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- Mar 14, 2011
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RIver,River Jordan said:It shows that God created a universe where things work and develop on their own, without need for His constant tinkering. Genesis depicts God letting the earth "bring forth" things, which is consistent with what we find in His creation. Species evolve, stars form, mountains rise, rivers flow....all on their own because that's how God created things.
It's not merely a matter of studying nature and concluding "God created everything". All of us here already believed that going in. Do we want to know how things work? Do we allow what we learn to inform our reading of scripture?
Just a comment on this last bit. It is all a matter of starting points, rather than concluding points. I know many here like to believe they are the proper and right interpreter of Scripture. In this their arrogance influences their conclusions with science. Just as many scientists, in their arrogance of atheism, have conclusions with Scripture. This is why worldview is so important.
So then to your final question. History has proven that we do allow science to inform or interpretation of scripture. Most do believe the earth revolves around the sun, rather than the sun rising and setting. The difficulty though begins at how far do we allow this to happen?
Example: The naturalistic perspective for many in scientific observation begins from an atheistic or at least agnostic position. If then the conclusions of these "scientific" observations inform us there is no resurrection, are we to believe science over Scripture? Are we to also believe God does not supernaturally intercede in human affairs ever? So then must we as Christians set aside our worldview to be scientists? Must we become atheists or at least agnostic to properly preform scientific observation? Then the question deepens that if we begin with the premise of atheistic observation and hold to atheistic constraints within our observations what other conclusion would we arrive at than an atheistic one?