Allow me to illustrate the thought process with a parallel:
"God lives in heaven, above the firmament!"
"Just looked, there's no firmament."
"... God lives above the earth, in heaven!"
"Went to space, no heaven there."
"God lives in heaven, which is an alternate realm of existence beyond the scope of mortal men!"
"Okay, but I'm gonna go look anyway..."
Theistic evolution is the same thing: the god concept fleeing at top speed from the advances in our knowledge, into an ever-shrinking pocket of ignorance. The idea is to preserve the conclusion, not to provide an actual sensible position.
"God lives in heaven, above the firmament!"
"Just looked, there's no firmament."
"... God lives above the earth, in heaven!"
"Went to space, no heaven there."
"God lives in heaven, which is an alternate realm of existence beyond the scope of mortal men!"
"Okay, but I'm gonna go look anyway..."
Theistic evolution is the same thing: the god concept fleeing at top speed from the advances in our knowledge, into an ever-shrinking pocket of ignorance. The idea is to preserve the conclusion, not to provide an actual sensible position.
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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