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Most people today are not sweating bullets about whether they?re going to heaven or hell. If the gospel is truly good news for us?today, in 2009 America?it needs to address bad news. So what is that ?bad news?? asks Michael Dowd, author of Thank God for Evolution. In a recent interview with ThinkFwd host, Spencer Burke, Michael shares what he calls evolution theology, and his belief that the ?bad news? is our sinful nature and our unchosen instincts fighting within ourselves. We say we?ll do one thing, but instead do another. We commit to something, but then fall through on our commitment. What we don?t want to do, we do despite our best efforts. This is a daily struggle. How should we view this sinful nature?



Michael explains how evolution theology approaches this ?bad news.? We all have multiple parts of our brain. Our reptilian brain is the most ancient, and focuses on survival?safety, sustenance, and sex. Our mammalian brain has aspects of kinship, status, play and reciprocity, and our new ...