Thoughtful Reflections on Faith and Life
One of the most controversial theological topics is that of human origins and the age of the earth. Christians often hold very tightly to their position and are suspicious of different views. What was the means of creation? How do we understand evolution? What is most important to know is that there is not one … Read More “Four Views on Creation, Evolution, and Intelligent Design – Review” »
One of the most controversial topics among Christians is the role of evolution, if any, in the creation of humanity. I’m not referring to debates between Christians and non-Christians, but disagreements among people in the church. One of the issues is the concept of theistic evolution (also called evolutionary creationism). I have read a lot … Read More “Thoughts on Theistic Evolution” »
I recently did a Twitter poll on people’s beliefs on human origins. Here are the results. What is your view of human origins? — Stephen Bedard (@SJBedard) January 6, 2018 Obviously the numbers are not large enough to prove anything scientific. But the results are interesting nonetheless. What do these results tell us? They tell … Read More “Views on Human Origins” »
When I first came to personal faith, I was fully confident that Jesus died on the cross and rose from the dead in order to provide forgiveness of sins and eternal life. But there were other things that I was not so sure about. I particularly hated reading the first chapters of Genesis. I was … Read More “Options in Creation” »
Science and religion are enemies. Or at least that is what some people would like us to think. One of the battlegrounds of this idea is the proposal to teach intelligent design as an alternative to evolution. ID proponents have not asked that evolution be removed from the schools, only that ID could be talked … Read More “Science vs Religion” »
Today is Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday. Darwin is of course best known as the pioneer in the development of the theory of evolution. CNN has an interesting article that you can find here. It is perhaps surprising how relatively few people completely agree with evolution despite its almost complete monopoly in the school system. My … Read More “Happy Birthday Charles Darwin” »
