Why is there such tension between evangelicals and evolution?<\/p>\n
The real problem isn\u2019t evolution. There is a deeper problem: evangelicals tend to expect from the Bible what it was never intended to deliver.<\/p>\n
Too often evangelicals start out the evolution discussion assuming that the Bible is prepared to address human origins as we think of it today\u2014in historical and scientific terms.<\/p>\n
When that unexamined assumption is the default, unimpeachable starting point in the discussion, conflict between \u201cfaith and science\u201d is guaranteed. <\/em>This puts people in the lose-lose position of feeling the need to compare and contrast the Bible and science and make a choice between them. <\/em><\/p>\n <\/em><\/p>\nSo, maybe we need to think more about how the Bible works and whether we are creating a problem by beginning with false assumptions.<\/p>\n
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Pete Enns is dead-on with this one: the issue has much more to do with what we think the Bible is than what the Bible says (in its context): Why is there such tension between evangelicals and evolution? The real problem isn\u2019t evolution. There is a deeper problem: evangelicals tend to expect from the Bible […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[480],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-science-and-faith"],"yoast_head":"\n
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