Hugh Owen was raised in a highly succesful and well connected family. His father, Sir David Owen, was the first assistent secretary general of the United Nations and also the first chairman of Planned Parenthood international. He was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for his achievements. In short, with a secular mother in the mix, an unlikely background for his son to embrace orthodox Catholic faith and Biblical creation.
Today, Hugh Owen no longer believes the evolutionist worldview of his youth. Instead he has been persuaded to believe in Scripture and Creation as the fathers of the Church, and Prophets and Apostles before them, taught it. This was initiated with a moral shift and reaching out to God, merely to try out whether there was truth there or not. It all started with praying a sinner’s prayer of repentance as a 17 year old.
Hugh points out that it is difficult to maintain a relationship with Christ as bridegroom of the Church, if we distrust his actions and his Word. Also, Biblical Creation is not about anti-intellectualism or anti-science, but about observing truth from the premise of Divine revelation.
Join me in listening to Hugh Owen’s testimony and spiritual views on Scripture and Creation. The authority of the Bible and a literal creation are not intellectual stumbling blocks for Catholic Christians, but opportunities to explore truth and to live in greater harmony with God.
-Learn more about the Kolbe Centre for Creation studies.
-Watch Conversation with Hugh Owen, part 1