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To: BMCDA

Thank you for your comments.

Are you a "theist" who also believes in evolution?

If so, would you describe that particular God?


1,772 posted on 02/17/2006 7:39:14 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It!)
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To: xzins
Thank you for your comments.

Thanks for your reply.

Are you a "theist" who also believes in evolution?

No, I'm not a "theist" nor a theist and while "believe in" is not quite the term I'd use because it's a bit misleading, I understand from the context of your post what you want to ask and trying not be too nitpicky I say "Yes".

If so, would you describe that particular God?

OK, while I personally don't believe in the existence of any gods, I can still assume arguendo that a deity exists that's compatible with current scientific knowledge of the world without it being a trickster god, which it obviously must be if Genesis is literally true and science has it right as well.
Now this god could have created the universe in such a way that it allows intelligent life. And once these lifeforms reached a certain level of intelligence he might even have decided to interact with them.
Of course I don't see any compelling reason to think that anything like this happened but then it's only a possible scenario and I think that's what you wanted.

1,786 posted on 02/17/2006 8:19:37 AM PST by BMCDA (If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it,we would be so simple that we couldn't)
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