A Guide to believing in Theistic Evolution

Dominic White

 

A Guide to believing in Theistic Evolution

This whole creationism vs evolution thing is silly. It is mostly a false argument sent to get people all riled up instead of focussing on God. I take the Catholic stance on the matter, advocated by Pope Pius XII in his 1950 encyclical Humani Generis, with a few points:

  • Scripture does not contradict evolution. Read.
  • Scripture is very nuanced and should not all be interpreted literally. Read.
  • Evolution is a very broad list of topics, be specific. Read.
  • Evolutionary theory has the scientific upper hand. Always check the claims of creationists at Talk origins.

Wednesday, May 10. 2006
Posted by Dominic White in God
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#1 Thamsanqa (Reply)
Posted on Friday, May 12. 2006
This is one of the reasons why I'm not catholic (Thamsanqa takes an unnecessary stab) :P. No but on a serious matter, has God said anything to you about this or are you relying on other people's convictions (even if its a Pope someone or the other or the entire catholic church) to forumalate your position?
 
#1.1 Tham (Reply)
Posted on Friday, May 12. 2006
Sorry my spelling and grammar is very bad in the last post (as usual). I hope the question makes sense though :S. p.s. I hate s9y's spam blocker. But it can't stop those with more than one IP add and name allocated to them :P.
 
#1.2 God wrote (Link) (Reply)
Posted on Friday, May 12. 2006
*booming thunder and lightning* Dominic and I had a little chat. We have an understanding.
 
#1.3 Dominic White wrote (Link) (Reply)
Posted on Friday, May 12. 2006
You haven't read the links have you? Not that I am expecting to convert you, this was a list of reference for people who already believe to rebut the creationists. I haven't prayed specifically over this issue, but be careful not to throw reason and critical analysis out the window, it can also provide insight. I will pray about it, but frankly the "works", to coin your lingo, of the debate have shown it has far more influence from the devil than many of the Christians involved realise. The answer provided by Popes John Paul and Pius make sense from both a theological, philisophical and conflict resolution perspective, you don't need to be a Catholic to appreciate the well argued common sense view.
 
#1.3.1 Thamsanqa wrote (Link) (Reply)
Posted on Friday, May 12. 2006
Thanks for the answer. My question wasn't concerned about the content provided in your links. I was just asking on what in this particular instance do you base your convictions (if any). However, through my filtering skills I have found the answer in there somewhere :) . I've met many a Christian ((myself included) who base aspects of their walk on other people's convictions which I beleive is not how Christianity is meant to be. That was the intent behind my enquiry.
 
#2 kmf wrote (Link) (Reply)
Posted on Tuesday, August 28. 2007
Thats why http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligent_design Rocks my world!
 
#2.1 Dominic White wrote (Link) (Reply)
Posted on Wednesday, September 5. 2007
Ooh, that is a goodie.
 
#2.1.1 kmf wrote (Link) (Reply)
Posted on Thursday, September 6. 2007
What happened to your God Section ?
 
#2.1.1.1 Dominic White wrote (Link) (Reply)
Posted on Friday, September 7. 2007
The categories sidebar plugin got stuffed during my recent blog upgrade. Not sure why, it isn't working for now.
 

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