Well, I was hoping by now that I'd have some one in line for my next discussion. Unfortunately I've been caught up in some other things that have taken up my time.
I was hoping to do something around the topic of Christianity and evolution, and here's why: Evolution has been become a bit of a hot topic, and there are a lot of different ways the debate has been framed. For example, many conservative Christians believe in what's typically called Creationism. Creationism is more or less the understanding that God created the world in 6 days, or 6 distinct periods of time, as is described in Genesis 1 or 2. This is often seen as in direct opposition to evolution. The vast majority of scientists, whether they have a particular agenda against Christianity or not, view the world as having come about by some process of evolution over millions or billions of years.
Without getting into too much detail I think it's important to distinguish between what evolution is, and what people believe it implies. That is, there is an assumption that evolutionary processes happen by completely blind forces and therefore gives a valid excuse to keep God out of the picture. This is what's known as materialistic naturalism. There's also an assumption from atheists and even some Christians that creationists are a bunch of obscurantist, ignorant people that haven't caught up with reality.
Anyway, some important questions being asked: Does Genesis 1 or 2 conflict with scientific evidence? What implications does evolution have, if any, for Christians? What about the historic Adam? What about original sin? What about redemption?
An interesting topic indeed...
