As the modern philosophers and scientists think about the
evolution, most of them exclude the presence of god in the process. I myself went
through this experience, as I was taking general biology in Trevecca Nazarene
University, the professor told us that there should be a connection between
evolution and God. She had to do that just to prepare our minds to perceive
evolution, since we were in a Christian university, but when I went through the
course I never understood how it should relate to God if we try to justify that
everything was just there and formed itself. I completely disagree with whoever
tries to find a place for God in the theory of evolution or big bang, simply
because it doesn’t make sense to me even though science is my interest.The
idea that we all have a common ancestor is completely against the presence of
God in the process because it just means that God did not intend to create
humans or that every creature that is after the common ancestor is breaking the
rule that is controlling the universe, and this may cause an interruption of
the universe and also according to all the laws of physics that if there is a
breakage in any of the laws it greatly affects the system. Moreover, in order
for the nature to be in motion or if we believe that the world is not static
and dynamic, the according to the laws of physics we must also agree that there
supposed to be a cause for to cause the rain to fall and the earth to move. The
first cause that causes nature to be in motion must be uncaused cause, this
means that there has to an unmoved mover (God) for the nature to work. Nonetheless,
we can’t just say it happens because philosophy says not to accept such answers
and never stop questioning. Another proof from the laws of physics is the law
of thermodynamics, which states that the entropy (chaos) increases as the
energy decreases in the system, so if God isn’t working in controlling the
world and making sure everything is in motion and working together, simply the
entropy will keep increasing until everything stops. Just as if you leave the
light of your car on and leave it for a short time, by the time you come back
you find it dead and it won’t start until you charge it. same with the world
around us, if the earth and all the systems in the universe don’t have the fuel
that support it to keep moving, it will stop after a short period of time. Finally,
I would like to insist that there is no such thing called random or just
happened because nothing can just happen in such a complex world like ours or a
complex body like what we have. There has to be unmoved mover, creator, designer,
and controller (God) who is stronger than nature and controls it so that
nothing could go out of order.
here is a like to my 1st installment post
resources:
http://www.suscopts.org/messages/lectures/theologylecture2.pdf
https://philosophynow.org/issues/71/The_Evolution_of_Evolutionary_Theory
http://www.iep.utm.edu/evolutio/
https://www.commonwealmagazine.org/evolution-gods-humility
Posts that I commented on:
CoPhilosophy: Kierkegaard Pt. 2 #6
CoPhilosophy: Installmant 2: Ludwig Wittgenstein (#6)
Posts that I commented on:
CoPhilosophy: Kierkegaard Pt. 2 #6
CoPhilosophy: Installmant 2: Ludwig Wittgenstein (#6)
As a Christian this was a very interesting article for me to read! I find myself searching many questions and finding similar answers sometimes.
ReplyDeleteI might just be picking a fight here because I'm in a rush to finish, but all I have to say is how do you know it was never in God's plan for evolution to take place? The bible has been translated so many different times, it's not the most trustworthy source of information. Evolution takes place right in front of our eyes. Maybe not in the most extreme sense of the word, but animals develop differently and change differently based on what they need to do. That's how Darwin's finches beaks changed so drastically. That being said, who's to say that we didn't evolve from primates? The earth is scientifically proven to be, well, old as shit. In that time it's definitely possible to have evolved. I'm not saying we did or didn't, but the possibility is there.
ReplyDeleteIt's much more than a mere possibility, it's as well-confirmed a hypothesis as science can support. Science is a fallible and self-correcting enterprise, so if this hypothesis is found to be in error we can count on scientists themselves to be first in line to say so credibly.
DeleteEvolution is not hypothesized to have "just happened," any more or less than divine creation would have just happened. The fact that you and I don't (or that humans don't yet) understand what might have precipitated cosmic existence does not make it "random," it just leaves it still unexplained... on any hypothesis.
ReplyDeleteIf you refuse to admit the possibility of theistic evolution, you effectively endorse a permanent schism between science and religion. That, in my view, is premature at best and suicidal at worst.