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Originally Posted by packabacka  I'd like to start off by noting that I am apparently starting off on this forum great! 
Further, here would be my quick argument for why evolution should be rational to the believer, and it is not a matter of strict presuppositions:
1. The Bible confirms that science and its presuppositions (the existence of an objective, external reality, the accountability of our senses in describing this reality, etc.) are valid.
2. Science confirms that evolution is valid.
3. Bible-believers should believe that evolution is valid.
Now, I'm hoping that, beyond the theological implications of evolution, there shouldn't be any problems with the above argument except for possibly #2. |
#2 is pretty significant!
Science does not confirm evolution. The confirmation is built more, or shall I say almost exclusively, on philosophy rather than on science. I think we need to keep in mind that Darwinism is so appealing not because it gives us anything concrete and "scientific" but because it serves human pride:
We think we have this thing figured out. I think it was Bahnsen who once stated that
autonomy and understanding are mutually exclusive. Unbelieving scientist ( and even some believers ) think we can act independently of God's words. They tell us science confirms this and science confirms that. The facts do not bear # 2's assertion out. Heidi is spot on. We think science can reinterpret scripture. It has no authority over God's words or our lives. It is merely a tool. Many of us have let it have more authority than it should. Science's
interpretation of facts is not infallible and we have witnessed were it has oftened erred. I also believe it is a slippery slope to other doctrinal problems that, given time, will begin cropping up.