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Here an origins science results for discussion. Many people feel uncomfortable having a common ancestor with monkeys so how do you feel about our common worm ancestor?
Yes, I would like to discuss “harmonizing science with faith” again. Everytime discussions go down rabbit holes, I get the feeling the Jerry Coyne is possibly correct in that it is impossible to harmonize science with any faith. But it worth a try as it is sad to see YEC children having to struggle in the secular world when they realize they have been lied to both in the science and their faith.
I must agree that the topics mentioned in your general comment are not appropriate here. If individuals wish to discuss these topics, they should find blogs that deal with them. I would say that this is a discussion about how God created the universe and anything else there may be. It is a discussion of faith and scientific evidence and how they can fit together. Also, I do not mean to insult anyone; on the contrary, I am just stating what seems to be the fact. God bless and Happy Holidays. Charles E. Miller AKA Henry Wynns.
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May I make a suggestion? Perhaps the article can be discussed in a way to show how BioLogos can be a witness to the young that evolution is creationism too and that we do not need to separate ourselves from faith to believe in a scientific theory that seems to be true. We could discuss Darwin to show that his form of evolution may not fit all the facts of creation. This would not be the God of gaps; on the contrary, it would show that there must be a First Cause for things to be. Logic would also show this. Remember that 0+0= 0. A creator would be needed to bring something from nothing. Time seems that it may in an eternal way have no beginning. As I see it, there must be both temporal time and eternal time. Something living and thinking that is eternal and greater than all time must be behind what exists. These are just my thoughts. Evolutionists can be Theistic and do not have to be agnostic and atheistic. Aristotle, a non-Christian, even believed in a creator God or First Cause. Perhaps God was using him as He used the King of Persia in the Book of Esther to bring His truth to us. Equation: Creator + 0= Creation.
Yes, absolutely. In fact, I would love it if you would start a discussion about that article. I read it today and wasn’t happy about it. Start a new topic.
you sound like you do not want to submit to the rule of someone else, a bit like suffering from puberty where everything has to be now and by your terms.