PPT-A Thoughtful Approach to Theistic Evolution

Brian Vogt PhD Head Department of Chemistry and Physics Why do some people find theistic evolution compelling The evolutionary model is usually presented as established scientific fact and often it is accepted as such. But doesnt follow of course that there arent any good arguments Are there some At least a couple of dozen or so Swinburne good argument one that has premises that everyone knows Maybe arent any such arguments and if there are some maybe none of them rooted in classicalfounda- tionalism, an enormously popular picture or total way of looking at faith, knowledge, justified belief, rationality on the basis of evidence, where the evidence must trace MODEL. A simplified description of a system or phenomenon. ABDUCTIVE LOGIC. Reasoning from the best explanation. Comparing models. Good models allow predictions to be made from them. NATURALISM. The natural world is all that exists, all of reality can be explained by natural law. What do you see?. Do different religions see God differently,. or are some. ways of seeing God. just not the same?. The Theistic God. To define theism. To explain why Christianity believes in a theistic God. Theistic Evolution. Robert C. Newman. Some Problems for . Theistic Evolution. What is Theistic Evolution?. Some Scientific Problems. Some Theological Problems. What is Theistic Evolution?. Keith Stewart Thomson. http://www.southern.edu/academics/academic-sites/faithandscience/Origins-Curriculum-Resources. /. A handout will be distributed after Dr. King’s talk this evening.. No Middle Ground:. Why Theistic Evolution and Biblical Creation Are Mutually Exclusive (with Some Thoughts on the Implications for Biblical Doctrine). Last week we talked about. …. The universe had a beginning. God must be the creator of the universe. 3 views Christians can faithfully hold: Old-Earth Creationism, Young-Earth Creationism, Theistic Evolution. . ®. 2. How You See Yourself. Active. Thoughtful. 3. Accepting. Questioning. How You See Yourself. 4. How You See Yourself. Active . Questioning. Accepting. Thoughtful. 5. Group Discussion . Why did you answer the way you did?. Crisis center. www.NCSE.com. Who am I? What do I do?. Catholic Christian Historical theologian. NCSE Director of Outreach to Religious Communities. Sustainability ethicist. Fellow, International Society for Science and Religion. of . the Red . Queen. CfE. . Advanced Higher Biology. Unit . 2: . Organisms and Evolution. SQA mandatory key information. A change in the traits of one species acts as a selection pressure on the other species. . Chapter 17: Processes of Evolution. Early Beliefs. 19. th. century: discovered species shared many traits, but lived in different parts of the world. Problematic – species only looked similar on the outside, but inside were very different . Evolution. – when a species of plants or animals adapts to their environment in order to survive over a long period of time. Key points!. Species. Plants or Animals. Adaptations. In order to survive. Evolution 9/11. Obj. TSW learn form mistakes made on the quiz, and take notes about evolution after the Environmental Science Current Events. P. 34NB. Make a food chain for the following organisms showing the energy arrows and the . . The process by which organism change over time. Based on science, not opinion.. Darwin. :. Evolution is descent with modification. Evolution. :. changes through time. Species accumulate difference.