Sam Brownback on Creation

Op-Ed Contributor
What I Think About Evolution
By SAM BROWNBACK
Published: May 31, 2007
I believe wholeheartedly that there cannot be any contradiction between faith and reason.

Excerpt:

Ultimately, on the question of the origins of the universe, I am happy to let the facts speak for themselves. There are aspects of evolutionary biology that reveal a great deal about the nature of the world, like the small changes that take place within a species. Yet I believe, as do many biologists and people of faith, that the process of creation — and indeed life today — is sustained by the hand of God in a manner known fully only to him. It does not strike me as anti-science or anti-reason to question the philosophical presuppositions behind theories offered by scientists who, in excluding the possibility of design or purpose, venture far beyond their realm of empirical science.

Comment: Commendable statement