http://biologos.org/questions en Copyright 2010 2010-06-14T17:53:15+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/chance-and-god/ http://biologos.org/questions/chance-and-god/ In popular usage, chance often means “without purpose.” Thus some materialists have described evolution as proceeding by “blind, purposeless chance.” But to mathematicians, statisticians, and scientists, chance simply means non-determinacy. Harmony 2010-06-14T16:53:15+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/death-before-the-fall/ http://biologos.org/questions/death-before-the-fall/ The Fall, found in Genesis 3, is a central part of Christian belief. But if BioLogos claims that God created life through evolution, then surely death occurred before the Fall. How then can BioLogos be compatible with scripture? Faith, Harmony 2009-04-22T18:12:10+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/complexity-of-life/ http://biologos.org/questions/complexity-of-life/ A complex biological structure with many interacting parts might appear, at first glance, as if it were originally created in its present form with all its interlocking components fully formed and intact. It doesn’t seem possible that they developed step by step via biological evolution. In Darwin’s Black Box, Michael Behe introduces a term that he and other proponents of Intelligent Design use for this concept: irreducible complexity. Science 2009-04-22T18:12:08+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/the-mitochondrial-eve/ http://biologos.org/questions/the-mitochondrial-eve/ Through a concept known as coalescence, it is possible to trace human DNA sequences back to the one maternal ancestor. However, this does not mean that there was only one woman alive at that time. Careful measurements reveal that this woman, lived between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago. Science 2009-04-22T16:14:56+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/image-of-god/ http://biologos.org/questions/image-of-god/ Most theologians argue that the Image of God is not reflected as a physical image, but rather as characteristics of the mind and soul.  From the BioLogos perspective, God planned for humans to evolve to the point of attaining these characteristics. Faith, Harmony 2009-04-22T16:07:18+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/evolution-and-the-fall/ http://biologos.org/questions/evolution-and-the-fall/ The early chapters of Genesis lay the foundation for much of the Bible. Here we meet Adam and Eve, formed “from the dust of the earth. Can this account fit into BioLogos? How does the Fall fit into an evolutionary history? Faith, Harmony 2009-04-22T16:00:06+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/the-origin-of-life/ http://biologos.org/questions/the-origin-of-life/ From all we know about the state of the Earth 3 to 4 billion years ago and what we know about the complexity of the building blocks of life — DNA, RNA, amino acids, sugars — no entirely plausible hypothesis for the spontaneous origin of life has been found.. But this does not mean that divine intervention is the only possible explanation. Science 2009-04-22T15:47:52+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/evolution-and-divine-action/ http://biologos.org/questions/evolution-and-divine-action/ Given that evolution accounts for the diversity of present life (see here), it might seem as if God plays no role in the process. But our modern understanding of physical laws, combined with a proper understanding of God’s relationship to time, can be synthesized into a robust theistic worldview. Faith, Harmony 2009-04-22T15:44:28+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/evolution-and-the-second-law/ http://biologos.org/questions/evolution-and-the-second-law/ A common argument against biological evolution is that the theory contradicts the second law of thermodynamics.  The second law says that disorder, or entropy, always increases or stays the same over time – but evolution results in more complex life forms over time.  However, this objection is grounded in a misunderstanding of the second law. Science 2009-04-22T15:33:12+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/god-of-the-gaps/ http://biologos.org/questions/god-of-the-gaps/ God-of-the-gaps arguments use gaps in scientific explanation as indicators – or even proof – of God’s action, and therefore of God’s existence. But the danger of using a God-of-the-gaps argument for the action – or even existence – of God is that it lacks the foresight of future scientific discoveries. Faith, Science 2009-04-22T15:22:19+00:00