Re: [asa] Theological Naturalism - 'The Nature of God' = Naturalism

> Most people on this list find it easy to
> criticise the IDM for its supposed failings in biological science, yet at
> the same time they remain quiet on the second front of the 'wedge' which is
> directed towards naturalism, materialism, physicalism and secularism
> generally. This was Johnson's intention - to combat the secularization of
> society, part of which is happening through the diffusion of evolutionary
> theory, specifically Darwinian and neo-Darwinian evolutionary theories, into
> social-humanitarian thought.

Yes, they fail at that part, too, both because of the energy that
could be directed at that that is being wasted on inaccurate attacks
on evolution and because of their failure to properly identify the
problem. It's not anything justifiably associated with biological
evolution that is the root of problems in social-humanitarian thought,
but rather atheistic or other bad theological/philosophical
assumptions. It is true that many people, including those
knowledgeable about biological evolution, have tried to claim that
evolution supports these other views, but such claims are not
justified.

-- 
Dr. David Campbell
425 Scientific Collections
University of Alabama
"I think of my happy condition, surrounded by acres of clams"
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