Kansas Evolution Hearings and Intelligent Design
FOXNews.com - Politics - Scientists Boycott Kansas Evolution Hearings
Scientists in Topeka, Kansas are refusing to share their arguments for evolution during State Board of Education hearings. Proponents of the Intelligent Design theory are arguing that the science curriculum should include alternative theories of origins besides evolution. Those in favor of Intelligent Design argue that the universe is way too complex to exist apart from some form of design. At first glance, Intelligent Design seems appealing to Christians who are tired of aggressive evolutionary indoctrination. Christians seem ready to wholeheartedly accept Intelligent Design as the best alternative to evolution.
However.
Christians need to be very careful with the Intelligent Design model. Most Christians, in their desperation to replace evolution, seem to want to adopt Intelligent Design without really understanding its concepts and what their implications are. As Francis Schaeffer has said, "Ideas have consequences," so we need to consider the ideas of Intelligent Design and what its logical conclusions are.
While Intelligent Design is a great step up from evolution it has a very long way to go. While some have labeled its major campaigners as 'creationists in disguise,' the truth by and large is less than as exciting. Many may be sympathetic to the creation account in Genesis, but Intelligent Design by nature does not seek to point to a personal God who creates and sustains and is actively present. Stopping short of this axiomatic truth is like stepping into the Atlantic Ocean with no intention of actually crossing over to Europe - it's a big step to get into the water, and it is a drastic change compared to the sandy beach, but it is far short of crossing the ocean. Christians cannot talk of origins without talking of a three-personal God. And while Intelligent Design may be more compatible with creationism it is not the ultimate solution that our culture needs. Acceptance of Intelligent Design thinking en masse could just as easily lead to New-Age or Hindu-like notions of creation, as well as weird alien sci-fi notions, or even more probable, Deism. What's more, Intelligent Design tactically excludes the Genesis idea of man's Fall, therefore there is no philosophical answer to the origin of evil. The Fall was a major event in history that changed everything. The world we are looking at now is a world that has been corrupted by sin, not the original world that God designed. Thus, the movement's success could very likely even be counterproductive, by laying the Biblical God open to ridicule and contempt in new ways.
In the end, the Lie of evolution may have wrought as much or more damage to mankind than any other in history. But Christians need to be guarded and counter with the Truth of God's Word and not settle for anything else just because it's not evolution.
Scientists in Topeka, Kansas are refusing to share their arguments for evolution during State Board of Education hearings. Proponents of the Intelligent Design theory are arguing that the science curriculum should include alternative theories of origins besides evolution. Those in favor of Intelligent Design argue that the universe is way too complex to exist apart from some form of design. At first glance, Intelligent Design seems appealing to Christians who are tired of aggressive evolutionary indoctrination. Christians seem ready to wholeheartedly accept Intelligent Design as the best alternative to evolution.
However.
Christians need to be very careful with the Intelligent Design model. Most Christians, in their desperation to replace evolution, seem to want to adopt Intelligent Design without really understanding its concepts and what their implications are. As Francis Schaeffer has said, "Ideas have consequences," so we need to consider the ideas of Intelligent Design and what its logical conclusions are.
While Intelligent Design is a great step up from evolution it has a very long way to go. While some have labeled its major campaigners as 'creationists in disguise,' the truth by and large is less than as exciting. Many may be sympathetic to the creation account in Genesis, but Intelligent Design by nature does not seek to point to a personal God who creates and sustains and is actively present. Stopping short of this axiomatic truth is like stepping into the Atlantic Ocean with no intention of actually crossing over to Europe - it's a big step to get into the water, and it is a drastic change compared to the sandy beach, but it is far short of crossing the ocean. Christians cannot talk of origins without talking of a three-personal God. And while Intelligent Design may be more compatible with creationism it is not the ultimate solution that our culture needs. Acceptance of Intelligent Design thinking en masse could just as easily lead to New-Age or Hindu-like notions of creation, as well as weird alien sci-fi notions, or even more probable, Deism. What's more, Intelligent Design tactically excludes the Genesis idea of man's Fall, therefore there is no philosophical answer to the origin of evil. The Fall was a major event in history that changed everything. The world we are looking at now is a world that has been corrupted by sin, not the original world that God designed. Thus, the movement's success could very likely even be counterproductive, by laying the Biblical God open to ridicule and contempt in new ways.
In the end, the Lie of evolution may have wrought as much or more damage to mankind than any other in history. But Christians need to be guarded and counter with the Truth of God's Word and not settle for anything else just because it's not evolution.
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