From LGF:
Fox News is promoting Rick Warren like crazy tonight.
It’s all part of the big cleanup.
Rick Warren’s not a progressive Jerry Falwell. Really. He’s not. Pay no attention to those men behind the curtain.
God talks to Rick every day. And God told Rick that evolution stinks.
Do you believe Creation happened in the way Genesis describes it?
WARREN: If you’re asking me do I believe in evolution, the answer is no, I don’t. I believe that God, at a moment, created man. I do believe Genesis is literal, but I do also know metaphorical terms are used. Did God come down and blow in man’s nose? If you believe in God, you don’t have a problem accepting miracles. So if God wants to do it that way, it’s fine with me.
HARRIS: I’m doing my Ph.D. in neuroscience; I’m very close to the literature on evolutionary biology. And the basic point is that evolution by natural selection is random genetic mutation over millions of years in the context of environmental pressure that selects for fitness.
WARREN: Who’s doing the selecting?
HARRIS: The environment. You don’t have to invoke an intelligent designer to explain the complexity we see.
WARREN: Sam makes all kinds of assertions based on his presuppositions. I’m willing to admit my presuppositions: there are clues to God. I talk to God every day. He talks to me.
"Who's doing the selecting?" Really? "I do believe Genesis is literal, but I do also know metaphorical terms are used." THIS is the best the Christers can do as far as a learned, respected theological leader? Someone who dismisses a unifying scientific theory without knowing shit about it, but literally believes the metaphors in Genesis?
ReplyDeleteWarren needs to stop having silly conversations with his twisted, juvenile imagination and start reading some science books. I would recommend "Logic For First Graders" to start out.