tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post9153167789026279540..comments2023-09-09T07:28:35.681-04:00Comments on Science and Religion: A View from an Evolutionary Creationist: NPR Interview with Francisco AyalaJimpithecushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10143519573877156940noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19722540.post-52828763431080436062010-04-09T23:39:26.063-04:002010-04-09T23:39:26.063-04:00I heard this on the radio when it was broadcast an...I heard this on the radio when it was broadcast and was struck by this same section you cite in the transcript. However the transcript has numerous errors:<br /><br />(unintelligible)= and elsewhere<br /><br />based on poor scientific location = based on poor scientific education<br /><br />creationism is missing out = creationism is not(compatible with a loving and benevolent God)<br /><br />However the paragraph break is perhaps the worst muddling of what he was saying. This is what he actually said:<br /><br /><i>I would say that, for people who understand the consequences of their faith and that understand science, it is how the statements, that are made contrary to science by proponents of so-called creationism or intelligent design, those are statements---they are made in good faith, usually---but they are contrary to the religious faith. </i><br /><br />Putting it all together Ayala is saying that Creationism is both bad science and bad theology. The scientific, i.e. evolutionary, understanding of origins, provides an apologetic for the problem of evil.<br /><br />This is I think a very good way of presenting an EC position on origins in a positive, faith affirming way.Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17391006582755355252noreply@blogger.com