Today, sadly, there is a widespread recurrence of the fundamentalist Christians’ old opposition to science, repudiating the biological theory of evolution and advocating a literalistic interpretation of the creation narratives found in Genesis 1-3. In the UCC we tend to interpret the Genesis stories as valuable myths that contain moral and theological truth but are not meant as a substitute for science. The fundamentalists also attach a distinctive importance to a supernaturalistic interpretation of the Bible’s miracle stories. Most of the members of the Wheat Ridge Congregation do not support these fundamentalist ideas, believing instead in a rational approach to faith that can be integrated with other fields of study. We believe that God is present in all forms of truth and that modern science has, in general, brought about great improvements in human well-being which support and do not detract from our spiritual life.
