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

The belief that God is the ultimate cause of everything that happens, working through secondary causes, includes everything that happens in culture as well as in the biological realm. That says nothing one way or another about whether or not cultural change should be considered as part of "evolution."

Shalom,
George

---- Gregory Arago <gregoryarago@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> The latter (bolded below) which would supposedy be consistent with E.O. Wilson's gene-culture co-evolution model of existence, which is not theistic or deistic.
>
> It is one thing to see "created through evolution (cosmic & biological)" and another to notice the 'modern synthesis' (presumptuous) addition of *culture* to the mix.
>  
> But of course, these are a different category of 'origins' that we would be speaking about then...
>  
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> --- On Fri, 2/20/09, gmurphy10@neo.rr.com <gmurphy10@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>
> From: gmurphy10@neo.rr.com <gmurphy10@neo.rr.com>
> Subject: Re: [asa] List of positions n Origins (question on DE)
> To: "'ASA'" <asa@calvin.edu>, "Ted Davis" <TDavis@messiah.edu>, "Bernie Dehler" <bernie.dehler@intel.com>
> Received: Friday, February 20, 2009, 12:03 AM
>
> The idea that God created through evolution (cosmic & biological) can be
> called deism only when that view is caricatured as "God created the first
> hydrogen and said 'Evolve.'" (A recent quote from someone but I
> can't recall who.) Such views are held by some & people & then are
> properly called deism But this characterization is quite inaccurate for those
> who believe that God is actually at work in the evolutionary process.
>
> What is missing in a lot of views across the spectrum, from YEC to TE, is
> adequate emphasis on God's ongoing activity in the world, creatio continua.
>
> Shalom,
> George

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