Re: [asa] Greg Boyd's Theodicy of Natural Evil

From: Robert Schneider <schneider98@gmail.com>
Date: Tue Jul 17 2007 - 20:06:45 EDT

I also think that this view skirts the edge of gnosticism. If Satan is the
ultimate author of natural evil, could not Valentinian say, "I could live
with that."

Bob

On 7/17/07, D. F. Siemens, Jr. <dfsiemensjr@juno.com> wrote:
>
> My late mother got gap theory at Biola when Dr. Torrey was there. Her
> take was that evolution took place in however many years were necessary
> before the gap. I'm guessing that the recreation reproduced the state the
> earth had come to just before the gap. Now, if they just had physical
> evidence for a gap.
> Dave (ASA)
>
> On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:39:25 -0400 "Steve Martin" <
> steven.dale.martin@gmail.com> writes:
>
>
> Makes for a simple theodicy much like YEC. (You do need to perform some
> amazing & dubious hermeneutical slight of hand to pull it off though). I've
> always thought that someone could try and reconcile the "Gap Theory" and
> evolution - but I never met anyone who actually articulated it.
>
> thanks,
>
>
>

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