Approaching the Bible with Preconceived Ideas


Here’s what I don’t get. Those who deny evolution are able to convince themselves that the overwhelming majority of scientists in fields as wide ranging as biology, paleontology, geology, physics and cosmology have all fundamentally misunderstood the meaning of God’s revelation in nature because they’re approaching the evidence with faulty preconceived ideas.

Yet these same folks never consider that they themselves might have fundamentally misunderstood God’s revelation in Genesis because they’re approaching the text with faulty preconceived ideas.

Chris Massey in a comment at BioLogos.org about the presuppositions in the creation/evolution debate.