Theological Basis for a Judeo-Christian Position on Creationism
1983; National Association of Geoscience Teachers; Volume: 31; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5408/0022-1368-31.4.307
ISSN0022-1368
Autores Tópico(s)Religion, Ecology, and Ethics
ResumoThe basic position of “creation science” (H.M. Morris, 1972) is that “the theory of evolution . . . is largely responsible for our present-day social, political, and moral problems . . . Creation, on the other hand . . . is a scientific theory which does fit all the facts of true science as well as God's revelation in the Holy Scriptures.” On the other hand, I maintain that data and theories of science belong to an entirely different sphere of human understanding from that of the Genesis narrative. It is clear from modern theological analysis that the Genesis stories of creation cannot be interpreted factually based on consideration of: 1) source materials, 2) type of literature represented, and 3) the intent of the authors of Genesis to write a primitive religious history of Israel, deduced from the use of part of the older Babylonian creation myth, Enuma elish, as a vehicle for a distinctive religious message. Thus Genesis is not a scientific treatment of the origin or age of the earth, or of life, incl...
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