What is an appropriate humility about creation?
In science and theology, our humility should be appropriate — not too little, not too much. In each area we can make some claims, but not others, with confidence. Other parts of this FAQ look at appropriate humility, regarding the reliability of historical science for age-questions & design-questions, and deciding whether not old-earth & not evolution are essential theological doctrines in Christianity. But some other Christians disagree with my choice of the claims that can and cannot be made with confidence, so this section just describes my own view of appropriate humility. In my opinion, theological and scientific arguments are not decisive when we ask, “Can natural process (guided or unguided) lead to a total self-assembly of the universe into its present state?” The Bible clearly states that God used miracles in salvation history, but is less clear about miracles in formative history, so each view — proposing a formative history either with or without miracles, including two mode
