Comment on An appeal to our leadership by Richard Winslow.
I believe it is important to understand and teach what is included in the theory of evolution to students in our colleges, and that it be taught by scientifically trained people who love God. The only way for our students to be able to meet people where they are is to understand them.
Remember that we are a denomination who have changed course on a number of ideas through the years due to new scientific information. To use one example, who of our founders could have envisioned the idea of DNA and its implications? We have to be able to give the students room to make their own decision, as stated in Spiritual Gifts, vol. 3, 94. – “Those who desire to doubt will have plenty of room. God does not propose to remove all occasion for unbelief. He gives evidence, which must be carefully investigated with a humble mind and teachable spirit; and all should decide from the weight of evidence.”
