Some YEC's have claimed that presenting theistic evolution, the idea that God created the entire universe, but happened to use the natural process of evolution as part of that creative process,can actually created a disbelief in Scripture.
They say that teaching that evolution is true is the equivalent of saying that Scripture can not be trusted, and thus will lead some to doubt ALL of the Scripture. And they may even be able to point to some who have said this and used it as a reason NOT to be a Christian, or for leaving their faith.
But what is the underlying premise to this issue? The ONLY ones who could be negatively effected by the teaching of theistic evolution are those who have been taught that evolution MUST be contrary to Scripture. Those who refuse to accept (as most Christians do) that the only contradiction that could exist is with a LITERAL reading of Scripture, which is only one of the possible ways of reading Genesis 1 and 2.
And, so, the problem ultimately still comes down to the presentation of evolution as being contrary to Scripture. If this was not taught, then no one would be able to say that the Bible was not trustworthy and they would not be able to deny anything else in Scripture. if they were taught that there were different beliefs about how Genesis should be read, and that some of these interpretations are entirely consistent with evolution and an old earth, then there would be little or no stumbling block to the presentation of either YEC'ism or theistic evolution.
Now, the theistic evolutionists are not the ones who are promoting this absolute and uncontrovertable contradiction between Scripture and evolution. In fact, we are doing our best to make sure people understand that there is an alternative to this literal reading.
They say that teaching that evolution is true is the equivalent of saying that Scripture can not be trusted, and thus will lead some to doubt ALL of the Scripture. And they may even be able to point to some who have said this and used it as a reason NOT to be a Christian, or for leaving their faith.
But what is the underlying premise to this issue? The ONLY ones who could be negatively effected by the teaching of theistic evolution are those who have been taught that evolution MUST be contrary to Scripture. Those who refuse to accept (as most Christians do) that the only contradiction that could exist is with a LITERAL reading of Scripture, which is only one of the possible ways of reading Genesis 1 and 2.
And, so, the problem ultimately still comes down to the presentation of evolution as being contrary to Scripture. If this was not taught, then no one would be able to say that the Bible was not trustworthy and they would not be able to deny anything else in Scripture. if they were taught that there were different beliefs about how Genesis should be read, and that some of these interpretations are entirely consistent with evolution and an old earth, then there would be little or no stumbling block to the presentation of either YEC'ism or theistic evolution.
Now, the theistic evolutionists are not the ones who are promoting this absolute and uncontrovertable contradiction between Scripture and evolution. In fact, we are doing our best to make sure people understand that there is an alternative to this literal reading.
