Jack Hoehn on Theistic Evolution (TE). I can agree with TE: That not only the universe, but its laws are the Creation of God, who established and maintains these “laws” so obviously fine-tuned that even agnostics recognize how remarkable this is. Stephen Hawking: “Our universe and its laws appear to have a design that both is tailor-made to support us, and if we are to exist leaves little room for alteration…the extreme-fine-tuning of so many of the laws of nature could lead at least some of us back to the old idea…”4 which “old but true” idea he does not want us to go to, of course! But at least he recognizes the fact of the fine-tuned “natural” laws that TE acknowledges as God’s laws. That God could and would use his laws to design and propagate life. That many wonderful things that happen are natural, due to those laws in an orderly universe. I must disagree with TE: That God would not or could not act independently of those laws (miracles are permitted to the law giver). That Evolution without special creations (at least 6 days’ worth, and perhaps many more!) does not work. So called self-organizing, self-replicating abilities of matter are hopeful fictions, not science. The ability of random mutations to create useful complex novelty has never been demonstrated. There is no adequate materialistic explanation for the origin of information (DNA and its supporting cast) necessary for life. There is no adequate materialistic explanation for major innovations in body plans in biologic life (the Cambrian Explosion). For me, the main theological objection to TE besides the scientific ones is that in its reluctance to see the active hand of God in the creation and maintenance of life, it completely dismisses the Great Controversy and accepts the diseases, plagues, and catastrophes of life as “part of God’s great plan through Evolution” instead of the work of God’s great enemy! TE trivializes natural evil with a shrug and reduces morality from a truth to a mere adaptation. atoday.org/god-create-evolution.html
Posted on: Fri, 26 Sep 2014 00:07:31 +0000
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