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Subject: Bible and evolution both? |
Bible Note: Steve: Thsi will be my last post on this thread. Sorry you found my two questions so overwhelming. :) Holding to theistic evolution and adhering to intelligent design at the same time is possible, but they are not the same thing. For example, I fall into the latter camp but not the former, because I hold that the evidence put forward to support macroevolution is weak and extremely circumstantial. My faith is based on the truth that is revealed in the Scriptures, as was Paul's (1 Corinthians 15). You experience of realizing that Jesus was the Son of God simply by "asking God" apart from the Bible is pretty darn close to the Mormon practice of praying over the Book of Mormon to determine whether Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. One last comment: you seem to place a lot of credit for your salvation on you "intellectually figuring out" the Gospel. The problem of the rejection of Christ is not an intellectual one. Any intellectual difficulties are usually smokescreens for the real problem: a sinful will opposed to following Christ. It is the Holy Spirit who changes our hearts so that we will embrace Him. And the way that the truth is revealed is via the completely trustworthy, factual accounts found in the word of God. The Holy Spirit works through the Bible. "So faith comes from hearing, and hearing by the word of Christ." --Romans 10:17 --Joe! |