People say evolution disproves god and i don't understand how it does, because the only thing i can conclude is that it disproves adam and eve, and I am Roman Catholic and i was always taught that bible stories were meant for they message not true fact, so how does e3volution disprove god?
2006-06-19 05:24:09 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
It doesn't disprove God.
It disproves the Bible as literal and irrefutable source of faith.
Many Christians cannot deal with that concept--for them the Bible is their only link to God, and anything that counters the Bible is an attack on their faith.
2006-06-19 05:42:27 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't.
One line of reasoning is this.
As evolution is a gradual process and it is almost impossible to pinpoint exactly when a species becomes a new species. Atheists argue that to say god waited till humans developed into a new species and then started inserting souls is a little absurd.
Additionally if you support a literal translation of the bible, then evolution and an old earth is in opposition to creationism. If the bible is wrong here, where else is it wrong? How is it inspired by God? If you don't think it is all literal, then there is no problem.
But I don't think evolution proves or disproves a deity, just explains how all animals, including humans, came to be on this planet. If you want to think God started the whole thing off, then took a back seat, then thats up to you, evolution doesn't say anything about this.
2006-06-19 05:29:49 · answer #2 · answered by Xenu.net 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You are correct. The theory of evolution as well as other branches of science disprove many things in the bible but not the existence of god which can't be proven or disproven.
The Catholic Church is actually pretty sensible about acience compared to some othe denominations. The even have an observatory. See link below
2006-06-19 05:34:33 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution does not disprove Adam and Eve. It doesn't disprove God it confirms that He exist by the pitfalls in its own theory. It is proven that life cannot come from no life or from something inanimate. The search should be of Bible truth and the prophesys relating to this time we live in which is nearing the end when Jesus will come again.
2006-06-19 05:29:44 · answer #4 · answered by Damian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see evolution (with all the connotations the Christian church has given it) as disproving God because both the Biblical account and Darwin and Wallace's statements on natural selection -- the technical term for evolution -- contain a process. Between you and me, it's easier to have faith in God creating Adam and Eve out of dust than it is to believe that their descendants developed over miollions of years from a "lower" form.
It seems many people get confused by viewing evolution as a theory of creation rather than development. That's often the perspective of people who say "evolution proves God". By providing a studiable (is that a word?) and testable process of life's development and not its creation, God should appreciate the proof of His handiwork that some people choose to be blind to see.
2006-06-19 05:37:38 · answer #5 · answered by ensign183 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its not a choice, god or evolution, you can believe both and be perfectly happy. some believe that genesis was told in the format it's in so that ancient people would understand it. remember, the bible was written thousands of years ago. as such its not a fact, its just trying to drive the point that god made everything, it doesn't really matter how. maybe he even helps along evolution or whatever happened that got us to this place.
others believe that the bible is a factual story, and if even one part of it is shown to be untrue, it means the whole thing isn't true, which isn't logical. it just shows that maybe that story isn't true, but not that the whole thing is wrong, you can't apply one part to the whole in such a way. which is why they get so defensive about evolution, they feel thier faith is at stake.
but in both cases evolution does not disprove god, it just helps us understand what was going on before people started writing sh!t down.
2006-06-19 05:35:05 · answer #6 · answered by Aleks 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution would disprove God if only becaus we wouldn't have an accurate word of origin from Him. The Bible would not be able to be trusted, since Jesus thought the Old Testament stories were true (including Noah's flood), and if Jesus was wrong, this means He was not God. If He was not God, we are in trouble indeed.
2006-06-19 05:28:48 · answer #7 · answered by RandyGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love how people(kookoo bananas) take the bible so literally. Men wrote the bible... there is a flaw. Which means they can go hand in hand.(science and the bible). The bible also mentions something about God's time being different than ours.... so the lengh on earth between day 5 and 6 for God could;ve pretty long.
Science proves alot. including how wonderful God and his creations are.
2006-06-19 05:39:45 · answer #8 · answered by bdizzle 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution does not disprove God.
2006-06-19 05:29:04 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
agnostic here who studies this like an hour a day cause im trying to figure it out
bible says god made animals on day 5
on day 6 he made man with his own hand out of dust and clay
evolution is saying man came over the course of years and years and was an apeish creature before he was man
so evolution doesn't disprove god, it disproves the fundamentalist christian believe that god made animal on day 5 and man on day 6 without any intermediate steps but from dust and clay
2006-06-19 05:28:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋