Did God Use Evolution?

According to the view of theistic evolution, God started the process of evolution and guided and steered it over millions of years. As an information scientist, Werner Gitt critically analyzes and rejects the assumptions and consequences of the doctrine of theistic evolution.

Contents

• Did God Use Evolution?
• 1.1 The Principles of Science Theory
• 1.2 The Basic Assumptions of Evolution
• 1.3 The Basic Assumptions of Creationism
• 1.4 The Basic Assumptions of Theistic Evolution
• 1.5 Some Consequences
• 2.1 The Origin of Man (OB1)
• 2.2 The Origin of Human Language (OB2)
• 2.3 The Origin of the Sexes (OB3)
• 2.4 The Origin of Marriage (OB4)
• 2.5 The Origin of Death (OB5)
• 2.6 The Origin of Religions (OB6)
• 2.7 The So-Called “Fundamental Law of Biogenetics” (OB7)
• 2.8 The Essential Nature of Man (OB8)
• 2.9 Human Behavior (OB9)
• 3.1 The Origin of the Universe (OB10)
• 3.2 The Future of the Universe (OB11)
• 3.3 The Center of the Universe (OB12)
• 4.1 The First Life on Earth (OB13)
• 4.2 “Each According to Its Kind” (OB14)
• 4.3 Animal Nourishment (OB15)
• 4.4 Differences Between Human Life and Animal Life (OB16)
• 5.1 What Is Information? The View of Information Science (OB17)
• 5.2 What Is Information? The Biblical View (OB18)
• 5.3 What Is Life? The Evolutionary View
• 5.4 What Is Life? The Informational View (OB19)
• 5.5 What Is Life? The Biblical View (OB20)
• 5.6 The Origin of Biological Information and of Life
• 6 Progressive Evolution or Completed Creation?
• 7.1 Danger No 1: Denial of Central Biblical Teachings
• 7.2 Danger No 2: Misrepresentation of the Nature of God
• 7.3 Danger No 3: Loss of the Key for Finding God
• 7.4 Danger No 4: God’s Incarnation Becomes Incidental
• 7.5 Danger No 5: Relativation of Jesus’ Work of Redemption
• 7.6 Danger No 6: God Becomes a God of the Gaps
• 7.7 Danger No 7: Loss of Biblical Chronology
• 7.8 Danger No 8: Misinterpretation of Reality
• 7.9 Danger No 9: Loss of Creation Concepts
• 7.10 Danger No 10: Missing the Purpose
• Glossary