Today I’m going to answer a few of the questions from the God and science forum on one blog because there were many questions that require very short answers.
Q. Did Adam and Eve have belly buttons?
A. This is impossible to know and I’m not sure that the answer matters much. If they had them then God created them that way, but obviously they would not have received them in the way that the rest of us did.
Q. Are you saying that Jesus evolved from an amoeba?
A. No, in fact at the forum we said the opposite. We all made it clear that we do not believe in large scale evolution which would teach that all living things had a common ancestor evolved from a single cell organism. We all believe in smaller scale evolution which includes mutations within kinds, and that natural selection and speciation are common occurrences. We all believe however that humans are a unique creation by God as are “kinds” of animals.
Q. Is the behemoth in Job actually a dinosaur?
A. I don’t think we can know the answer to this question because the Bible isn’t clear about exactly what the behemoth was. But it is clear that dinosaurs existed and that they were really cool.
Q. How does the Bible explain the ice age?
A. It doesn’t. This is one of many occurrences that happened on earth that does not get discussed in the Bible. The Bible is not a history book looking to catalogue all that has ever happened, it’s a story about God redeeming his people. The ice age doesn’t fit the criteria for what God was trying to accomplish in Scripture.
Q. What about shape shifters?
A. I have no idea.
About Me
- Danny Daley
- I am the husband of a beautiful woman and the father of two amazing sons. Aside from Christ's glory, they are my passion in life above all else.
1 comment:
I missed the service with the science questions panel, but listened to the podcast. I think it's great that LS is pursuing these topics because they are in the minds of teens and young people today. Especially when they are thrust into the world's marketplace of ideas in high school and college.
Everyone should question their worldview and see how it holds up. I too have searched for these answers when I was a young christian and found that our christian worldview does a better job of answering life's hardest questions than any other worldview.
The answers you all provided were all logical and matched what I have been reading from some of the more reputable christian scientists, theologians, and apologists in the world today.
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