What is Theistic Evolution?

Definition:

What is the definition of “theistic evolution,” now restyled “evolutionary creationism”? As a range of scientists and scholars establish in the recent massive tome Theistic Evolution, that “theory” is nothing more than Darwinism relabeled and decorated with fulsome religious language. Does it differ from atheistic evolution in any way other than the assertion that God somehow approves of evolution? . (Evolution News, 2018).

According to Evolution Neews, "Millions of dollars from the Templeton Foundation purchase a certain amount of publicity, but nothing can dispel the failure of theistic evolution to demonstrate a strong scientific argument of its own for anything. It has instead made a habit of repeating failed, already refuted criticisms of ID (Dr. Venema’s specialty), and glomming on to stale Darwinian talking points, only to realize too late that those have been overtaken by science."

Evolution News continues, Remember “Junk DNA,” the notion that your genome is awash with useless evolutionary detritus? It was a signature proof advanced by BioLogos founder Francis Collins in his book The Language of God.

Nevertheless, ID theorist William Dembski had predicted that the “junk” would, increasingly, turn out to be functional. Guess who was right? In 2016, as World Magazine’s Marvin Olasky noted, Dr. Collins to his credit walked that one back. He admitted, under pressure from the ENCODE Project and other fertile research, that “In terms of junk DNA, we don’t use that term anymore because I think it was pretty much a case of hubris to imagine that we could dispense with any part of the genome.” So much for Junk DNA.(Italics and emphasis ours).

References:

Evolution News. (2018). InterVarsity Press Stumbles with Sloppy Anti-ID Book by BioLogos Advisor Greg Cootsona. Evolution News. Retrieved from https://evolutionnews.org/2018/04/intervarsity-press-stumbles-with-sloppy-anti-id-book-by-biologos-advisor-greg-cootsona/

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