“God Saw That It Was Good”

Since the development of old earth geology followed by the advance of evolutionary biology, Christians have been under pressure to resolve the apparent differences between modern science and the Biblical account of the origins of the world.  An example of this attempt can be found here.

I believe the combination of old earth geology and evolutionary biology has been a near fatal wound and the root cause for the drastic decline of Christian influence in Western Civilization.   Some Christians have tried to mitigate the blow of old earth geology and evolutionary biology by seeking to demonstrate their compatibility with the Christian Scriptures.   I believe these attempts have hurt Christianity and have exacerbated the problem.

This debate has much farther reaching implications than the interpretation of the first few chapters of Genesis.   This debate cuts to the heart of the entire Christian world view and even the character of God.

This is a picture of a cow elk killed by a pack of wolves.   What took place to this cow elk is truly horrific.  After being chased by wolves, usually for about two hours, the cow elk gives up out of sheer exhaustion.  One wolf holds the cow elk by the nose while the other wolves rip out the unborn calf through the birth canal.   They then proceed to eat the unborn calf.  All of this is done while the cow elk is still alive.  There are reports that sometimes the cow elk is not eaten, but just left to bleed to death.

According to Christians who combine evolutionary biology and Christianity, this horrific picture is a result of the creative work of God not the effects of sin brought into the world by Adam.   Actually, my description of this event as “horrific” would be incorrect.  I should describe the scene as “good” “pleasant” or “agreeable.”

The problem with a Christian believing in old earth geology and evolutionary biology is that they are obligated to call “good” “pleasant” and “agreeable,” the horrific effects of sin on this world.