{"id":8196,"date":"2015-02-13T20:30:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T20:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8196"},"modified":"2015-02-13T20:30:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T20:30:50","slug":"evolution-bible-not-mutually-exclusive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=8196","title":{"rendered":"Evolution, Bible not mutually exclusive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What is it with politicians who cannot answer a simple question: Do you believe in evolution?<\/p>\n

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one of a thundering herd of Republicans considering a run for the presidency in 2016, got asked that question in Great Britain.<\/p>\n

He punted on it. Actually, he choked on it. Neither result is surprising given that he needs to curry favor with the evangelical wing of his political party.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/the-fix\/wp\/2015\/02\/12\/scott-walker-dodged-a-question-on-evolution-that-was-dumb-but-not-for-the-reason-you-think\/<\/p>\n

Actually, I’ve never quite gotten the notion that evolution and the biblical theory of creation are mutually exclusive.<\/p>\n

I long have held the view that one can believe in both ideas: that the world evolved over billions of years and that God orchestrated its evolution.<\/p>\n

The Book of Genesis talks about how God created the world in six days and then rested on the seventh day. As one who believes in the presence of God, I’ve never quite bought the notion that the “days” mentioned in the Bible are days as we’ve come to know them as human beings. I long have held the view that biblical “days” can be measured in almost any increment we choose.<\/p>\n

I get that the Bible doesn’t\u00a0acknowledge the existence of\u00a0prehistoric\u00a0creatures or\u00a0the existence of human beings in any form other than what is mentioned in\u00a0Genesis or any of the books that follow\u00a0through the Old and New testaments.<\/p>\n

From my standpoint, that doesn’t\u00a0discount the existence of\u00a0those creatures\u00a0or of\u00a0prehistoric hominids.<\/p>\n

So, Gov. Walker\u00a0cannot answer the question about evolution because he fears some backlash by evangelicals?\u00a0Come on. You can believe in\u00a0both<\/em>\u00a0elements of creation. The way I read Scripture, they aren’t mutually exclusive.<\/p>\n

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What is it with politicians who cannot answer a simple question: Do you believe in evolution? Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, one of a thundering herd of Republicans considering a run for the presidency in 2016, got asked that question in Great Britain. He punted on it. Actually, he choked on it. Neither result is surprising … Continue reading Evolution, Bible not mutually exclusive<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,15],"tags":[73,1182,1653,1658,1883,3272,3410,3898,4150,4750],"class_list":["post-8196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-political-news","category-religious-news","tag-2016-campaign","tag-creationism","tag-evangelicals","tag-evolution","tag-genesis","tag-new-testament","tag-old-testament","tag-republican-base","tag-scott-walker","tag-the-bible"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}