Comments on: Evolution and the Pulpit http://CafeInspirado.com/20 thoughts on living la vida inspirada ... the inspired life Wed, 16 May 2012 12:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: barb http://CafeInspirado.com/20/comment-page-1#comment-13 barb Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:43:04 +0000 http://cafeinspirado.com/?p=20#comment-13 I hear you and agree 100%. (Who woulda thunk it?) I am continually wondering why many mainstream believers think that critical thinking and Christianity are mutually exclusive. I scoff at anyone -- and any organization -- that claim to understand all the operational and implementational principles of the Universe. I hear you and agree 100%. (Who woulda thunk it?) I am continually wondering why many mainstream believers think that critical thinking and Christianity are mutually exclusive. I scoff at anyone — and any organization — that claim to understand all the operational and implementational principles of the Universe.

]]> By: james http://CafeInspirado.com/20/comment-page-1#comment-12 james Mon, 04 Aug 2008 20:29:44 +0000 http://cafeinspirado.com/?p=20#comment-12 Well said. I'm a believer that the formation of this world was not a random event; even Big Bang theorists admit that their model can explain only what happened from the instant *after* the bang and not its cause. As such, I see no plausible reason why belief in such a model should be mutually exclusive from belief in God's involvement in this world's creation. As for young earth, I haven't believed in that for quite some time. My view of "intelligent design" is that God may very well have overseen the development of living organisms but allowed it to take place over many thousands of millennia, as fossilised evidence has indicated. Ultimately, a belief in young earth creationism will have little or no bearing on whether or not a person has found their way to God, opened themselves to the touch of the Holy Spirit and following the path of Christ. And this, surely, should be our concern. Well said. I’m a believer that the formation of this world was not a random event; even Big Bang theorists admit that their model can explain only what happened from the instant *after* the bang and not its cause. As such, I see no plausible reason why belief in such a model should be mutually exclusive from belief in God’s involvement in this world’s creation.

As for young earth, I haven’t believed in that for quite some time. My view of “intelligent design” is that God may very well have overseen the development of living organisms but allowed it to take place over many thousands of millennia, as fossilised evidence has indicated.

Ultimately, a belief in young earth creationism will have little or no bearing on whether or not a person has found their way to God, opened themselves to the touch of the Holy Spirit and following the path of Christ. And this, surely, should be our concern.

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