WORLD | Married to Darwin | Marvin Olasky | July 12, 2014

WORLD | Married to Darwin | Marvin Olasky | July 12, 2014

Part 1 of what happens when Christians allow ourselves to be embarrassed out of upholding truth:

"We might think chapter 2 of Genesis teaches that 'God formed the man of dust from the ground,' and Eve from Adam--but if they were the product of evolution, than early Genesis becomes a myth, and everyone who assumed the history to be true (including Jesus and Paul) were naive. Original sin becomes a theoretical construct rather than harsh reality, so why do we desperately need Christ?

"If for the sake of the children we can't give up Darwin, and if by doing so the kids don't turn their backs on the Bible, they have a Bible with lots of pages torn out and its overarching theme--creation, fall, and redemption--slashed. If we jettison Genesis, Jesus who made miracles will eventually go too. Jimmy, Kathy, and sweet Lorelei may go to church a bit longer, but they'll eventually find a more amusing club.

"What's the alternative? Theistic evolutionists say we must bend or die, but when we bend on something so basic, where do we stop? Is our chief task to glorify our Creator or to be glorified by other creatures? When Darwin trumps the Bible, what are we worshipping?"