Theistic Evolution = Oxymoron

[ignorant and stupid]

Not that I agree with this argument as it applies to creation, but even if I did, using this standard of time, we can adjust the time used in the creation of all up to about 6000 years. So for TE to work we're still off by a few billion years. Right?

With many people I'm sure you could argue that, but for evolution to fit Biblically you have to be careful what you take literally

 

[gluadys]

... but for evolution to fit Biblically you have to be careful what you take literally

That's a great line.

 

[The Lady Kate]

Keeping in mind however that by God, we mean an omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and infinite being who is beyond all our imagination. It then becomes erroneous for us to limit our understanding of God to only that which we can understand and perceive to be of reality since He is beyond our comprehension.

Isn't it also erroneous for us to assume that all God is can be easily and totally explained in what He chose to reveal to us in the Bible?

Surely God, being, as you said, omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, and infinite, can be more than even Scripture says He is?

For if we know a person’s character we can make a fairly accurate guess at the methods that he would use to solve a particular problem. Since an individual’s character determines their methods, what does scripture reveal to us about God’s character and how He could have used a method such as evolution - which is against everything that God stands for.

It seems strange that by studying Scripture alone, you can make such keen insights into the character of an omniscient, omnipresent, omnipotent, and infinite being.

I was more under the impression that God does what He wants, how He wants, for reasons known only to Him and Him alone.

If He wanted life to evolve, who are we to tell Him othrwise?

And I say fall on your knees before God, and pray that we may rid ourselves of the lie of evolution - before it is too late.

Too late for what? Is evolution a sin?

 

[Vance]

Very true, Lady Kate.

It is difficult to even think of a ratio that works God to Man = Man to . . . what? An ameobe? The best I can do is to say that explaining the full nature of God to a human would be like me attempting to explain quantam physics to my dog.

[which, btw, would be even more impossible since I don't understand quantam physics myself].

 

[The Lady Kate]

Very true, Lady Kate.

It is difficult to even think of a ratio that works God to Man = Man to . . . what? An ameobe? The best I can do is to say that explaining the full nature of God to a human would be like me attempting to explain quantam physics to my dog.

[which, btw, would be even more impossible since I don't understand quantam physics myself].

Actually, I think it's fitting. We don't "understand" God as much as some of us would like to think... I mean, we read the Bible and we pray for guidance, but in the end, it's faith that tells us if we've got it right.

I guess the difference is you can find out the definite truth about quantum physics before passing it on to your dog. As for the nature of God... we're all going to have to wait and see on that one...