Re: [asa] List of positions n Origins (question on DE)

In process theology God is one cause of everything that happens in the world but not the sole cause. (I.e., everything cannot be traced back ultimately to God as First Cause, as in traditional theology.) Thus a process theologian can't be a deist unless one's views about miracles are the only criterion. (I am using "deist" in the sense that Barbour does in his typology of views on divine action - i.e., the belief that God created the world but doesn't interact with it further. As an historian Ted may have a somewhat different take.)

Shalom,
George

---- Ted Davis <TDavis@messiah.edu> wrote:
> Some might say that the "old" Howard Van Till, the one who wrote "The Fourth
> Day" and "Portraits of Creation" and "Science Held Hostage," fits the TE
> category; but the "new" Howard Van Till, the Howard who contributed to
> "Three Views on Creation and Evolution" and esp the Howard who has moved
> closer to or into process theism in recent years, belongs in the DE
> category.
>
> I would say, myself, that anyone who does not believe in any of the
> "miracles of the new creation," to borrow Lewis' terminology, such as the
> bodily resurrection of Jesus, probably is a candidate for the DE category.
> I at least would not put anyone into that category if they do affirm the
> resurrection (among other special acts of God). Thus, I might put Ian
> Barbour and Arthur Peacocke into the DE category, although neither of them
> would be happy with that.
>
> Or else, I'd create an alternative category for them, simply TE/process vs
> TE/traditional. Whether the former constitutes a type of deism is a fair
> point of argumentation.
>
> Ted
>
> >>> "Dehler, Bernie" <bernie.dehler@intel.com> 2/19/2009 12:33 PM >>>
> List of positions on Origins:
>
> Young Earth Creationist:
>
> Ken Ham (Answers in Genesis ministry)
>
> Old Earth Creationist:
> Hugh Ross (Reasons to Believe ministry)
>
> Theistic evolutionist:
> Howard Van Till (author & scholar)
>
>
>
> Deistic Evolutionist:
>
> ???
>
>
>
> Atheistic Evolutionist:
> Richard Dawkins (RichardDawkins.net "ministry")
>
>
>
> Who would be a good representative candidate for the DE position?
>
>
>
> ...Bernie
>
>
>
>
>
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