On Tue, 20 Feb 1996 14:46:09 -0600 you wrote:
TG>I'm still inclined to say that people's resistance to evolutionary
theory
>stems primarily from a belief that Christian theology requires/favors a
>...view that if God's activity is not evident then he is a superfluous add-on
>to our thinking).
BH>An implication of this view, IMO, is that however God goes about
>performing His oversight of nature, man can detect it.
SC>I recently tried to show how this requirement that we be able to
see the
>handiwork of God in nature is applied unevenly by some. For example, most
>of us seem perfectly content to understand in naturalistic ways, how a tree
>grows from a seed. But then in other areas of science, it seems that some
>feel it necessary to see God's hand in things. This example shows, I think,
>an interesting line of demarcation between phylogenetic and ontogenetic science.
See my response to Bill. The issue is not God's "oversight of nature"
(ie.
Providence) but His *origin* of nature (ie. Creation).
God bless.
Stephen
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