Wonder, Worship, and Evolution

By | March 1, 2013

I like the way that Tim Challies explains the relationship of worship and evolution:

“Joshua Foer does not believe in God as Creator; rather, he believes in naturalistic evolution. There is something so jarring about hearing of the wonders of the brain and then immediately suggesting that it is the product of evolution, the product of time plus chance. To describe the inner workings of the brain is to arouse wonder; to hear of time and chance is to squelch that wonder, to suppress it, to deny its desire. Wonder’s great desire is to lead us to worship; evolution’s great desire is to deny that worship. To speak of the brain is to begin to reveal something of the Creator of the brain, but to introduce evolution is to cry out, ‘But it’s not what you think! It wasn’t created! Suppress that worship! ‘”

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