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Darwin Goes to Church
Washington Post ^ | 9/18/2005 | Rev. Henry G. Brinton

Posted on 09/20/2005 5:35:52 PM PDT by curiosity

Most adult Sunday school classes don't raise eyebrows, but my church is planning to hold one that's sure to. It's called "Evolution for Christians," and it will be taught this winter by David Bush, a member of the church I lead, Fairfax Presbyterian. David is an articulate government retiree who has been interested in this topic for nearly two decades, teaches a class on theories of the origins of life every five years or so, and once again has really done his homework. His view is that science and religion answer two different sets of questions about creation, with science answering the "how" questions, and religion answering the "why" ones. "With a little bit of wisdom and tolerance on each side," he tells me, "I think they can complement rather than contradict each other."

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1 posted on 09/20/2005 5:35:53 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: curiosity

Logic? conciliation? A zealot craves not these things.


2 posted on 09/20/2005 5:37:22 PM PDT by Mylo ( scientific discovery is also an occasion of worship.)
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Faith and Science Ping.
3 posted on 09/20/2005 5:39:50 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: curiosity

Professing to be wise, they became fools.


4 posted on 09/20/2005 5:40:13 PM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: curiosity

Evolution is easy for Catholics.

God created the world.
Evolution is probably how He did it.
He directly creates our souls, dips them in flesh for awhile, and then calls them back to Himself.

Why?
Because it pleases Him.

Nothing to see here, move along.


5 posted on 09/20/2005 5:40:59 PM PDT by Vicomte13 (Et alors?)
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To: curiosity
But the debate between evolution and intelligent design has become increasingly shrill

Really? Where would that be?

6 posted on 09/20/2005 5:42:26 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Is this a good tagline?)
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To: curiosity
The problem with Evolution in church is that Evolution is a religion.

It is a faith-based belief system.

7 posted on 09/20/2005 5:42:39 PM PDT by keithtoo (Howard Dean is a Rove plant, Rove is a NeoCon plant, NeoCons are Trilateralist plants....)
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To: curiosity

In before the first 500 replies!!!


8 posted on 09/20/2005 5:43:28 PM PDT by Paloma_55 (Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
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To: keithtoo

The problem with Evolution in church is that Evolution is a religion.

It is a faith-based belief system.



Shhhhhh..... don't want to start a 500 post debate on THIS subject. :)


9 posted on 09/20/2005 5:44:37 PM PDT by Paloma_55 (Which part of "Common Sense" do you not understand???)
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To: Vicomte13
There's nothing uniquely Catholic about that position. There is no logical reason Protestants can't accept it too.
10 posted on 09/20/2005 5:45:15 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: keithtoo
It is a faith-based belief system.

ROTFLMAO!

11 posted on 09/20/2005 5:45:27 PM PDT by RadioAstronomer (Senior member of Darwin Central)
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To: curiosity
I had exactly this sort of class at a Southern Baptist church retreat sometime around 1970. There were actually religious tracts promoting this idea (that there is no conflict between science and the Bible) back in the 30's-50's, undoubtedly when my teacher back then studied.

That same church now teaches creationism. Which leads to the question, where they teaching garbage back then, or are they teaching garbage now?

12 posted on 09/20/2005 5:45:43 PM PDT by narby
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If you are a thinking Catholic, Evolution should not be 'easy' for you. First of all, it is a postulation, not a a proven, or even provable belief. Secondly, if their was never a Fall, then their is no need of a Savior. If we are only getting better all the time, all we have to do is wait. None of that messy Cross or Salvation stuff is needed.


13 posted on 09/20/2005 5:46:01 PM PDT by keithtoo (Howard Dean is a Rove plant, Rove is a NeoCon plant, NeoCons are Trilateralist plants....)
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To: keithtoo
It is a faith-based belief system.

No, it's based on physical and verifiable evidence.

14 posted on 09/20/2005 5:46:16 PM PDT by curiosity
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Yes, they have faith in replicable experiments that show that the predictions of evolution through natural selection are validated time and time again. And I have faith that nothing that the universe can show us is not part of God and part of God's plan. The universe shows us that living things pass on DNA to their progeny, that this DNA can be mutated leading to genetic diversity, and that this diversity can be selected for or against depending upon the environmental conditions. Obviously this is part of Gods plan, or it wouldn't' happen this way in life and in thousands of experiments.
15 posted on 09/20/2005 5:48:13 PM PDT by Mylo ( scientific discovery is also an occasion of worship.)
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To: curiosity
Really? Why don't you post a picture of a current, living, intermediate biological form?

I didn't think so.

Punctuated Equilibria my @ss.

16 posted on 09/20/2005 5:48:55 PM PDT by keithtoo (Howard Dean is a Rove plant, Rove is a NeoCon plant, NeoCons are Trilateralist plants....)
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To: Vicomte13
Evolution is easy for Catholics those who will not take God at His word.
Genesis 2 7And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground
That's macro-evolution. One infinitesimal step for God. One giant leap for (unbelieving) mankind.
17 posted on 09/20/2005 5:48:59 PM PDT by newgeezer (Just my opinion, of course. Your mileage may vary.)
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To: keithtoo

Evolution isn't improvement. I hope you know more about theology than science.


18 posted on 09/20/2005 5:49:14 PM PDT by Mylo ( scientific discovery is also an occasion of worship.)
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To: keithtoo
First of all, it is a postulation, not a a proven, or even provable belief.

Nothing it science is ever proven. However, evolution, like other well-established scientific theories, has a mountain of evidence supporting it.

Secondly, if their was never a Fall, then their is no need of a Savior

How exactly does evolution contradict the Fall? Man evolved, God revealed himself to him, and then man rejected God. What's the problem?

19 posted on 09/20/2005 5:49:42 PM PDT by curiosity
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To: keithtoo

If it is currently living what is it "intermediate" to?

Logic?


20 posted on 09/20/2005 5:50:34 PM PDT by Mylo ( scientific discovery is also an occasion of worship.)
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