http://biologos.org/questions en Copyright 2009 2009-04-22T21:06:36+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. Responses to Arguments Against God and Christianity, 2010-06-14T21:52:59+00:00 http://biologos.org/questions/cambrian-explosion http://biologos.org/questions/cambrian-explosion The term “Cambrian Explosion” refers to the appearance and rapid diversification of most major living animal body plans in the fossil record within an interval of perhaps 20 million years or less, a relatively short period in evolutionary history. This time is known as the Early Cambrian, and began around 543 million years ago. Responses to Arguments Against the Science of Evolution, 2009-04-23T16:00:33+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? The First Humans, 2009-04-22T23:12:42+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. Responses to Arguments Against the Science of Evolution, 2009-04-22T23:12:21+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. The First Humans, 2009-04-22T21:14:11+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. The First Humans, 2009-04-22T21:06:36+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? The First Humans, 2009-04-22T21:00:41+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. Responses to Arguments Against the Science of Evolution, 2009-04-22T20:47:18+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. God's Action in the Natural World, 2009-04-22T20:44:07+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. Responses to Arguments Against the Science of Evolution, 2009-04-22T20:33:10+00:00