theistic evolution

collocation in English

meaningsoftheisticandevolution

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theistic
adjective
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/θiːˈɪs.tɪk/us
/θiːˈɪs.tɪk/
involving or relating to belief in a god ...
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evolution
noun[U]
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/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/us
/ˌiː.vəˈluː.ʃən/
the way in which living things change and develop over millions ...
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(Definition oftheisticandevolutionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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This model makes 93 predictions about future scientific discoveries which are different from the predictions of naturalism,theisticevolution, and young-earth creationism.
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Many versions oftheisticevolutioninsist on a special creation consisting of at least the addition of a soul just for the human species.
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The positions of such groups are described by terms includingtheisticevolution, theistic evolutionism or evolutionary creation.
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Theisticevolutionand evolutionary creationism are theologies that reconcile belief in a creator with biological evolution.
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The foundation promotestheisticevolution, but maintains separation from the label to avoid being associated with atheism in some religious communities.
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Just like there are different types of evolutionary explanations, there are different types oftheisticevolution.
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Theisticevolutionis not a scientific theory, but a range of views about how the science of evolution relates to religious beliefs.
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He distinguishes it fromtheisticevolutionand, especially, purely naturalistic evolution.
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A secular version of this methodological naturalism was welcomed by a younger generation of scientists who sought to investigate natural causes of organic change, and rejectedtheisticevolutionin science.
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While supporting the methodological naturalism inherent in modern science, the proponents oftheisticevolutionreject the implication taken by some atheists that this gives credence to ontological materialism.
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Religious representatives from faiths compatible withtheisticevolutionand evolutionary creationism have challenged the growing perception that belief in a creator is inconsistent with the acceptance of evolutionary theory.
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Here is the ideological watershed, the division between atheistic evolution andtheisticevolution, and frankly it lies beyond science to prove the matter one way or the other.
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Theisticevolutionlargely disappeared from the scientific literature by the end of the 19th century as direct appeals to supernatural causes came to be seen as unscientific.
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Thomson's own views favoured a version oftheisticevolutionsped up by divine guidance.
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