According to a popular view of evolution and creation, the two ideas are alternative, indeed contradictory, answers to the question of origins. In fact, there is no contradiction between the two, as careful attention to each idea shows. In this talk, Dr. Kemp clarifies the idea of creation, specifying its doctrinal content and the leading alternatives to it. Then, he clarifies the idea of evolution, both by exposition of its logical structure and by contrasting it with other kinds of scientific theory. These clarifications show that the proper relation between creation and evolution is not contradiction, but complementarity.
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