re: #1558 Salamantis

Theistic evolutionists believe that an omniscient and omnipotent deity is perfectly capable of setting the ground conditions at the very beginning of the universe that inexorably result in the evolution of humankind without the necessity for any further divine intervention in the process.

This contention is of course unproveable. But likewise, it is unfalsifiable. Which is why it is a belief, and not knowledge. And why it is not irrational to subscribe to it.

Creationism/ID, otoh, demands the existence of such divine intervention. And has rhetorically shot its pseudoscientific wad unsuccessfully endeavoring to prove it:

[Link: ase.tufts.edu…]

Great article! I agree completely with your article.

I understand how you can say theistic evolution comports with science. But there is a piece you still are not recognizing: the notion of human exceptionalism implicit in Judaism, as well as Christianity. (as far as I am aware of) This notion of human exceptionalism is what runs afoul of evolution.