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MetaFilter. Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:07:36 -0800 Tue, 03 Apr 2012
09:07:36 -0800 en-us 60 Christian apologetics book
recommendations that accept the fact of evolution Looking for
recommendations for books on Christian apologetics that take
seriously the reality of evolution rather than denying it in
favor of the argument from design. A little background: I was
raised as a <a href="">Young-Earth Creationist</a> so,
naturally, I denied the fact of evolution and the old age of the
earth in favor of believing that God made the whole earth and
all life as they appear today ~10,000 years ago. Lots of the
Christian <a href="">apologetics</a> books I read growing up
were written from this perspective and many of their core
arguments depended on evolution being false. The <a
href="">argument from design</a> was trotted out to prove God's
existence, the reasoning being that life and the universe look