Wanted: One Thoughtful Evolutionist
Are there any out there? Christine, at least, hasn’t had any luck finding any, and she’s taking/taken courses in chemistry and psychology, where there were plenty of people who espoused the view as being obvious and without contest, but who were unable to defend it in any way other than to say that it’s obvious and uncontestable (hardly a convincing argument).
I admittedly haven’t looked very hard for evolutionists, but I certainly haven’t found any who’ve put time into thinking it through.
Are you one? If so, let me know, so we can reason it through together. But first, make sure you meet the following criteria:
You must not be accepting the theory of evolution by faith alone, blindly.
You must be able to provide reasonable arguments for the theory of evolution. Skip the pretty monkey-to-man diagrams found in high school textbooks unless you have further documentation demonstrating convincing links between the various reference points, rather than isolated bone fragments.
You must be willing to avoid dropping to the level of name-calling and personal attacks. I’ve seen a number of debates between Christian and not-Christian “academics,” and the not-Christian has unfailingly resorted to personal attacks when confronted with a reasoned argument. Don’t do that.
You must be willing and able to write in readily understandable English, and not hide behind arbitrarily excessive pseudoacademic obfuscation (a.k.a. big words). Language suitable for someone with a good college degree is fine, but if you can’t explain it when needed, you have no argument.
You must be able to provide and explain your theory of the origin of the universe. Just saying “Big Bang” isn’t enough — you need to provide some reasonable explanation of how nothing can explode and produce everything, if in fact that’s your theory.
You don’t need to know everything. Both of us will have the right (and possibly the expectation) to research answers to the other’s challenges.
For my part, I’m no expert on anything, but the whole theory of evolution seems utterly absurd — a crutch, if you will, to help explain away some behavior that we may or may not like, but silly when examined under the lens of reason and science.
Since that’s almost exactly the charge that’s leveled against Christianity these days, I would expect that it could result in an engaging and enlightening E-Mail conversation.
But first, there has to be someone who’s willing and qualified to accept the challenge.
