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- Title
EVIL, ORIGINAL SIN, AND EVOLUTION.
- Authors
PENDERGAST, S.J., RICHARD J.
- Abstract
This article has three sections. The first discusses the problem of evil; the second, the sins of both angels and men that originally introduced evil into the world; the third, a teleological theory of evolution that clarifies the relationship between the first two sections. At present there is a great deal of discussion about the nature of the evolutionary process. Some argue that ultimately it is a strictly random one. But it is quite impossible to prove scientifically that evolution is strictly random. From a Christian point of view the best way to view it is to see it not only as the result of divine intelligence, but also as due to a ferocious conflict between superhuman powers – the biblical angels and demons to whom God in the beginning gave the power to guide and develop his creation.
- Subjects
GOOD &; evil; ANGELS; TELEOLOGY; ORIGINAL sin; SUPERNATURAL theology; CREATION; INTELLIGENT design (Teleology)
- Publication
Heythrop Journal, 2009, Vol 50, Issue 5, p833
- ISSN
0018-1196
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1468-2265.2009.00472.x