Bill Payne wrote:
> > Below are some of my comments that I may have posted to this list
> before.
> > I do think that this is at least one way to understand the Image of God
> in
> > an evolutionary context.
>
> Dobson and his co-host warned their listeners of the PBS "Evolution"
> series on their show last Thursday. They mentioned Keith by name, played
> a short excerpt of a Wheaton girl asking him a question and his response
> about the image of God, and said something to the effect that he has
> completely swept the scriptures aside. They said they will revisit this
> topic next Thursday/Friday I believe, and then went on with their
> scheduled programing.
>
> Although Keith and I have some fundamental differences, I felt that
> Dobson's and his co-host's comments were the result of a lack of
> understanding of Keith's position, which I know is shared by most on this
> list. Some of you might want to try to talk to his co-host or Dobson
> before they air their opinions next Thursday. The phone no. is
> 1-800-AFAMILY.
The question about evolution and the image of God is really just a
specialization of the question
"Could God have created by means of evolution?" The answer to that, of
course, is "Yes." & that being the case, God could have made humanity the
image of God at some epoch of the evolutionary process. It really is that
simple. Trying to create a controversy about this is an attempt to pose the
discredited "creation or evolution" choice in new garb.
Shalom,
George
George L. Murphy
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
"The Science-Theology Interface"
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