RE: Misconceptions of Christian theology
March 7, 2013 at 2:50 pm
(This post was last modified: March 7, 2013 at 2:53 pm by jstrodel.)
I don't see what is so impressive about being able to explain evolutionary theory if your understanding of evolutionary theory, from a naturalistic perspective always hinges on some sort of faith that when you assemble all the pieces together, a complete understanding of the processes will vindicate naturalism.
How is this different from religious faith? You can say this is a God of the gaps argument, but how are atheists not doing exactly the same thing when they assume naturalism is in the gaps.
Evolutionary theory doesn't disprove Christianity, and it doesn't even offer a competing view of the process of life being created. It is just one piece of the puzzle. I think the arrogance of the atheist movement regarding evolutionary theory is probably just a mask for an inner sense of uneasiness about basing their whole scientific religion on a theory that, at most, explains a very small part of the reason why life originated on earth.
How is this different from religious faith? You can say this is a God of the gaps argument, but how are atheists not doing exactly the same thing when they assume naturalism is in the gaps.
Evolutionary theory doesn't disprove Christianity, and it doesn't even offer a competing view of the process of life being created. It is just one piece of the puzzle. I think the arrogance of the atheist movement regarding evolutionary theory is probably just a mask for an inner sense of uneasiness about basing their whole scientific religion on a theory that, at most, explains a very small part of the reason why life originated on earth.
