Many think that the idea of the evolution of man is a consequence of Darwin’s theories about the evolution of animals. However, the historical order actually runs the other way.
Darwin’s theory of natural selection needs to be placed in the context of the history of intellectual thought preceding and contemporary with Darwin.
We often see vigorous attempts in the media and in the church to persuade people to accept evolution. The irony of this is that the attempt appears to be succeeding just as contraty signs emerge.
It is very true that familiarity breeds contempt. Who is not familiar with the story of man’s first sin?
Is there any explicit teaching within the Bible itself that suggests its details are not to be pressed in matters of the physical creation? When reference is made to the original creation, the creation narrative is treated as fact without any reservation.
Is there any explicit teaching within the Bible itself that suggests its details are not to be pressed in matters of the physical creation?
Like any discipline, interpretation methods (hermeneutics) can suffer from being used to solve problems which lie outside its sphere.
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