# New Language for EC?

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**Created:** [September 6, 2018, 5:15am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/new-language-for-ec/1581 "2018-09-06T05:15:37Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 6, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/new-language-for-ec/1581/6 "2018-09-06T19:24:00Z")

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> [@Daniel Deen: Thank God for Evolution](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/daniel-deen-thank-god-for-evolution/1506/11):
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> Apart from that, what creatures assist in their own creation, and in what sense does it constitute freedom? And how does it arise from Christian theology?

I think this is where there is something to the critique of EC/BioLogos that it may be a bit theologically shallow (not necessarily in a pejorative sense). Some of that may be from a post-evangelical/mainline view of theology that is perhaps more pragmatic than systematic.

I think the biologists I converse with would maybe speak to species “creatively” exploring genetic possibilities and eventually “creating” new species. The key is that this "new’ creation comes from existing creation, not from an “outside” source. I’m not sure if that makes a ton of sense but I gave it a try.

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