KingJ said:
Aspen, it is high time that you, River and all the Christians that think evolution is compatible with scripture open their eyes!
Evolution claims and ''findings' and matters of faith DO NOT make space for any to believe in theistic evolution! Capeesh?
If creationists would just stop there, we'd all be fine and this whole thing would barely be an issue. But no.....
Evolution is a sick child that science is forced to carry!!
For some reason, creationists just have to try and argue against the
science of evolution. Why? If this is indeed a "matter of faith", then what the science says shouldn't matter at all....not one single bit.
I'm actually thinking that it's the creationists who have the weakest faith. Their main approach to this issue (trying to argue against the science) is a tacit admission that science is more powerful and persuasive than faith. IOW, their argument seems to be based on the underlying principle that if evolution is scientifically true, then their faith is destroyed.
If they truly believed this was a "matter of faith" and that faith is more powerful and persuasive than science, things like "scientific creationism", "intelligent design", and such would never even exist. Creationists would just say "This is a matter of faith", support their position from a faith-based standpoint, and be done with it.
But as we can see, they don't do that. Instead they spend inordinate amounts of time and effort trying to justify their particular religious beliefs via
scientific arguments. It looks very much to me like they're really, really desperately wishing that the science was on their side....
....as if their faith isn't enough for them.