Evolution and divine creation: where’s the contradiction? | Andrew Holding

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Evolution and divine creation: where’s the contradiction? | Andrew Holding

Remember that the first statement from an Anglican clergyman towards The Origin of Species was wholly positiveThe best part of a decade ago, during a cold and dark winter’s evening, I stood in an Oxford chapel in support of a friend’s confirmation of his faith. The bishop conducting the service decided to start his sermon with the theory of the big bang, the creation of Earth, the development of life, and the evolution of man.