.edu
> > Date: Wednesday, February 4, 2009, 8:44 AM
> > For the past few years, I've been researching the
> > religious lives & beliefs
> > of several prominent American scientists from the Scopes
> > trial era. The
> > latest issue of "Seminary Ridge Review,"
> > published by the Lutheran
> > Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, contains one of these:
> > a study of how S
> > C Schmucker, a leading popularizer of evolution and
> > eugenics, made science
> > education his Christian vocation. I hardly share his very,
> > very liberal
> > theology, any more than I share his views on eugenics --
> > which I believe
> > were closely connected. The essay is now available online,
> > at the journal's
> > web site.
> >
> > http://www.ltsg.edu//db/review.htm?issid=23
> >
> > Given the range of Schmucker's activities and the
> > nature of his theological
> > views, perhaps this article would be good to discuss here?
> >
> >
> > Ted
> >
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