RE: Hello

Hofmann, Jim (jhofmann@Exchange.FULLERTON.EDU)
Fri, 3 Jul 1998 20:21:04 -0700


I think you've got it exactly right Arthur. Can you send me a reference
for the Chesterton passage? After all, he is the master of the paradox!

Jim Hofmann
Philosophy Department
Cal State Fullerton
jhofmann@fullerton.edu

-----Original Message-----
From: Arthur Witherall
To: evolution@calvin.edu
Sent: 7/3/98 8:06 PM
Subject: Hello

Hello

I am completely new to this. I happened to notice that most people in
this group are either creationists or sceptics about fully naturalistic
evolution. I would love to know why.

It seems to me that there is no inconsistency whatsoever between theism
and evolution. G. K. Chesterton said it best when he said that a
creationist believes that God created mankind, but he doesn't have to
specify how long it took God to do this, nor exactly which mechanism was
employed. Am I missing something about the relationship between these
two theories - that is, theism and evolution - which everyone else has
grasped?

Cheers
AW