Tag: young earth

Young-earthism cost her faith.

Young-earthism cost her faith.

| June 3, 2013

Editor’s note: What follows is the personal account of a young woman who lost her Christian faith after learning, in college, that the young-earth creationism view she had been raised in was based on scientific and factual untruths. All emphases were added by the editor.  The journey to finding how biblical Christianity and truth fit together is […]

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Confronting Our Fears, Part 1

Confronting Our Fears, Part 1

| December 5, 2012

Mike Beidler wrote this series for publication in the Biologos forum.  We are republishing it here.  Mike previously contributed this Declaration of Evangelical Indepence from the Anti-Evolutionists on this evolving creation site.  He is also an admin of our Celebrating Creation through Natural Selection facebook discussion group and a contributor to our Celebrating Evolving Creation […]

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Part IV- Four Questions – Does Evolution lead to atheism & genocide

Part IV- Four Questions – Does Evolution lead to atheism & genocide

| October 24, 2012

Part IV- Four Questions –A Follow Up Question This articles is part of a series covering questions that were given to a University student at a young-earth Christian college. This is the answer to a follow up question. Parts 1-3 covered his initial four questions.  Earlier articles can be found here – Article 1 (How […]

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Part 3 – Four Questions – “Were Adam and Eve Real People.”

Part 3 – Four Questions – “Were Adam and Eve Real People.”

| October 19, 2012

This is the third installment answering questions posted by a Christian University student on evolution and the Bible.  He posed four questions and a series of follow up questions.  These questions were assigned to him at his school, which holds an anti-evolutionary, young-earth view. Part 1 covered the first of those questions.  Part 2 covered […]

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Common Ground.  Beliefs that are shared by Christians who accept evolution and those who do not.

Common Ground. Beliefs that are shared by Christians who accept evolution and those who do not.

| October 15, 2012

I’ve been referred to as a “heretic” and an “apostate” on a number of occasions, because I accept evolution as  science and as a part of Gods creation. I find this ironic as much of the anti-evolutionary and particularly young-earth doctrines and interpretations are very recent additions to Christianity.  Anti-evolutionary ideas are not accepted by […]

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R. Hodges Journey

R. Hodges Journey

| September 12, 2012

Hello.  This is David Evarts.  I am one of the site hosts.   I’d like to introduce to R. Hodges story.  In the Celebrating Creation by Natural Selection facebook group, we’ve had an ongoing thread in which people, if they so choose, can share their journey towards accepting the evidence that God has left that his […]

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Four Questions – Part 1- How long are the days in Genesis

Four Questions – Part 1- How long are the days in Genesis

| September 9, 2012

A student at Liberty University was given the following four questions as part of a required class.  He sought my answers.  With his permission, I am sharing his questions and the combined answers, including mine, from the members of the “Celebrating Creation through Natural Selection” Facebook group.   The Liberty university student also had a few […]

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Just a Hopeful Thought or my journey

Just a Hopeful Thought or my journey

| August 30, 2012

I grew up hearing sermons about the dangers of popular music styles and being present at record burnings. When I first started hearing artists like Steve Taylor and Petra, there were many sermons, tracts and books claiming that a Christian could not play rock music. There were a ton of ridiculous scare messages circulating, such […]

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Coming Out

Coming Out

| August 2, 2012

Joshua Laflin shares his journey. It might be a familiar tale for some.

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Why I am a Darwinist – Mary Catherine Watson

Why I am a Darwinist – Mary Catherine Watson

| July 12, 2012

Why I am a Darwinist – by Mary Catherine Watson Believe it or not I used to be a die-hard six-day creationist. I had read all the books, collected articles, bookmarked all the websites proving that all this “evolution” stuff was a hoax, promoted by the media and government to eliminate our need for God. […]

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