I’m currently writing a paper on Charles Darwin and his influence on church history. What is your perspective on the relation of science and theology? If I get some interesting responses, I’ll follow up with my thoughts.

Questions, in no particular order, to spur your thinking:

  1. Must one choose between young-earth creationism and an atheistic interpretation of evolution by natural selection? Is there a middle ground?
  2. Is your view consistent with as-yet-undiscovered scientific facts? In other words, is your argument based on a current unknown remaining unknown?
  3. Supposing that the modern understanding of evolution is true, life, even sentient life, may have developed some other place in the universe. How does your theology handle this possibility?
  4. What is the definition of science? How does one determine if darwinian evolution or intelligent design (or any other theory) is a valid scientific theory?
  5. What is to be done about the science upon which evolution is based (chiefly geology and paleontology)?
  6. How does your viewpoint account for the problem of evil in the world?