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

Just spent a few minutes digging further into Boyd's blog. Actually, he is
indeed talking about (resurrecting?) the Gap Theory. See:
http://gregboyd.blogspot.com/2007/06/back-to-drawing-board-on-gap-theory.html.
  Interestingly,
he also admits that the theory has a major problem with the scientific
evidence

> Well, as Ken Miller was presenting his case, I had to face a problem that
> I've known about for a long time, but have to date been conveniently
> ignoring. Namely, there's simply not much scientific evidence for the "gap"
> I'm proposing. If there was in fact a cataclysmic judgment on the earth and
> then a re-creation, as I've proposed we find in Genesis 1, one would think
> there should be some evidence of it. In fact, one would expect to find
> MASSIVE evidence for it. Now, one can certainly find a number of major
> cataclysims in earth's violent history, but nothing that would come close to
> suggesting what the gap theory requires.

and he concludes with:

> When established science and one's theology come into conflict, it simply
> means we have more work to do.
>
> And so, folks, its back to the drawing board for me on the gap theory.
> Keep growing, thinking and loving!
> Greg
>

Whatever else you think of Boyd, you have to admire his willingness to
listen to others and respect the evidence even when it contradicts a pet
theory of his. (I realize this shouldn't be a big deal, especially for
Christians, but honestly our collective record hasn't been real great in
this area).

thanks,

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,
>
>
>

-- 
Steve
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