While a case can be made for intelligent design, I can't figure out why some Christians are so thrilled about that possibility. First of all, it doesn't prove there's a God. If anything, intelligent design lends support to some form of pantheism that defines God as immanent within nature.
Tony CampoloBecause of the increase in life longevity, America can now assume that at any given time three, and perhaps four, former presidents will still be alive, even when the current president is occupying the White House.
Tony CampoloIf America is too arrogant, too prideful to repent, it's not the kind of country that God wants it to be.
Tony CampoloBeyond these models of reconciliation, a theology of mysticism provides some hope for common ground between Christianity and Islam. Both religions have within their histories examples of ecstatic union with God, which seem at odds with their own spiritual traditions but have much in common with each other.
Tony CampoloLike most Christians, I believe the Genesis account of creation is a description of six different stages of creation, each of which may have taken eons of time.
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