The evolutionists claim that evolution disproves the christian God, and I am by no means christian, but let me put it like this; evolutionists say that we are evolved from the primordial ooze, muck and dirt. The Bible says that God created man from the dirt in 1 day. But who is to say how long a day is to "God". It could be millions of our years.Our system of time; days, months, and years is completely man made. So if you examine both ideas of the creation of man, both could be correct. What do you think?
2006-06-19 05:42:54 · 26 answers · asked by Draven 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i am a christain!! but when you look at it that way wow! that is a great oberservation!!!!!!
2006-06-19 05:51:01 · answer #1 · answered by beautiful nightmare 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The evolutionists claim that evolution disproves the christian God"
Show me even one legitimate textbook that has a sentence statingg that evolution disproves God. The question of God's existence is simply not addressed.
Someone mentioned the references in Genesis to morning and evening as "proof" that a day was literally the same 24 hour day. I'm not so sure since it begs the question "what was the reference for what a day consisted of since the sun was not invented until three days in?" A day is clearly defined by rotation. It can be argued that the earth could complete a full rotation without moon or sun, but there is no way the concept of morning or evening could exist without either.
2006-06-19 05:59:23 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course it doesn't disprove God.
The Bible was written by humans, humans can not comprehend the complexities of the universe let alone actually explain them.
Yes a day to God, could very well actually mean a million years to us.
I think you are right in your thinking that you can believe in God and believe science and not be wrong either way.
Personally I believe in the Christian God (the only God that is a living God that is) but I do not agree with the stories in the Bible. I think the majority of them were put there either to explain something that can't be explained or to give the people a guide to live their life by. Back in the days of the Bible, even in the days of early America, the church ruled the people. There was no seperation of church and state, the church was the governing state.
I think it was easier to tell people that "God" said they should do this or that rather than say that "Decon John" said it.
I do believe there is some living supreme being that is watching out for all of us, but I don't believe blindly either.
2006-06-19 05:55:54 · answer #3 · answered by neona807 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You answered the question, yourself. Evolutionists say that we are evolved from the primordial ooze, muck, and dirt. The Bible says that God created man from the dirt in one day. Where is the contradiction?
2006-06-19 05:47:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Biblical day in Genesis is clearly the same as a day today to us. If you read it in Genesis God said that the evening and morning were the first day. So i truly believe that it was a 24 hr day. Or else then we could say that Adam and Eve were in the Garden for Millions of years before they sinned and if they were there that long why didn't they have children in the garden? They only had children after they sinned. So i believe it all happened as stated in the Bible in 24 hr days for 7 days.
2006-06-19 05:48:28 · answer #5 · answered by Damian 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is a couple of problems with this. 1) God is not in time. Time is a created property, one in which God does not live. It means nothing to Him. Time is in relation to the earth and universe. Which brings me to 2) The plants were created long before the mist came up to water it. So you'd have plants under intense sunlight for millions of years with no watering system. Hmmm....also, man was created on the sixth day, and God rested on the seventh. Are you proposing that Adam was perhaps millions of years old by the time God was done resting?
2006-06-19 05:47:47 · answer #6 · answered by RandyGE 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think evolution calls into question some Christian human's interpretation of the Bible, maybe some of the literal details of the Bible creation story. It in no way necessarily means there is no God. I know several scientists who believe in both evolution and God.
2006-06-19 05:49:44 · answer #7 · answered by Zen Pirate 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
First of all, 'evolutionists' don't claim that evolution disproves God. Many evolutionary biologists are believers, after all. Those that are tend to reconcile their beliefs in the way you suggest.
Ultimately, it is the Christian fundamentalists that claim that evolution and belief in a God are contradictory. Since they tend to adhere to a very strict interpretation of the Bible, they are mostly just showing their own ignorance and closed-mindedness.
2006-06-19 06:35:08 · answer #8 · answered by mathematician 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Bible is talking about real, literal, 24 hour days, with a morning and an evening. Any other claimed interpretation is just wilful deceit -
"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day."
So no, the bible is wrong, plain and simple.
2006-06-19 05:48:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree. I'm no way a Christian and I've always believed that the supreme being coulddo whatever the hell they wanted to- they could certainly make time seem longer! A day isn't just a day...it could be thousands and thousands of years! The bible was written by man- a lot of people forget that.
2006-06-19 05:54:27 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything is possible. Many Christians believe in a certain timeline which doesn't compute with science - as in 'humans and the earth have been around for only 8000 years'. As for the system of time we use - it is based on obvious things (such as the sun rising, the moon,....) and the Christian bible uses a similar system.
john s: "There is absolutely no science to support it-only speculation. " Yup, carbondating is just BS.
People like you are the zealots who give religion a bad name.
2006-06-19 05:49:47 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋