Some theists in evolutionary science acquiesce to these tacit rules and retain a personal faith while accepting a thoroughly naturalistic picture of physical reality.

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As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates.

As a theist I believe that God exists and that God creates.

Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly...

Modernism is typically defined as the condition that begins when people realize God is truly...

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain...

A constitutional democracy is in serious trouble if its citizenry does not have a certain...

First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can...

First, Darwinian theory tells us how a certain amount of diversity in life forms can...

Although I insist that God has always had the power to intervene directly in nature...

Although I insist that God has always had the power to intervene directly in nature...

The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not...

The monopoly of science in the realm of knowledge explains why evolutionary biologists do not...

The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by...

The assumption that nature is all there is, and that nature has been governed by...

All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do...

All the most prominent Darwinists proclaim naturalistic philosophy when they think it safe to do...

Most importantly, I agree that the truth of these matters should be determined by interpretation...

Most importantly, I agree that the truth of these matters should be determined by interpretation...

The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it...

The second advantage claimed for naturalism is that it is equivalent to rationality, because it...

Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They...

Evolutionary biologists are not content merely to explain how variation occurs within limits, however. They...

Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic...

Darwinism is not merely a support for naturalistic philosophy: it is a product of naturalistic...

The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that...

The problem with allowing God a role in the history of life is not that...

No doubt it is true that science cannot study God, but it hardly follows that...

No doubt it is true that science cannot study God, but it hardly follows that...

Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical...

Evolutionary naturalism takes the inherent limitations of science and turns them into a devastating philosophical...

Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy.

Truth as such is not a particularly important concept in naturalistic philosophy.

In the most important sense a creationist is a person who believes in creation, and...

In the most important sense a creationist is a person who believes in creation, and...

If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In...

If modernist naturalism were true, there would be no objective truth outside of science. In...

To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and...

To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and...

According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system...

According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system...