Evolution, Creation, and the Bible: Part 6

Many Christians such as C.S. Lewis[1] have argued that evolution is, in fact, compatible with the creation story in the Bible.  It is said that the first two (or, as in most cases, the first eleven) chapters of Genesis are not to be read literally or as history, but rather allegorical.  After all, they argue, there is a talking serpent in the third chapter.  This, as rationalists, we know, cannot occur.  But this view of reconciling evolution with the Bible ultimately stems from a poor view of Scripture, namely, that the Bible should be checked for truthfulness by science, rather than the belief that science should be checked for truthfulness by the Bible.  This, of course, can often be taken too far, as in the case with Galileo and the Church of his day.  Nevertheless, there are multiple reasons why the Genesis 1-2 creation account cannot be reconciled with evolution. 

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[1] See his The Problem of Pain.

~ by wesleycrouser on December 13, 2007.