So another evolutionary biologist is dead—Francisco Ayala. The New York Times obituary acclaimed him as the champion of evolution against “the forces of religious fundamentalism.” Those five words attracted my attention. San Diego U-T, 3/21/23
If they meant just fundamentals of Biblical faith, it’s true: those of us who believe in God and Christ hold to and strenuously defend the basic facts of life: God Is, God is Sovereign, Creator, Sustainer and Finisher of Life. But unbelievers don’t use the word that way. They use it pejoratively, as an insult, a profanity, a denigration as if they alone can decide how humanity originated. Indeed, they hold in contempt Christian men and women fully intellectual as they, with equally impressive academic credentials, and DEVOTED to Creation by Almighty God. Understand that fact! Don’t forget that fact. It’s crucial to confidence in a six-day, 24-hour creation of the heavens and earth in all their vast array Genesis 2:1. The Institute of Creation Research (ICR), perhaps the pre-eminent organization, with others, defends the Genesis account. Note: IF uneducated or initially educated child intellects believed in God’s Creation, that would be an improvement over adult intellectuals preening themselves as the only ones to KNOW. Remember that Jesus saw the idea Kingdom subject as a child, not any of the adults looking on Matthew 18:1-4. However, given the intellectual hubris in humanity, God calls brilliant minds as his defenders against those self-appointed experts. End Part I NEXT: Part II, the Finale, explores the basic difference between believers and unbelievers in the seminal question: where did humans originate and by what process?
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