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	<title>Comments on: Response to gotquestions.org - Creation vs. Evolution</title>
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		<title>by: Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.geocreationism.com/2007/01/19/response-to-gotquestionsorg-creation-vs-evolution/#comment-51</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>A lot of good points, but think you misunderstood something.

&gt; Darwin’s goal was not to disprove God, I agree. But I don’t agree that evolution leads to atheism. 

I agree with this statement, that Evolution doesn't "lead" to atheism.  After all, I know Christian Evolutionists, which proves your point.  However, I believe Evolution "enables" atheism (the word used by GotQuestions.org), because it's a theory defined without God.  Add Got to the mix, and it's not Evolution anymore.  What is it?  Well, I haven't found a word for it yet (http://geocreationism.com/evolution-and-geocreationism/).

One possible innaccuracy in your comment...
&gt; And many famous Christian thinkers have professed faith in God as well as a belief in Evolution such as CS Lewis and Billy Graham.

I think the quote you are referring is the one on http://www.answersincreation.org/billy_graham.htm. The key excerpt is, "I believe that God created man, and whether it came by an evolutionary process and at a certain point He took this person or being and made him a living soul or not, does not change the fact that God did create man."

This doesn't actually say he believes in Evolution.  I think Graham is saying that it isn't important whether God used Evolution or not... **God's** point is that He made us.

Finally, I recommend reading my essays on "Evolution and Geocreationism", I and II.  I propose that God did in fact use something like Evolution, where an accumulation of changes was allowed by God to result in new species.  But, while some changes were "natural", others were divine.  While some species appeared "naturally", God created some directly.  While some species died out "naturally", some were killed off by God.  God basically nursed the entire process along, upkeeping the "species tree" to have the exact shape and form He wanted it to have.  God wasn't absent, and was not a casual observer.  However, while being evolution-like, it isn't Evolution, because Evolution is open-ended and requires no participation by God.  God's participation however was critical.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A lot of good points, but think you misunderstood something.</p>
<p>> Darwin’s goal was not to disprove God, I agree. But I don’t agree that evolution leads to atheism. </p>
<p>I agree with this statement, that Evolution doesn&#8217;t &#8220;lead&#8221; to atheism.  After all, I know Christian Evolutionists, which proves your point.  However, I believe Evolution &#8220;enables&#8221; atheism (the word used by GotQuestions.org), because it&#8217;s a theory defined without God.  Add Got to the mix, and it&#8217;s not Evolution anymore.  What is it?  Well, I haven&#8217;t found a word for it yet (http://geocreationism.com/evolution-and-geocreationism/).</p>
<p>One possible innaccuracy in your comment&#8230;<br />
> And many famous Christian thinkers have professed faith in God as well as a belief in Evolution such as CS Lewis and Billy Graham.</p>
<p>I think the quote you are referring is the one on <a href='http://www.answersincreation.org/billy_graham.htm.' rel='nofollow'>http://www.answersincreation.org/billy_graham.htm.</a> The key excerpt is, &#8220;I believe that God created man, and whether it came by an evolutionary process and at a certain point He took this person or being and made him a living soul or not, does not change the fact that God did create man.&#8221;</p>
<p>This doesn&#8217;t actually say he believes in Evolution.  I think Graham is saying that it isn&#8217;t important whether God used Evolution or not&#8230; **God&#8217;s** point is that He made us.</p>
<p>Finally, I recommend reading my essays on &#8220;Evolution and Geocreationism&#8221;, I and II.  I propose that God did in fact use something like Evolution, where an accumulation of changes was allowed by God to result in new species.  But, while some changes were &#8220;natural&#8221;, others were divine.  While some species appeared &#8220;naturally&#8221;, God created some directly.  While some species died out &#8220;naturally&#8221;, some were killed off by God.  God basically nursed the entire process along, upkeeping the &#8220;species tree&#8221; to have the exact shape and form He wanted it to have.  God wasn&#8217;t absent, and was not a casual observer.  However, while being evolution-like, it isn&#8217;t Evolution, because Evolution is open-ended and requires no participation by God.  God&#8217;s participation however was critical.
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		<title>by: montes</title>
		<link>http://www.geocreationism.com/2007/01/19/response-to-gotquestionsorg-creation-vs-evolution/#comment-50</link>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2007 07:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description>Darwin's goal was not to disprove God, I agree.  But I don't agree that evolution leads to atheism.  Darwin believed in evolution but was not led to this end result.  He believed in God and referred to a creator 7 times in his 'Origin of Species'.  So the person we know as the founder of evolution(it was actually his predecessor Huxley), actually believed in a creator.  He however did not profess the Christian God, but that was due to the problem of Evil, not the problem of Evolution.  And many famous Christian thinkers have professed faith in God as well as a belief in Evolution such as CS Lewis and Billy Graham.  Which goes to show that there is no 'problem' of evolution.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Darwin&#8217;s goal was not to disprove God, I agree.  But I don&#8217;t agree that evolution leads to atheism.  Darwin believed in evolution but was not led to this end result.  He believed in God and referred to a creator 7 times in his &#8216;Origin of Species&#8217;.  So the person we know as the founder of evolution(it was actually his predecessor Huxley), actually believed in a creator.  He however did not profess the Christian God, but that was due to the problem of Evil, not the problem of Evolution.  And many famous Christian thinkers have professed faith in God as well as a belief in Evolution such as CS Lewis and Billy Graham.  Which goes to show that there is no &#8216;problem&#8217; of evolution.
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