By now some of my readers probably think I've gone way off the deep end. Fair enough. Let me leave you with another chilling possibility. What if we teach the next generation that there is no evidence for evolution? And what if we're wrong? What do you think will happen when those kids find out? I think what will happen is the same thing that always happens. They'll be disillusioned and fall away from the faith. I've heard of this happening, and I've seen it happen. People find out that all the antievolution arguments in the world won't survive a semester of basic biology at a secular university. While we thought we were teaching them to believe in Christ, we instead taught them to idolize our arguments about Christ. And when those arguments are shown to be incomplete, inadequate, or just wrong, that idolatry (which we thought was real faith) slips away.m©ÉA»Ìæ¤ÈáÍ��ݷéB½Æ¦ÎAÈwÆ@³Ì²aðÚw·Templeton FoundationÌgrantÅ^c³êÄ��éWebTCgBioLogs FoundationÌw�}ÒÅVjAtF[Å éKarl GIbersonªÉæ¤É��Ä��éB
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[Todd Wood: "The Nature of Idolatry" (2009/11/03) on Todd's Blog]
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[Why bother with evolution when it just upsets everyone? -- Evolution Matters (2010/02/15) on Biologos Foundation]
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