Re: responses to "scientifically humble" YEC
George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Sun, 25 Jul 1999 19:25:12 -0400
mortongr@flash.net wrote:
>
> I am on good terms with Paul Nelson but we differ deeply.I think the
> saddest statement in their part was their characterization of theistic
> evolutionists. They wrote:
>
> "Theistic evolution is not the result of some stupidity, but a creative
> failure. Such people, for whatever reason, cannot see beyond the bounds of
> their training or their own philosophic and theological commitments to
> seriously consider other possibilities." Paul Nelson and John Mark
> Reynolds, "Young Earth Creationism," in J. P. Moreland and John Mark
> Reynolds, editors, Three Views on Creation and Evolution, (Grand Rapids:
> Zondervan, 1999), p. 46
Let's be blunt: The root of such criticisms of theistic evolution is
theological ignorance.
George L. Murphy
gmurphy@raex.com
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/