Update: Bruce Waltke’s subsequent statement, explaining that he did not have a chance to vet the video and how he would have edited it, can be found here.
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Here is the full transcript of the Bruce Waltke video clip that used to be on the Biologos web site (from a reliable source):
I think that if the data is overwhelming in favor, in favor of evolution, to deny that reality will make us a cult, some odd group that’s not really interacting with the real world. It will…I mean rightly so, I mean we will, we’re not, we’re not using our gifts nor trusting God’s providence that brought us to this point of our awareness. Because I see all of history as in God’s providence and I think we are at a unique moment in history, so many strands are coming together, we’re on almost to my mind a pinnacle of history. We’re aware of these things. And to deny the reality would be to deny the truth of God in the world and would be to deny truth. So I think it would be our spiritual death if we stopped loving God with all of our minds and thinking about it, I think it’s our spiritual death. It’s also our spiritual death in witness to the world that we’re not credible, that we are bigoted, we have a blind faith and this is what we’re accused of. So I see this all as part of the growth of the church. We are much more mature by this dialog that we’re having, and I think this is how we come to the unity of the faith, is that we wrestle with these issues. We’re all in the body of Christ as one Lord, one Faith, one Baptism. And we may disagree with one another, but we are really interacting in a very serious way, trusting God’s truth. And that we are testing what is true and holding fast to that which is good and we are the richer for it. And if we don’t do that we are going to die. And I think it is essential to us or we’ll end up like some small sect somewhere that retained a certain dress or a certain language. And they end up so… marginalized, totally marginalized, and I think that would be a great tragedy for the church, for us to become marginalized in that way.
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[…] Creo que si los datos son abrumadoramente a favor, a favor de la evolución, negar esa realidad nos convertirá en una secta, un grupo extraño que no está realmente interactuando con el mundo real. . . . . . . Y negar la realidad sería negar la verdad de Dios en el mundo y sería negar la verdad. Así que creo que sería nuestra muerte espiritual si dejáramos de amar a Dios con toda nuestra mente y pensar al respecto, creo que es nuestra muerte espiritual. Es también nuestra muerte espiritual en testimonio al mundo de que no somos creíbles, que somos intolerantes, tenemos una fe ciega y esto es de lo que se nos acusa. . . . . . . Y creo que es esencial para nosotros o vamos a terminar como una pequeña secta en alguna parte que conserva un cierto vestido o un determinado idioma. Y terminan así. . . . . marginados, totalmente marginado, y creo que sería una gran tragedia para la iglesia, que lleguemos a ser marginados en esa forma. [6] https://thedesignspectrum.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/full-transcript-of-bruce-waltke-video-clip/ […]
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