tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567124188240419083.post7972579888248254672..comments2023-05-30T04:33:35.085-07:00Comments on Evolving Perspectives: Theistic EvolutionPliny-the-in-Betweenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567124188240419083.post-7024093731046285702014-07-19T19:31:54.375-07:002014-07-19T19:31:54.375-07:00As you say, some theists view evolution as a serie...As you say, some theists view evolution as a series of divine nudges (described here) and others think it's a preordained program. In any case it's a cartoon not propaganda and I doubt it will drive anyone in a direction they aren't already traveling.Pliny-the-in-Betweenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580900408227953736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-567124188240419083.post-37882306063983977092014-07-19T13:31:32.588-07:002014-07-19T13:31:32.588-07:00sorry, even though I am an evolutionary biologist ...sorry, even though I am an evolutionary biologist I have to remind that we should not distort other positions. This cartoon definitely is not a fair representation of theistic evolution but rather of special creation or ID. Theistic evolution accepts common descent with modification and often also the process of random mutation and natural/ sexual selection. Some theistic evolutionists may assume non-random adaptive mutations as means of divine guidance, while others simply believe that God creates via Darwinian evolution and preordained the result in a deterministic universe by selecting the initial conditions at the Big Bang. Propaganda cartoons like this just push openminded and science-friendly Christians into the arms of creationist fundamentalists.Dr. Günter Bechlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03972774678090366711noreply@blogger.com