Evolution

I was originally enrolled in the Life Science program at UofT.  My first class was Biology 105 (at least I think it was 105): Evolution.  As a Christian this is a difficult subject to deal with.  Personally, I do not think the biblical doctrine of providence is compatible with Evolution.  I also am weary of further underlying issues within the present acceptance of theistic evolution which I will not discuss.  There are many people who now more than ever seem to think it is compatible.  Evolution, at least as I understand is contingent on Natural Selection and Genetic Drift, both of which depend on randomness and chance.  Evolution makes non-sense of God's providence.  Fundamentally, if evolution is dependent on randomness (and this is to produce variation within alleles) and chance (the chance that certain traits are actually passed on to an offspring for survival) this would then imply there are certain things that are out of God's control.  A theistic evolutionist, who affirms a classical reformed understanding of the providence of God, may claim that this randomness is in fact driven by God.  Well then, I would further recommend people read this post by Tony Reinke.