And so here once more the consistent evolutionist is compelled to reject the Bible by denying the doctrines of the Deity and the virgin birth of Christ.
5. The logic of evolution destroys the doctrine of atonement by substitution.
The Bible says:
- Without the shedding of blood there is no remission [of sin].
- Him who knew no sin He hath made to be sin for us.
- The Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.
- Who Himself bore our sins in His own body on the tree.
- We "were redeemed. * * * with the precious blood of Christ."
- We are "justified by His blood."
- The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.
These and many other statements make Christ's death one of atonement by substitution for our sins.
But evolution cannot tolerate such a doctrine. To the evolutionist this is a "doctrine of the shambles," a "slaughter house religion," a "gospel of gore."
Christ's death is rather a revelation of the evolutionist's conception of divine love, and an example of sacrificial service set before struggling man to help him climb. Let those who believe in the evolutionist's "historical" method of interpreting Scripture speak for themselves.
Dr. Gerald Birney Smith, of the University of Chicago, says:
- To insist dogmatically, as an a priori principle, that "without the shedding of blood there is no
