A Spoonful of Jesus Helps Darwin Go Down (What the Evos really think of Christian compromise)

[Y]ou’ve heard me complain about scientific organizations that sell evolution by insisting that it’s perfectly consistent with religion. Evolution, they say, threatens many peoples’ religious views — not just the literalism of Genesis, but also the morality that supposedly emanates from scripture. Professional societies like the National Academy of Sciences — the most elite organization of American scientists — have concluded that to make evolution palatable to Americans, you must show that it is not only consistent with religion, but also no threat to it. (And so much the better if, as theologians like John Haught assert, evolution actually deepens our faith.) Given that many members of such organizations are atheists, their stance of accommodationism appears to be a pragmatic one.

Here I argue that the accommodationist position of the National Academy of Sciences, and especially that of the National Center for Science Education, is a self-defeating tactic, compromising the very science they aspire to defend. By seeking union with religious people, and emphasizing that there is no genuine conflict between faith and science, they are making accommodationism not just a tactical position, but a philosophical one. By ignoring the significant dissent in the scientific community about whether religion and science can be reconciled, they imply a unanimity that does not exist. Finally, by consorting with scientists and philosophers who incorporate supernaturalism into their view of evolution, they erode the naturalism that underpins modern evolutionary theory.

Let’s begin with a typical accommodationist statement—this one from the National Academy of Sciences...

I see you got hte bible thrown at ya lol- on cue they show the verses in 2nd Timothy 3:1-9 to be true “Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.”

They love htrowing those verses out there- but the meaning of hte verses is about rash judging, false accusing- non of which Christians do when they spiritually discern and judge and determine as commanded by God to do

“Mat 7:1 -
Judge not, that ye be not judged - These exhortations are pointed against rash, harsh, and uncharitable judgments, the thinking evil, where no evil seems, and speaking of it accordingly.”

“Mat 7:1 - Judge not, that ye be not judged. This is not to be understood of any sort of judgment; not of judgment in the civil courts of judicature, by proper magistrates, which ought to be made and pass, according to the nature of the case; nor of judgment in the churches of Christ, where offenders are to be called to an account, examined, tried, and dealt with according to the rules of the Gospel; nor of every private judgment, which one man may make upon another, without any detriment to him; but of rash judgment, interpreting men’s words and deeds to the worst sense, and censuring them in a very severe manner; even passing sentence on them, with respect to their eternal state and condition. Good is the advice given by the famous Hillell (u), who lived a little before Christ’s time;

Mat 7:2 -
For with what judgment - He who is severe on others will naturally excite their severity against himself. The censures and calumnies which we have suffered are probably the just reward of those which we have dealt out to others.

Mat 7:3 We’re not talking about ‘specks’ here- we’re judging according to God’s word- Verse three has absolutely NOTHING to do with spiritual discernment- but alas- another favorite verse that’s thrown out by those who pretend to know God’s word but don’t

Mat 7:4 Again- this verse has nothign to do with God’s commands to spiritually discern and judge and determine who is and isn;’t of Him

You think that was ridicule? Evolutionists are the champions of ridicule and name calling.
You just can’t deal with evolution being stated as a “materialist religious assumption about the unobservable, unrepeatable past.”
Instead of debating that point, you accuse the person of ridicule.

Liberals are incapable of dealing with their own tactics, or even the perception of them.

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.