The evolution of creationism

[摘要] For centuries, natural philosophers, their scientificsuccessors, and theologians alike sought to explain the physical and naturalworld. The now common cultural narrative of perpetual conflict between scienceand religion simplifies the arguments and struggles of the past and overlookscross-pollination between those who embraced faith and reason as the keys tounderstanding earth history. When geologists unequivocally dismissed the ideaof a global flood and recognized Earth’s antiquity, many conservativetheologians acknowledged that there was more to the past than literally spelledout in Genesis, the opening chapter of the Bible. But some Christians—those wenow call creationists—rejected this perspective and chose to see geology as athreat to their faith. In so doing, they abandoned faith in reason and cast offa long-standing theological tradition that rocks don’t lie.

[学科分类] 地质学

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