Evolution Sunday<\/a>, an occasion set aside to try to bring serious discussion of evolution, and science more generally, into churches. I always try to do something in my Sunday school class at least this time every year. Why not talk about the Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye debate, if nothing else?<\/p>\nPerhaps the most important message to convey is that\u00a0young-earth creationism\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Intelligent Design<\/em> are not the default Christian views, with anything else being a departure and a compromise. Believing that God created each individual living thing \u2013 or some specific features of living things that are \u201cirreducibly complex\u201d \u2013 is not as self-evidently more \u201cbiblical\u201d or more reasonable than mainstream views. Indeed, as has been shown time and time again, it is not just that YEC and ID are scientifically problematic. The God that they depict is objectionable on Biblical, theological, moral, and other grounds.<\/p>\nIf you do read this blog and you do something in your religious community to mark Evolution Weekend, please do tell me about it in a comment!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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