To: Remedy
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. The studies that we call evolution, biology, physics, astronomy, etc., are the studies of how, in part at least, He did it.
I don't really see much of a conflict unless you try to tell me all this happened only 4000 years ago. That, I don't believe at all.
To: libertylover
Darwinism and the LawBerkhof speaks for many Christian theologians when he argues that evolution and theism are not compatible:[121]
This [theistic evolution] has often been called derisively a stop-gap theory. It is really a child of embarrassment, which calls God in at periodic intervals to help nature over the chasms that yawn at her feet. It is neither the Biblical doctrine of creation, nor a consistent theory of evolution, for evolution is defined as a series of gradual progressive changes effected by means of resident forces (Le Conte). In fact, theistic evolution is a contradiction in terms. It is just as destructive of faith in the Biblical doctrine of creation as naturalistic evolution is; and by calling in the creative activity of God time and again it also nullifies the evolutionary hypothesis.[122]
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02/24/2003 2:32:44 PM PST by
Remedy
To: libertylover
I agree with you. I believe that God created an evolving universe, billions of years ago, long before our solar system came into existence.
To: libertylover
I don't really see much of a conflict unless you try to tell me all this happened only 4000 years ago.
Couple Jesus' words in Matthew 18:4,
Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female'"
With Luke 3:23-38,
Now Jesus Himself began His ministry at about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, the son of Heli, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Janna, the son of Joseph, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai, the son of Maath, the son of Mattathiah, the son of Semei, the son of Joseph, the son of Judah, the son of Joannas, the son of Rhesa, the son of Zerubbabel, the son of Shealtiel, the son of Neri, the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmodam, the son of Er, the son of Jose, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Simeon, the son of Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonan, the son of Eliakim, the son of Melea, the son of Menan, the son of Mattathah, the son of Nathan, the son of David, the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of Salmon, the son of Nahshon, the son of Amminadab, the son of Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah, the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor, the son of Serug, the son of Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of Eber, the son of Shelah, the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, the son of Noah, the son of Lamech, the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalalel, the son of Cainan, the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.
Do that and you have some problems with your "theory" - that is if you still believe in the One whose geneology is listed...
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