GATLING@SUVM (Keith E Gatling) (02/12/90)
Kurt,
You wrote in a previous posting...
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The Theory of Evolution is the theory that life began as a chance
combination of non-living matter to produce living cells, which then
gradually changed into all the animals that ever lived.
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Actually, that is *one* theory of evolution, and only one theory of
it. If you base your disapproval of the theory of evolution on the
grounds that it says that life began as a *chance* combination, then
I can see your point, since it totally eliminates the possibility of
God working.
HOWEVER, as I said, the theory with which you disagree so vehem
ently, is but one theory of evolution. There is another which does
indeed place God in the picture. One which says that God has had a
hand in the entire process. One which says that God did indeed
create everything, and that the method by which he did everything
*may well have included* (explanation of emphasis coming) evolution.
What is the reason for the special emphasis of "may well have in-
cluded"? Because I need to point out that there is a major
difference between saying that something was definitely done a
certain way and allowing that it *may well have happened* a certain
way. For those of you who remember my posting on the Catholic belief
on Limbo, the same premise applies here...there is no official
Catholic belief that unbaptized babies go to Limbo, but the Catholic
Church *does not specifically disallow* that belief. It does not
claim as fact that unbaptized babies go to Limbo, but it allows this
as a possibility.
Well, the same with the theory of evolution which takes God into
consideration. It does not say that God necessarily *did* do things
in that way, but it does say that if he decided it was the thing to
do, there is no reason why he couldn't have done it that way. What's
the problem?
keg