What is the Christian position on [the war in Iraq / disarmament / gun control / deficit spending / whatever]?
There is no “Christian position” on most political issues. The controversies that exist outside the Christian community also exist within it. Naturally, Christian morality sets some limits, but it does not prescribe a specific form of government or specific government policies. • Do Christians believe in evolution? All Christians are “creationists” in the sense that we believe the world was created by God. None of us believe that evolution is a complete explanation of how life came into existence. But then, neither do biologists. “Young-earth creationism,” the idea that the earth is approximately 6,000 years old, was popularized by Seventh-Day Adventists in the early 1900s as part of their distinctive scheme for interpreting biblical prophecies. Although it has its adherents, young-earth creationism does not reflect the majority opinion of knowledgeable Christians. Most Christians believe that God created the world through a gradual process, and that the first chapter of Genesis explai
