The Questions
After BioLogos Founder Dr. Francis Collins wrote his 2006 book The Language of God, he received thousands of letters from people eager to learn more. The list below represents some of the most frequently asked questions in the dialogue between science and Christian faith.
The BioLogos View
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How is BioLogos different from Evolutionism, Intelligent Design, and Creationism?
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What is the proper relationship between science and religion?
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Can scientific and scriptural truth be reconciled?
Scientific Evidence
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What is evolution?
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How are the ages of the Earth and universe calculated? How accurate are those figures?
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What does the fossil record show?
Scripture Interpretation
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How was the Genesis account of creation interpreted before Darwin?
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What were the initial Christian responses to Darwin?
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What factors should be considered in determining how to approach a passage of scripture?
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How should we interpret the Genesis flood account?
God's Action in the Natural World
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Is there room in evolutionary creation to believe in miracles?
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Are gaps in scientific knowledge evidence for God?
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What role could God have in evolution?
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What is the “fine-tuning” of the universe, and how does it serve as a “pointer to God”?
The First Humans
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How does the Fall fit into evolutionary history? Were Adam and Eve historical figures?
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Did death occur before the Fall?
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At what point in the evolutionary process did humans attain the “Image of God”?
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Who was Mitochondrial Eve? Who was Y-chromosome Adam? How do they relate to Genesis?
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Did evolution have to result in human beings?
Responses to Arguments Against the Science of Evolution
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Does thermodynamics disprove evolution?
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Isn’t the origin of life highly improbable?
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How can evolution account for the complexity of life on earth today?
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Does the Cambrian Explosion pose a challenge to evolution?