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Can a Darwinist be a Christian ?

1/22/2014

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Sean McDowell presented an article on 2/6/09. He stated, "Last night I attended a debate at Biola University on the question of whether a Christian can be a Darwinist. Karl Giberson (author of Saving Darwin) argued that the evidence for evolution is 'overwhelming,' that i(t) has theological advantages...Theologically speaking, Giberson argued that evolution helps get God off the hook for the problem of bad design (evil), because bad design emerges indirectly from processes of nature rather than directly by God....Giberson favorably cited new atheist Daniel Dennett who coined the term 'universal acid' when describing the consequences of evolution. In other words, if evolution is true, then everything about the world needs to be rethought. Thus, according to Giberson, Christian theology needs to adapt to evolutionary theory (not the other way around)...The debate about Darwinian evolution is not going to end any time soon. If the evidence was really compelling, the church would have found a way to wed it to Christian theology by now...But the evidence is just not there. I have the audacity to hope that during my lifetime the truth about Darwinian evolution will emerge." My response, supporting McDowell's view, is in the letter below. Sat, 02/21/2009 - 15:14 — Dr. John G Leslie 

I appreciate Sean McDowell's comments in Can a Christian Be a Darwinist? I can say as a Christian and a scientist (for almost 30 years), "that the evidence for 'evolution' " is not overwhelming. In fact I believe that testing evolution (the macro type), in the laboratory, actually falsifies it- proves it not to be a fact . Jerry Bergman has listed over 2,000 scientists, and estimates that the actual number is about 10,000 who are skeptical of Darwinism. This list can be found on the internet.

As well, I agree with comments that whether one agrees with Darwin or not does not define a Christian. Belief in Christ's atoning death, accepting His forgiveness, and choosing to follow Him and His principles defines a Christian. But I can say that evolution has been and is used as a stick in which to ridicule and deny any sort of Creator, and in particular the concept of sin and the need of a savior. Many university students, including Christians, have been forced to be indoctrinated with the evolution ideology (not a theory- as it is falsified) to receive their higher education degrees. Jesus said, "By their fruits you shall know them", and I believe the fruit of evolution ideology is a bad fruit. 

I encourage students to stand strong in their faith in God as the Creator, Lawgiver, Redeemer/Savior, and soon coming King.

John G. Leslie MD,PhD                      
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Graham Hickey
2/28/2014 11:15:47 pm

I agree with the comments that it is not belief in Darwin's evolution that makes you a Christian but the accepting of Jesus and his atonement for our sin.

To my experience the problem is not evolution but the problem seems to be when I meet people and especially the young, that they do not believe Jesus was real - despite overwhelming evidence and most historians agreeing that he was a real historical person. They simply do not accept the evidence, and this is very similar when talking about creation - when you present the evidence mostly people are stuck in their beliefs so they either completely dismiss it or actually get angry or abusive (the second response is usually on internet discussion sites).

The question that I was stuck on a while and it hit me (or God did) was that where did my sin originate that it must be atoned for? If it did not come from Adam then it makes a mockery of the Bible as it goes against what Jesus actually said. But allowing myself to trust as a child in the Bible, (I believe Jesus was asking us to trust as a child has faith in their parents to care for them - in God and the Word) then I could really develop my relationship with God and not really worry about scientific stuff - just leave that to people who are gifted for that area - so to that end thank you for your wonderful website. God bless

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