Archbishop of Canterbury: Pro-evolution.
We've been discussing the ways in which evolution is still compatible with Christian belief. News comes today that the Archbishop of Canterbury, the head of the Anglican Church, has come out firmly on the side of science -- as well as on the side of Jesus Christ.
"The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, has stepped into the controversy between religious fundamentalists and scientists by saying that he does not believe that creationism - the Bible-based account of the origins of the world - should be taught in schools."
"I think creationism is ... a kind of category mistake, as if the Bible were a theory like other theories ... if creationism is presented as a stark alternative theory alongside other theories I think there's just been a jarring of categories ... My worry is creationism can end up reducing the doctrine of creation rather than enhancing it," he said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1735730,00.html
We know that the Vatican has come down on the science side of the evolution debate, and now the Anglican Church as well. Those are the numbers one and three largest Christian sects in the world, representing 1,176,000,000 Christians, according to adherants.com
Here's my view.... if you put creationism, ID, young earth belief, whatever pseudoscientific hypothesis out there as confirmation of a very strict reading of the Bible, you in essence make Christianity falsifiable. Those are claims we can test in a lab. If it is a tenant of Christianity that the world is only 6000 years old, you've now shoved God into a laboratory where we can test for Him. If a Dinosaur bone is more than 6000 years old, you've disproved that brand of Christianity as demonstrably false.
And that's a very crappy test for God. God, if He exists, is much, much bigger than that.
Thoughts?
posted by Siamang @ 9:55 AM
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5 Comments:
It's so interesting to me how you see 'God' as being so much more and so much greater that some Christians do. Some Christians, it seems, are comfortable 'boxing' God up, so they can easily explain Him. You, on the other hand have a reverence for 'Him' and what He could or might be that I don't see a lot of in my Christian community.
I totally agree with the Archbishop. Rowan Williams is one cool cat. I've enjoyed reading his stuff for several years now. I wish more atheists like yourself were aware that there are Christians like him, and whole branches of the church actually, that are not at all opposed to evolution or the sciences. It still amuses me to encounter atheists who are astounded to discover that not all Christians are of the fundamentalist, six-day Creationist variety.
It still amuses me to encounter atheists who are astounded to discover that not all Christians are of the fundamentalist, six-day Creationist variety.
I'm amused to find CHRISTIANS who are astounded to discover that not all Christians are of the six-day Creationist variety!
Remember, only one in seven Americans believes evolution is true.
Those other six Americans? All of them are Christians.
It still amuses me to encounter atheists who are astounded to discover that not all Christians are of the fundamentalist, six-day Creationist variety.
I'm amused to find CHRISTIANS who are astounded to discover that not all Christians are of the six-day Creationist variety!
Remember, only one in seven Americans believes evolution is true.
Those other six Americans? All of them are Christians.
It still amuses me to encounter atheists who are astounded to discover that not all Christians are of the fundamentalist, six-day Creationist variety.
I'm amused to find CHRISTIANS who are astounded to discover that not all Christians are of the six-day Creationist variety!
Remember, only one in seven Americans believes evolution is true.
Those other six Americans? All of them are Christians.
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