(October 22, 2018 at 8:17 am)Grandizer Wrote: This is something I've been curious about for a while based on how some theists have described evolution in the past.
From Wikipedia:
Quote:Francis Collins describes theistic evolution as the position that "evolution is real, but that it was set in motion by God", and characterizes it as accepting "that evolution occurred as biologists describe it, but under the direction of God".
Bolded mine. What does that mean exactly? Does natural selection still play a role in theistic evolution? Did God, according to theistic evolution, only cause life to emerge and then let the natural processes of evolution do their thing? Or does he continually do the selecting as opposed to nature?
"Theistic evolution" is an argument made by neutral or liberal theists who simply are not as stuck far back in time, but are still clinging to the past and looking to retrofit science to their old mythology.
But please do not think Christians are the only to have liberals whom accept evolution but still cling to old mythology. There are people worldwide of every religion whom accept evolution, but don't want to give up on their traditions.
