Incompatible Trajectories (Creation vs. Evolution)
“Most old-earth creationists begin with the authority of science. Then they proceed to evaluate the interpretive conclusions of the Bible made by believers.” - P&D
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My advice is to read these guys’ work and see what you find their thought process to be.
Representatives include: Alvin Plantinga, Stephen C. Meyer, Michael Behe, William Lane Craig.
I’ve read books by all of these, though Meyer is in progress right now. They are best at explaining for themselves what they see as authoritative, how they believe science and the Bible relate, etc…. and what their personal trajectories are as thinkers.
Alister McGrath is another. I think I’ve only read a chapter/section by him in one of those multiple-views books. So I want to take in a whole book from his pen sometime after I finish Meyer’s Return of the God Hypothesis.
So far, RotGH is a delight.
Views expressed are always my own and not my employer's, my church's, my family's, my neighbors', or my pets'. The house plants have authorized me to speak for them, however, and they always agree with me.
I've profited from Meyer as well. Nearly 10 years ago, he spoke at the Ligonier Conference and gave a talk entitled "Rock of Ages and the Ages of Rocks" that was outstanding.
Mark Mincy
Preface, I am a YEC. With that said, I don't think the author used the best example here,
"The trajectory of evolution is upward: from primitive to civilized. And this upward trek took 100,000 years.
The Bible presents a view of civilization that is quite different."
First, civilization could have been 100,000 years, we can't be dogmatic on dates, because the bible is not dogmatic on these dates.
Second, the Bible does present a civilization that takes an upward trek. Cain was not building the pyramids or calculating the circumference of the earth. When it says he built a city, the Hebrew word is broad and the interpretation of a city is broad.
I do agree that the Bible does not show a primitive people as evolutionist would outline. But it does show an upward trek of civilization. I would have probably approached the argument differently.
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