A comment on Alvin Plantinga, “Evolution vs. naturalism”
Ulrich J Mohrhoff
Abstract
By leaving the door open for a non-evolutionary creation, Plantinga runs the risk of being dismissed as a creationist. This risk is increased by his using the word ";evolution"; as if it were synonymous with ";evolution by random mutation and natural selection."; This is unfortunate, for Plantinga's demonstration of the irrationality of the belief in evolutionary naturalism deserves a wider audience. It is important not only for those who believe that God has created us in his image and/or presume that he wants us to resemble him in being able to know, but also for those who, like this commenter, believe (i) that what evolution has in the works is not merely an image of God but God himself and (ii) that the human species is only a step in this direction, albeit an important one.
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