God or Darwin? It is one of the most contentious conflicts of
our time. It is also completely unnecessary, according to Joel W.
Martin, an evolutionary biologist and ordained elder in the
Presbyterian Church USA. In this slim but powerful book, Martin
argues that it is not contradictory to be a practicing, faithful
Christian who accepts the science of evolution.
Martin finds that much of the controversy in the United States
over evolution is manufactured and predicated on a complete--and
sometimes willful--misapprehension of basic science. Science and
religion, he says, serve different purposes and each seeks to
answer questions that the other need never address. He believes
that many of the polarizing debates about evolution distract from
the deeper lessons of Christianity and that literal, fundamentalist
readings of the Bible require the faithful to reject not just
evolution but many of science's greatest discoveries.
Just as the scientific explanation of rainbows is not meant to
refute the biblical "rainbow" story of God's promise, evolutionary
theory is not a ploy to disavow the divine. Indeed, Martin shows
that the majority of Christians worldwide accept the theory of
evolution. He urges his fellow Christians to refuse to participate
in the intellectually stifling debate over evolution and
creationism/intelligent design.
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