I believe there are sincere believers in all religions that will be in heaven and we have no way to judge others' standing in God's sight. In that respect, I cannot say that a Budhist, a Mormon, a Jew or Hindu believer will not be in heaven. I had a Jewish lady once ask me that if as a Christian, I believed Jews would go to heaven. I told her that God judges us by the light we have been shown. I told her that although someone may have shared Christ with her in the past, God may have said to Himself, "That was the worse sharing of Christ I ever saw, I am not holding her accountable for that." But if she was convicted in her heart that Christ was the Son of God but decided to remain a Jew anyway, that I did believe she would be held accountable.

I view theistic evolutionists like I view Catholics, Episcopals or Orthodox Christians. They believe the Bible is inspired but use sources outside of the Bible to interpret it. I reject that Adventists do that with Ellen White, although I know many disagree with me - and they have the right to. Can a person be a theistic evolutionist and be a Christian? Of course they can! Just like Catholics and Episcopals can be Christians.

I could be wrong. All of Protestantism could be wrong. Sola Scriptura could be wrong. Regardless if I am wrong or not, it doesn't change what Protestantism teaches and it doesn't change what Sola Scriptura teaches. Theistic evolution is not compatible with the teachings of Sola Scriptura which we inherited from the Protestant Reformation.

I appreciate that statement. We all, I believe, are convicted in our hearts concerning our differing beliefs. Therefore we have to, in order to be sincere, live by them and stick by them, until they change. It seems we, in a way, have little control or no choice about what our convictions might be. And therefore we need to give one another the 'benefit of the doubt' to use a imprecise cliché. And I belive you are doing that and are to be commended for it.