A.A Hodge: Apparent contradictions between Science and the Bible

[Vance]

I think this gets down to the nitty gritty of why many YEC's feel they must reject evolution. They have been indoctrinated with the atheistic use of evolution, and view it as a tool of atheistic thinking.

 

[Micaiah]

Bearing false witness. YEC's recognise that Darwin developed the TOE, and apparently believed in God at some stage. We reject it because it is not consistent with Scripture, which was what Charles Hodge concluded.

 

[Vance]

I am not as familiar with Hodge as Gluadys is, but it sounds like what Hodge rejected was the atheistic presentation of evolution, not evolution itself. This is my point. To the extent that someone presents the non-existence of God in connection with evolution, it should be rejected. The problem comes in when people don't understand that evolution, as a scientific theory, takes no position on whether God was involved or not. Some will argue that it happened without God, and every Christian will reject this. Some will argue that it happened BY God, which is something that is not inconsistent with Scripture in the least, unless you hold to a literal reading.