How do we respond to division on evolution and age of earth, by Kevin Rogers

March 10, 2022

Date/Time
Date(s) - 10/03/2022
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Categories

• Biblical Issues
• Regular Meeting
• Science

“How do we respond to division on evolution and age of earth” by Kevin Rogers

When: 7 pm, Thursday, the 10^th of March 2022 (Adelaide time)

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This year we are devoting most of our meetings to address issues regarding Young Earth Creationism (YEC), Old Earth Creationism (OEC), the scope and validity of evolutionary theory and their relationship to Biblical inspiration. These topics are frequently raised during meeting discussions on other topics.

The program includes a range of guest speakers. Opinion is divided within our subscribers and our own committee and so the views expressed by the speakers do not necessarily represent the view of Reasonable Faith Adelaide (RFA). It will be a miracle if we attain unity, but we hope that we at least become better informed and empathetic towards those we disagree with.

The difference between OEC and YEC estimates for the age of the earth is about 100,000 to 1. So, at least one view is diabolically wrong. However, what can be even more diabolical is how we address and treat each other.

In the past 2 meetings, Steve White and Gordon Stanger presented their cases for the YEC and OEC views using scientific arguments. For this coming meeting, I will discuss the pastoral issues for handling our differences.

Some of the topics that I will cover are:

• What are the YEC/OEC options?
• What are some Biblical perspectives?
• How should we handle the division?
• What are the advantages of the Christian perspective?

Dr Kevin Rogers

Kevin Rogers is the director of Reasonable Faith Adelaide. He is a former research fellow, lecturer and research supervisor at the University of South Australia. He is now basically retired but continues with part-time research. He has a wife, 4 children and 8 grandchildren. He is also a member and mediocre guitarist for the Ingle Farm Baptist Church.