There are some similarities between what evolution has done with biology in the scientific field and what biblical criticism is attempting to do with hermeneutics in the field of biblical theology. For example, I see they are both tackling the question of origins and the powerful evidence for the inspiration of the creator by obscuring the vision of the divine behind all the information found in both the natural and scriptural revelation.
They are both appealing to the view of random blinded processes involving slow modifications that always get further away from the original state of things, distorting the beauty of God's clear message in exchange for a view of a chaotic and confusing purposeless state of reality.
The objective behind these theories is to remove and blur the perspective of God from both the inspiration of the scriptures and the divine design found within creation. If nature and the text were randomly modified from generation to generation, then what confidence or substance can be left within the content of their revelations for us to have reverence, respect and worship in a personal intimate relationship with God? The alternative to this would be a deist version of a god that is some how involved but ultimately, hopelessly removed from the events of both history and humanity.
This to me is the obvious way modern man resolves his issues with morality and idolatry. Who cares what the text says about my iniquity if maybe there was another version that did not mention some of the sins I read in my scriptures today. Who cares what I do with my spirituality and my version of god if we are all an evolving soup trying to modify our view of god and ourselves in the gradual process of a random meaningless existence. There are many responsible models for evolution and biblical criticism but I feel I wrote too much already, so I will let the rest of those who read draw the final analysis of these thoughts into their logical implications and proper conclusions...be blessed, keep your peace and I pray we all stay focus in the faith that was once delivered to us.
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