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Defenders Podcast

Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 27): Scientific Evidence Pertinent to the Origin and Evolution of Biological Complexity

Defenders Podcast

William Lane Craig

Christianity, Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality, Philosophy

4.7724 Ratings

🗓️ 26 March 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Defenders: Excursus on Creation of Life and Biological Diversity (Part 27): Scientific Evidence Pertinent to the Origin and Evolution of Biological Complexity

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0:00.0

Welcome to Defenders, the teaching class of Dr. William Lane Craig.

0:05.0

Today, the creation of life and biological diversity, part 27.

0:10.0

For more information and resources from Dr. Craig, go to reasonable faith.org.

0:16.0

Today we come to our summary and conclusion of our hermeneutical section on the exploration of creation

0:27.0

and evolutionary theory. I think you can see from the various biblical interpretations of Genesis 1

0:36.3

that we've surveyed that there's quite a range of

0:40.3

alternatives available to Bible-believing Christians, which have been advanced by evangelical scholars.

0:50.2

It's not the case that we are forced or boxed into just one interpretation that is valid

0:58.6

and binding for anyone who is a Bible-believing Christian.

1:03.0

There's quite a number of possible interpretations of Genesis.

1:09.0

Now you might say to me, well, then which of these interpretations

1:14.1

is the best, if any of them? Well, it seems to me that the two most plausible interpretive options

1:22.9

are the literal Young earth creationist interpretation

1:28.3

and the mytho-historical interpretation.

1:33.3

Of these two, I find the mytho-historical interpretation

1:38.3

to provide a better genre analysis of Genesis 1-211, and for the reasons that I have shared and therefore to be

1:49.7

the better of the two options. But I want to emphasize that I present this view merely as a plausible

1:58.3

alternative for your consideration.

2:01.5

We can and we should be open to various options.

2:07.0

Any final question or discussion of our section on the hermeneutical issues pertinent to creation.

2:19.3

Yes, George.

2:22.3

Bill, do you have any comment about C.S. Lewis's view of myth?

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