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Theistic Evolution and the Folly of Two Worlds

Several times, whether in weblogs on on social(ist) media, reviews of spurious books and things have been presented that are useful in addition to what is being reviewed. In cases like the one featured below, the book is irrelevant and the rest of the article takes on theistic evolution (TE).

As I have stated several times, I think most TEs profess to be Christians but are actually Deists. They show disdain for the Bible. A sanitized version of evolution is presented and its flaws are omitted. For some reason they want an atheistic philosophy to supercede Scriptural authority.

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A Timeline of Origins—Toward Better Integration of the Bible and Science by Michael Russell is something I don't want to waste my time with thanks to the review. Interestingly, Russell uses the Genesis Flood as the way God brought Noah from the other world to this one. So, integrating the Bible and science means fiction presented as — what? Theology? Apparently Michael is weak on theology, and he offers no science or theology to support his story.

Now you know that you can save your time and money by skipping that book. (You can thank me later.) TEs skate around problems in their rejection and poor understanding of Scripture, and their science is dubious. The majority of the article is worth your time in its refutation of theistic evolution.
Recently, The Daily Declaration published a favourable review by Akos Balogh of the book A Timeline of Origins—Toward Better Integration of the Bible and Science, written by Michael Russell. The thesis of Russell’s book is that modern science and the Bible can be reconciled by the idea of two worlds, one in which the Garden of Eden and Adam and Eve are found and the other in which the evolution of modern humans takes place. The first was destroyed in the Flood, and Noah, his family and the animals with him on the Ark, were ‘brought across’ to this present world.

I'd be much obliged if you would read "Does the Bible speak of two worlds?"