an impossible combination?
Is evolution inherently atheistic, or can it be part of a Christian worldview? Some atheists and Christians criticize theistic evolution in a two-step argument: First, they accept the atheistic claim that natural process happens without God. Second, this bad theology is used to claim that “natural evolution is atheistic, so theistic evolution is impossible.” This argument is theologically flawed, since it accepts an atheistic premise. It is also illogical: Even though an atheist (or deist) must accept evolution, this doesn’t justify guilt by association with an implication that “atheists are evolutionists, so evolutionists are atheists,” for the same logical reason that “all dogs are animals, so all animals are dogs” is false. A person who accepts scientific theories of evolution can have theology that is strong or weak, ranging from devout Christianity through minimal theism and deism to atheism. The Bible clearly states that God sometimes does miracles, so all Christians should be op
