\u201cBut it\u2019s science!\u201d<\/p>\n
In the broadest reading possible, the Genesis creation account is a\u00a0supernatural\u00a0\u00a0phenomenon that leaves\u00a0nothing\u00a0to chance. Darwinian evolution, in the broadest reading possible, is a\u00a0natural\u00a0phenomenon that leaves most\u00a0everything\u00a0to chance.<\/p>\n
Thus, it\u2019s hard to imagine two views of creation more at odds with each other.<\/p>\n
Why, then, this irresistible urge to \u201cbaptize the devil\u201d by seeking to harmonize evolution with Genesis? Though we can\u2019t know individual motives, the overarching answer is tied to the contemporary belief that evolution must be true because, after all, \u201cIt\u2019s science!\u201d<\/p>\n
But if science is so good at finding truth, why does the truth change so often?\u00a0 Why are scientific certitudes of one generation often mocked as myths by the next one? Why do the findings of science, the result of the \u201cscientific method,\u201d often contradict each other? When scientific explanations about present reality, about what can be handled, heard, seen, tested and retested, are filled with debate and controversy\u2014why do so many people unquestionably accept every scientific proclamation about supposed events millions or billions of years ago?<\/p>\n
Baptizing the Devil\u00a0seeks to show that this capitulation is not only unnecessary but misguided, another unfortunate example of well-meaning Christians compromising their faith to the prevailing culture.\u00a0Baptizing the Devil\u00a0hopes to free believers from the knee-jerk reaction that the only logical and rational response to the phrase \u201cBut it\u2019s science!\u201d is to surrender one\u2019s beliefs, even religious ones, to it. Goldstein shows that Christians shouldn\u2019t compromise so crucial a doctrine as origins to the prevailing culture, even when that culture\u2019s wrapped in the authoritative garb of science.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cBut it\u2019s science!\u201d In the broadest reading possible, the Genesis creation account is a\u00a0supernatural\u00a0\u00a0phenomenon that leaves\u00a0nothing\u00a0to chance. Darwinian evolution, in the broadest reading possible, is a\u00a0natural\u00a0phenomenon that leaves most\u00a0everything\u00a0to chance. Thus, it\u2019s hard to imagine two views of creation more at odds with each other. Why, then, this irresistible urge to \u201cbaptize the devil\u201d by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":2806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"product_cat":[22,23,21,54,162],"product_tag":[],"composite_layout":"","composite_add_to_cart_form_location":"","composite_editable_in_cart":false,"composite_sold_individually_context":"","composite_shop_price_calc":"","composite_components":[],"composite_scenarios":[],"bundle_layout":"","bundled_by":[],"bundled_items":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n