I think this is the point at which the metaphor has become more of an impediment to communication than anything else. I recognise what I think you’re referring to; it’s the idea of the God of the gaps (in short, the idea that God is responsible for everything that science has yet to explain; which starts leading to questions as soon as science explains something new).
As an argument for theism, the idea that God is only responsible for things that haven’t yet been otherwise explained is pretty thoroughly flawed to start with. (I can go into quite a bit more detail if you like).
Okay, I like your attitude. You probably wouldn’t ban teaching evolutionary biology at schools.
No, I most certainly would not. Personally, I think that the entire evolution debate has been hyped up to an incredible degree by a few loud voices, for absolutely no good reason; there’s nothing in the theory of evolution that runs contrary to the idea that the universe is created. Evolution just gives us a glimpse at the mechanisms of that creation.
I think this is the point at which the metaphor has become more of an impediment to communication than anything else. I recognise what I think you’re referring to; it’s the idea of the God of the gaps (in short, the idea that God is responsible for everything that science has yet to explain; which starts leading to questions as soon as science explains something new).
As an argument for theism, the idea that God is only responsible for things that haven’t yet been otherwise explained is pretty thoroughly flawed to start with. (I can go into quite a bit more detail if you like).
No, I most certainly would not. Personally, I think that the entire evolution debate has been hyped up to an incredible degree by a few loud voices, for absolutely no good reason; there’s nothing in the theory of evolution that runs contrary to the idea that the universe is created. Evolution just gives us a glimpse at the mechanisms of that creation.