Anthony Fauci, Francis Collins, and the Ecumenical Church of Moloch - The Stream

In my reflection for Easter, I suggested a pragmatic reason why someone might choose Theistic Evolution over any Bible-compatible worldview, such as Intelligent Design. Namely, the hope that God is distant, distracted, not too concerned about our actions. If He didn’t even intervene to ensure that mankind “evolved,” surely He can’t be keeping track of our peccadillos and predations. Like a busy chef with too many universes on the stove, God doesn’t lean over this one to stir the pot. Or notice what we’ve left floating in His gumbo. Right? That’s mighty convenient if you’re the kind of Christian who kneels before the world, basks in its favor, and treats the moral law as a list of wistful suggestions. Especially if your career in service of Caesar, or Mammon, or Sodom, involves driving a steamroller right over “the least among us.” The Least Among Us … Unborn Kids Surely the least among us at the moment must be unborn children. In much of the world, they have no rights whatsoever …