Comments on Progression of Faith: Jesus and Darwin

Mike, thanks so much for the mention of my book an...

2009-04-03T08:09:00.000-05:00

Mike, thanks so much for the mention of my book and speaking ministry! Mystical Seeker, I encourage you to give it another try. The section just after where you stopped -- on human nature (our evolved brain) and how to have freedom given the fact that we all have 'inherited proclivities' -- is potentially the most life changing of all. For those curious, here's what science and religion luminaries have said about TGFE:

ENDORSEMENTS FROM NOBEL LAUREATES
http://www.thankgodforevolution.com/nobel

PRAISE FROM SCIENCE LEADERS
http://thankgodforevolution.com/node/1460

RESPONSE FROM RELIGIOUS LEADERS ACROSS THE SPECTRUM
http://thankgodforevolution.com/node/1532

Co-evolutionary blessings,

~ Michael

thanks for this - i'll check out his book.

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2008-08-31T11:29:00.000-05:00

thanks for this - i'll check out his book.

the problem that we - church people, particularly - seem trapped in is that we have to figure out how everything fits into something else. we're continually looking backwards and hoping for a light bulb of new understanding that will allow us to live in the worldview we've known and still progress to the one we imagine.

it's like bible study: if we could just let the verse speak freely without all the theology that gets read into and heaped upon it...

gray is the color for fall - please stay in fashion. :)

mike rucker
fairburn, ga, usa
mikerucker.wordpress.com

It seems totally ridiculous to me that anyone coul...

2008-07-19T07:03:00.000-05:00

It seems totally ridiculous to me that anyone could reject the thesis of evolution. The idea that scripture is literal belongs to the last 200 years and does a great disservice to Christianity.
Just like all our other knowledge of world, lets use science to appreciate God's creation better.

Anketell

I had a friend in college that took stickers of a ...

2008-07-18T11:18:00.000-05:00

I had a friend in college that took stickers of a Jesus fish and a Darwin fish and made them kiss. I always loved this image as a response to the Jesus fish eating the Darwin fish that others seemed to enjoy.

It seems clear to me that eventually the church will have to realize that evolution is not something to fight but rather something to live with.

How can anyone read the first two chapters of Genesis "literally" when chapter 2 contradicts chapter 1?

"I think Dowd may be on to something,".
I, too,...

2008-07-16T11:42:00.000-05:00

"I think Dowd may be on to something,".
I, too, feel the same. I support his effort to bring these two groups together. A friend with similar beliefs to mine, and I frequently discuss this coming together of science and spirituality. Quantum physics is the place I have seen the closest dialogue. I know a couple who could only be discribed as "prosperity gospel" evangelists, who have become very, very interested in Quantum Physics and faith.

I agree with Dowd's overall mission, but I was una...

2008-07-15T14:40:00.000-05:00

I agree with Dowd's overall mission, but I was unable to finish his book. He lost me when he started going into the evolution of the brain and trying to draw religious conclusions from that. Still, I can't fault anyone who promotes the value of evolution to religion.