Is evolution "God-guided"?

@Eddie,

I see. It’s important to you that I be labeled WRONG. Fine. Have at it. There’s certainly nothing about this conversation that is much different from any of our other ones.

The only difference would be that you have spent unusually LESS time trying to explain why I’m false.

By the normal definitions of the words, we all KNOW that Islam is not Christianity. But I made my statement to indicate that such a view is pretty superficial.

The POINT of my statement is not to change how we practice our Christianity - - but to teach Americans that we should be more alert to the real nature of Islam, and how it really isn’t very different from the unusual forms of Christianity America has already found within its borders.

George

Superb, Eddie.

Atheistic Evolution and Theistic Evolution are such subjective terms. I mean what makes evolution so atheistic or theistic? Evolution is evolution regardless on who believes in it so calling it Atheistic Evolution or Theistic Evolution seems down right silly. Just call it evolution and be done with it.

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Would love to… but the Evangelicals want God involved… and the Atheists insist that God NOT be involved.

So … we have BioLogos caught in the middle … trying to explain things to BOTH sides of the spectrum…

George

Since neither side knows for sure, can’t we agree to be agnostic and just refer to it as evolution?

Just like gravity!

Patrick, only the Creationists are going to be happy with that … because ALL Evolution is “crap” to them.

BioLogos is the one that carved out this sacred territory of Evolution-with-God…

SIDE NOTE:
If Evangelicals opposed GRAVITY - - we’be be seeing a Bio-GRAVITAS group … I guarantee you! (man… I’m cracking me up!)

Your question is structured to refute Atheist Evolutionists.

Your question poses no problem who think that God Directed Evolution.

George

@gbrooks9

George, you put together a few facts and then draw from that a ridiculous generalization. You need to learn to think.

Christianity is about Jesus, the Jewish Messiah and the Son of God. Islam fervently denies the Trinity and the thought that Allah is not Absolutely Simple. Islam is not a form of Christianity.

@Patrick

Sadly both sides know for sure. One of the reasons behind Darwin’s idea was to get God out of the Creation business. Conservative Christians did not agree, and science became involved with Biblical interpretation and the understanding of Truth, and we have a mess with everyone trying to get their own way and no one listening to the concerns of others. Life is not simple.

@gbrooks9

George,
The BioLogos for gravity would be GravitasLogos. Do your homework.

Yes… and I THOUGHT quite a bit about it. Look, it’s not like my unusual comparison is going to cost anyone their job …

But if Mormons are Christians… there’s really not much separating Mormons from Muslims.

I think Eddie and Roger BOTH flunked their Comparative Religion class.

George

@Eddie

Who says miracles don’t happen anymore!

@Relates,

You are correct, Roger. Islam is a false religion. It is made up of so-called false Christian writings. In other words, Moslems are heretics. Is it Christianity? No. However, the Koran is made up of heretical Christian sect books. Moslems shall not see the Kingdom of God if they do not deny Islam and accept Jesus Christ as it says in Romans 10. We must call upon the Lord Jesus Christ to be saved. Mohammed is an Anti-Christ.

@gbrooks9,@Eddie

I like the chart. I must state again that 0+0=0. A mindless process can do nothing. A pencil on a table is mindless. I cannot create anything until a being with a mind uses it. The Intelligent Designer is God. He has the mind that knows all things. Again, intelligent design and BioLogos (Greek for Study of Life) good hand in hand.

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@gbrooks9

George, which is more important salvation or a job? Please do not belittle faith on this website!

Did some one say that Mormons are Christians?

Even so it is the Quran and the Sharia that separates Mormons from Muslims.

@Henry

Since I picked on George, I will also pick on you. The Logos in BioLogos refers to Jesus Christ as found in John 1:1 “In the Beginning was the Word (Greek: Logos)” Who is Jesus, the Messiah.

While this might not be that evident from its writings, because the Logos is capitalized that is what it refers to. In other words the name BioLogos is a strong statement about the divine design of life. If I am wrong I hope that I will be corrected.