Creationism once and for All





There is a third way: A way that is cogent and appreciative of science, allows for people to have an unharrassed approach to their faith, and allows for an environment to be appreciative and cooperative instead of antagonistic and caustic.


It involves first of all a different approach to scripture, appreciates faith on the one hand, and a robust and embracing of science in all its various forms on the other. It is an approach that has no problem with the 13-14 Billion old age of the universe, the standard model and special model, the fossilized evidences of life back to 3 billion years or so and even the arrival of various pre-anthropic forms, climate change and pretty much all of accepted science.


It starts with not trying to make the bible into a science text. It never was intended to be interpreted that way by the original audience so who are we to make that different. This is the fundamental problem of the shall we say classical Creationist. And for those bible believing Christians out there, hermeneutics, interpretation 101 says the interpreter must ask the question: What did this mean to the original audience? An honest approach on this level should reveal that to try to make the bible into a science text book already does violence to the text. No wonder we have embraced foolishness, and to the world it is so readily apparent.


It is past time for Christians to repudiate this error and move on to a more healthy respect for science, with the sense of wonder and awe of how God created the heaven and the earth. Science can't predict purpose, and theology can't predict process--That is the realm of science.