Evolutionary Christianity

[Mike Elphick]

The participants in this forum who believe in theistic evolution may be interested in the following:-

Starting December 2010 and running through the beginning of January 2011, the website Evolutionary Christianity is inviting the public to participate in a free teleseminar series with thirty-eight Christian leaders, scientists and theologians to promote a theistic evolutionary viewpoint.

Are you frustrated with how the mainstream media portray the science and religion issue? It's as if the only two games in town were science-rejecting creationism and faith-rejecting atheism. But for the millions of us in the middle who see no conflict between faith and reason, heart and head, Jesus and Darwin, we know that's a false choice. Religious faith and practice can be positively strengthened by what God is revealing through science!

Whatever your background or beliefs—whether you consider yourself conservative, moderate, liberal, radical, or something else altogether—we invite you to join in this historic exploration of how a sacred "deep-time" view of grace and guidance can expand your faith and inspire and empower you in ways that believers in the past could only dream of.

Evolutionary Christianity points to those who value evidence as divine communication. Whatever our differences, we all have deep-time eyes and a global heart—that is, we're all committed to a just and healthy future for humanity and the larger body of life.

Naturally, Creation Ministries International have some harsh words to say about the main participants:-

This level of serious error, including doctrines like universalism and acceptance of the truth claims of other religions which contradict Christianity, puts several of the participants clearly outside of the historically-accepted definition of ‘Christian’.

The contributors run the gamut from shallow to heretical, and not one is a person who should be teaching Christians anything about their faith.

I've registered because I think the discussions could prove quite interesting.

 

[AV1611VET]

I've registered because I think the discussions could prove quite interesting.

More ecumenical garbage to sow tares among the wheat.

 

[MoonLancer]

Its better then teaching something that's simply *all* wrong.

 

[futzman]

Finally. A loud voice of reason in the desert of superstition and prejudice.

 

[Cabal]

I can recommend Francis Collins' BioLogos site to TEs as well:

The BioLogos Forum

 

[Cabal]

More ecumenical garbage to sow tares among the wheat.

Right, because Jesus never wished for his disciples to be one.

Go back to creating atheists.

 

[Greg1234]

More ecumenical garbage to sow tares among the wheat.

Be sure to make your time capsule and store it.

In case in the future they use these guys to blame random mutation on the entire church.

 

[AV1611VET]

Be sure to make your time capsule and store it.

In case in the future they use these guys to blame random mutation on the entire church.

They'll find something to blame on us.

They're trying desperately to pin the Crusades, Inquisition and Witch Trials on us, and I'm not buying it.

Now we're 'ignorant' and 'narcissistic'.

Who knows what's next?

They still have 24 more letters to go in the alphabet.

 

[dawiyd]

They'll find something to blame on us.

They're trying desperately to pin the Crusades, Inquisition and Witch Trials on us, and I'm not buying it.

Now we're 'ignorant' and 'narcissistic'.

Who knows what's next?

They still have 24 more letters to go in the alphabet.

Who should it be pinned on?

 

[AV1611VET]

Who should it be pinned on?

Certainly not us.

I showed from Jesus' own words how the Crusades were wrong.

 

[dawiyd]

Certainly not us.

I showed from Jesus' own words how the Crusades were wrong.

Right, even if was actions committed by Christians or by people calling themselves Christians. However seeing how Catholicism was pretty much the major strand of Christendom at the time. I'm not really buying your denials.

 

[AV1611VET]

Right, even if was actions committed by Christians or by people calling themselves Christians. However seeing how Catholicism was pretty much the major strand of Christendom at the time. I'm not really buying your denials.

Do you blame the Indians for the Boston Tea Party?

 

[dawiyd]

Do you blame the Indians for the Boston Tea Party?

Why would I?

 

[Mike Elphick]

I can recommend Francis Collins' BioLogos site to TEs as well:

The BioLogos Forum

Where it says:-

One must carefully study and seek to interpret the author’s intended meaning [in scripture passages] without projecting meaning onto the text. (my bolding).

 

[theFijian]

The participants in this forum who believe in theistic evolution may be interested in the following:-

Starting December 2010 and running through the beginning of January 2011, the website Evolutionary Christianity is inviting the public to participate in a free teleseminar series with thirty-eight Christian leaders, scientists and theologians to promote a theistic evolutionary viewpoint.



Naturally, Creation Ministries International have some harsh words to say about the main participants:-





I've registered because I think the discussions could prove quite interesting.

Sorry but I just can't take Philip Yancey seriously with that haircut! What kind of look is he trying to go for??

 

[lucaspa]

I've registered because I think the discussions could prove quite interesting.

I also registered because I don't want to surrender reason to either creationists like AV or militant atheists like Dawkins.

It's not possible to believe in AV's god and accept evolution, but it's very possible to believe in God and accept evolution. What's more, knowing how God created should lead to insights about God.

 

[MoonLancer]

It still does not escape the fact that it was a Christian Crusade.

 

[MoonLancer]

Do you blame the Indians for the Boston Tea Party?

Are you claiming the entire catholic church pretended to be christian to pin the crusades on Christianity? WOW that's ignorance on a mass scale AV.

 

[AV1611VET]

It still does not escape the fact that it was a Christian Crusade.

And just a Spanish Inquisition -- right?

 

[AV1611VET]

Are you claiming the entire catholic church pretended to be christian to pin the crusades on Christianity?