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Bruce Waltke and the Scientific Orthodoxy

Cornelius Hunter
April 7, 2010
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Bruce Waltke, a Professor of Old Testament, has parted ways with Reformed Theological Seminary, perhaps due to controversies over his sympathies with evolution. Rod Dreher at BeliefNet worries that this is a dangerous disregard for science:  Read more

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He not only believes in Evolution but wants OTHER CHRISTIANS to believe in it too. He said, and I quote, “if the data is overwhelmingly in favor of evolution, to deny that reality will make us a cult.”
That's a conditional statement and not a claim. If I say, "If had ten hands, then I would need five pairs gloves," I would not be claiming to have five hands. Calvin and Luther believed that geocentricity was required by Scripture. Are you suggesting that anyone who rejects it is not really Reformed? Here's the problem: every argument you employ to rescue Calvin or Luther can be used by Waltke to rescue himself.fbeckwith
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I do not know if Prof. Waltke was fired or left of his own accord but I have read what he wrote and fully support terminating his employ. He not only believes in Evolution but wants OTHER CHRISTIANS to believe in it too. He said, and I quote, "if the data is overwhelmingly in favor of evolution, to deny that reality will make us a cult." Anyone who says such things deserves to be disciplined. Especially if he says them to a heretical Group like Biologos and especially if his employ is from a Seminary that calls itself REFORMED.Morgentau
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The following honestly sums up the "expert orthodoxy" view, that so many differ to as the final word, on "evolution": Human genome at ten: Life is complicated "our understanding about the most basic things — such as how a cell turns on and off — is incredibly naive,” , http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100331/full/464664a.htmlbornagain77
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