@ColtsFan254 right there I think you are working from a limited concept of God. Evolution is a FACT we know, and God is the instigator

@ColtsFan254 but one can add “the one true” all they want and still assign that to a limited, crippled notion of what that “truth” is

@ColtsFan254 SOME concepts of God are bound to be insufficient. One can claim they’re talking about God , but be severely limiting God

@ColtsFan254 no, “dualistic” is an artiificial separation between God the creator and the created reality in which we live with God

@ColtsFan254 and I amswered “it depends” on WHAT / WHO it is that you “know”. A flat, misunderstood God does not help.

@ColtsFan254 I believe God to be the instigator of the process. That it has taken millions of years does not negate any sense of “creation”

@ColtsFan254 yes. but that you ask that question reveals a bit of what I’m talking about. Nothing I said should have suggested otherwise.

@ColtsFan254 we particularly, in Western Christianity, have a problem conceiving God because of our dualistic notions

@ColtsFan254 some concepts of God make it near impossible to understand creation, nature, the ecosystem.

@ColtsFan254 that depends on how that “creator” manifests in us; what we identify as “who the creator is” or “who/what is God?”

“Dialogue is based on the view that the book of nature & the book of scripture have the same author” -Elizabeth A. Johnson

@ColtsFan254 it’s the entire theme of the chapter from which I am quoting from the book. Just posting some key insights

@ColtsFan254 the problem is that theology is NOT a science. LIke I said, a different role, the KNOWLEDGE of science for understanding

“The ability to investigate the natural world is a gift given to the human species by the same living God who created it” – EAJohnson

@ColtsFan254 not exactly the sense being communicated in the quote. Two very different roles btw science and theology.