Evolutionary creationism Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Evolutionary creationism encompasses the concept of theistic evolution, a synthesis of the religious belief in a creator God with the scientific theory of evolution. It holds that these two beliefs are not incompatible, and that the acceptance of evolutionary biology is not fundamentally different from the acceptance of other sciences, such as astronomy or meteorology.
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Evolutionary creationism is a variant of creationism which accepts microevolution and macroevolution while retaining a theistic interpretation of evolution. Theistic evolution is accepted (or at least not rejected) by major Christian churches, including Roman Catholicism, some Judaism denominations and other religious organizations that lack a literalist stance concerning holy scriptures. With this approach toward evolution, scriptural creation stories are typically interpreted as being allegorical in nature.
In one variant of theistic evolution, namely deistic evolution, a Divine Creator is believed to have initiated a universe in which evolution occurred, to have designed the system and the laws, and is also believed to refrain from interference in nature except where appropriate.
Another perspective is that a Divine Creator engineers quantum events, in a manner which is apparently random, thus exercising authoritative power over nature.
Alternatively, a Divine Creator may intervene through miracles, in the creation of souls, in an afterlife, or ways beyond known physics.
While some religious organizations accept evolutionary theory, their related theological interpretation varies. Additionally, individuals or movements within such organizations may not accept evolution, and stances on evolution may have adapted (or evolved) throughout history.
Although evolutionary biologists are often atheists (most notably Richard Dawkins), there have been some who were theists too. Alfred Russel Wallace (1823 — 1913), who in 1858 jointly proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin, was a theist, though Darwin's views remain unclear. Theodosius Dobzhansky (1900 — 1975), one of the architects of the modern evolutionary synthesis wrote a famous 1973 essay entitled Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution espousing evolutionary creationism:
Atheistic criticism remains: the belief in evolutionary creationism requires a supernatural creator. Thus it violates both the naturalism and falsifiability requirements of scientific philosophy; see also rationalism.
Young Earth creationists criticize theistic evolution on theological grounds (see #external links).
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Evolutionary biologists who were also theists
Another architect of the synthesis, Ronald Fisher (1890 — 1962) was also a Christian. More recently Brown University Professor Kenneth R. Miller, author of many textbooks has written on the subject. [1]Criticisms of theistic evolution
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Proponents of theistic evolution
Opponents of theistic evolution