faith, evolution, and creation oh my!

Growing up, evolution was a huge issue for me.  I was convinced that my faith rested on evolution being a myth which made biology class almost as scary as prom.  Every time I cracked open the text book I was on the lookout for some new way that science would take one more strut out of the foundation of my faith.  It wasn't until after college that I began to feel that maybe, just maybe, God was actually big enough to handle being Creator and Sustainer, regardless of whether I ended up being young earth or old earth, creationist, evolutionist, or intelligent designist.

It was a breath of fresh air to learn that we could be brought us into existence any old way God wanted, and that would be ok.  Yet, it didn't mean that the questions I had asked for so long stopped being interesting and vital.  What exactly is the point of Genesis 1 & 2?  How does God manage to intervene in our lives, but still keep our world generally understable and orderly?  Does science make God easier to believe in or harder?  You can guess that the list just keeps going.

That's why we want to invite you to join us for our depth class on these topics on Thur., Oct. 30th and  Nov. 6th.  Questers Bo Lim, professor of Old Testament at SPU, and Eric Long, professor of biology at SPU, will be co-teaching the class.  It will from 7-9pm at the Q Cafe.  Let us know if your planning on coming by RSVPing to jason@seattlequest.org.