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Like the first Dialogue, this second discussion is also concerned

with that perennial

topic: evolution. Such discussions of evolution may be broken down

into at least

four sub-groups. First there is the discussion of the possibility of evolution

in view of the Scriptural revelation; this was the subject of the

first Dialogue

published in the June 1972 issue of the journal AS\, Second there is

the consideration-and

this is the purpose of this Dialogue-of whether the available evidence indicates

that evolution has taken place. Third is the consideration of how evolution could have occurred. And finally there is

the question

of the compatibility of an acceptance of organic evolution with a

Christian worldview.

Attempts to intermix these four basic questions so as to confuse

their differences

can only result in misunderstanding.

Readers continue to inquire as to why we bother to discuss the

question of evolution,

reliving as it were the days of the Scopes trial in a day far removed

in sympathy

and need. Our answer must be that see exist to serve our readers, and

it is clear

that a sizable minority of our readers consider evolution not only to

be a vexing

problem, hot even one of ultimate and vital concern to their

Christian life. Without

belaboring the subject inappropriately, therefore, we hope that our occasional

excursions into this area will prove beneficial to our readers.