I will be writing about the dangers of theistic evolution. This ties in with the last lesson, except the last lesson was about how evolution couldn't be theistic. This lesson is about the dangers of believing in a theistic evolutionary worldview. This post will view three, the next post three, and the last post four.
1. Misinterpretation of the nature of God
The Bible says that God is perfect, holy, and omnipotent, and that God is love and light. Theistic evolution gives a false representation of god because it shows death as part of creation. theistic evolution says that dinosaurs came and died before Adam and Eve. We see dinosaurs that ate each other, and others that died from disease. How could a loving and caring God create a world with death, disease, and suffering? This is dangerous for Christians.
2. God becomes a God of the gaps
1 Corinthians 8:6 says that God is the prime cause of all things. Theistic evolution makes God a god for those phenomena about which there are doubts. This leads to the view that God is evolution.
3. Denial of central Bible teachings
The Old Testament is like a ramp leading to the New Testament. Creation is history, not a myth, but Theistic evolution tells us that creation wasn't in six literal days, and that the literal view of creation is false. jesus referred to creation (Matthew 19:4-5). This reduces events in the Bible to myths, and understanding the gospel message as being true in word and meaning is lost because of theistic evolution.
1. Misinterpretation of the nature of God
The Bible says that God is perfect, holy, and omnipotent, and that God is love and light. Theistic evolution gives a false representation of god because it shows death as part of creation. theistic evolution says that dinosaurs came and died before Adam and Eve. We see dinosaurs that ate each other, and others that died from disease. How could a loving and caring God create a world with death, disease, and suffering? This is dangerous for Christians.
2. God becomes a God of the gaps
1 Corinthians 8:6 says that God is the prime cause of all things. Theistic evolution makes God a god for those phenomena about which there are doubts. This leads to the view that God is evolution.
3. Denial of central Bible teachings
The Old Testament is like a ramp leading to the New Testament. Creation is history, not a myth, but Theistic evolution tells us that creation wasn't in six literal days, and that the literal view of creation is false. jesus referred to creation (Matthew 19:4-5). This reduces events in the Bible to myths, and understanding the gospel message as being true in word and meaning is lost because of theistic evolution.
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