Does the following articulate why Christianity won't accept evolutionists. Why or why not?

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10 dangers of theistic evolution
by Werner Gitt

The atheistic formula for evolution is:

Evolution = matter + evolutionary factors (chance and necessity + mutation + selection + isolation + death) + very long time periods.

In the theistic evolutionary view, God is added:

Theistic evolution = matter + evolutionary factors (chance and necessity + mutation + selection + isolation + death) + very long time periods + God.

In this system God is not the omnipotent Lord of all things, whose Word has to be taken seriously by all men, but He is integrated into the evolutionary philosophy. This leads to 10 dangers for Christians.1

Danger no. 1: Misrepresentation of the Nature of God
The Bible reveals God to us as our Father in Heaven, who is absolutely perfect (Matthew 5:48), holy (Isaiah 6:3), and omnipotent (Jeremiah 32:17). The Apostle John tells us that ‘God is love’, ‘light’, and ‘life’ (1 John 4:16; 1:5; 1:1-2). When this God creates something, His work is described as ‘very good’ (Genesis 1:31) and ‘perfect’ (Deuteronomy 32:4).

Theistic evolution gives a false representation of the nature of God because death and ghastliness are ascribed to the Creator as principles of creation. (Progressive creationism, likewise, allows for millions of years of death and horror before sin.)

Danger no. 2: God becomes a God of the Gaps
The Bible states that God is the Prime Cause of all things. ‘But to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things … and one Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by Him’ (1 Corinthians 8:6).

However, in theistic evolution the only workspace allotted to God is that part of nature which evolution cannot ‘explain’ with the means presently at its disposal. In this way He is reduced to being a ‘god of the gaps’ for those phenomena about which there are doubts. This leads to the view that ‘God is therefore not absolute, but He Himself has evolved—He is evolution’.2

Danger no. 3: Denial of Central Biblical Teachings
The entire Bible bears witness that we are dealing with a source of truth authored by God (2 Timothy 3:16), with the Old Testament as the indispensable ‘ramp’ leading to the New Testament, like an access road leads to a motor freeway (John 5:39). The biblical creation account should not be regarded as a myth, a parable, or an allegory, but as a historical report, because:

Biological, astronomical and anthropological facts are given in didactic [teaching] form.
In the Ten Commandments God bases the six working days and one day of rest on the same time-span as that described in the creation account (Exodus 20:8-11).
In the New Testament Jesus referred to facts of the creation (e.g. Matthew 19:4-5).
Nowhere in the Bible are there any indications that the creation account should be understood in any other way than as a factual report.
The doctrine of theistic evolution undermines this basic way of reading the Bible, as vouched for by Jesus, the prophets and the Apostles. Events reported in the Bible are reduced to mythical imagery, and an understanding of the message of the Bible as being true in word and meaning is lost.

Danger no. 4: Loss of the Way for Finding God
The Bible describes man as being completely ensnared by sin after Adam’s fall (Romans 7:18-19). Only those persons who realize that they are sinful and lost will seek the Saviour who ‘came to save that which was lost’ (Luke 19:10).

However, evolution knows no sin in the biblical sense of missing one’s purpose (in relation to God). Sin is made meaningless, and that is exactly the opposite of what the Holy Spirit does—He declares sin to be sinful. If sin is seen as a harmless evolutionary factor, then one has lost the key for finding God, which is not resolved by adding ‘God’ to the evolutionary scenario.

Danger no. 5: The Doctrine of God’s Incarnation is Undermined
The incarnation of God through His Son Jesus Christ is one of the basic teachings of the Bible. The Bible states that ‘The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us’ (John 1:14), ‘Christ Jesus … was made in the likeness of men (Philippians 2:5-7).

Danger no. 6: The Biblical Basis of Jesus’ Work of Redemption Is Mythologized
The Bible teaches that the first man’s fall into sin was a real event and that this was the direct cause of sin in the world. ‘Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned’ (Romans 5:12).

Theistic evolution does not acknowledge Adam as the first man, nor that he was created directly from ‘the dust of the ground’ by God (Genesis 2:17). Most theistic evolutionists regard the creation account as being merely a mythical tale, albeit with some spiritual significance. However, the sinner Adam and the Saviour Jesus are linked together in the Bible—Romans 5:16-18. Thus any theological view which mythologizes Adam undermines the biblical basis of Jesus’ work of redemption.

Danger no. 7: Loss of Biblical Chronology
The Bible provides us with a time-scale for history and this underlies a proper understanding of the Bible. This time-scale includes:

The time-scale cannot be extended indefinitely into the past, nor into the future. There is a well-defined beginning in Genesis 1:1, as well as a moment when physical time will end (Matthew 24:14).
The total duration of creation was six days (Exodus 20:11).
The age of the universe may be estimated in terms of the genealogies recorded in the Bible (but note that it cannot be calculated exactly). It is of the order of several thousand years, not billions.
Galatians 4:4 points out the most outstanding event in the world’s history: ‘But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son.’ This happened nearly 2,000 years ago.
The return of Christ in power and glory is the greatest expected future event.
Supporters of theistic evolution (and progressive creation) disregard the biblically given measures of time in favour of evolutionist time-scales involving billions of years both past and future (for which there are no convincing physical grounds). This can lead to two errors:

Not all statements of the Bible are to be taken seriously.
Vigilance concerning the second coming of Jesus may be lost.
Danger no. 8: Loss of Creation Concepts
Certain essential creation concepts are taught in the Bible. These include:

God created matter without using any available material.
God created the earth first, and on the fourth day He added the moon, the solar system, our local galaxy, and all other star systems. This sequence conflicts with all ideas of ‘cosmic evolution’, such as the ‘big bang’ cosmology.
Theistic evolution ignores all such biblical creation principles and replaces them with evolutionary notions, thereby contradicting and opposing God’s omnipotent acts of creation.

Danger no. 9: Misrepresentation of Reality
The Bible carries the seal of truth, and all its pronouncements are authoritative—whether they deal with questions of faith and salvation, daily living, or matters of scientific importance.

Evolutionists brush all this aside, e.g. Richard Dawkins says, ‘Nearly all peoples have developed their own creation myth, and the Genesis story is just the one that happened to have been adopted by one particular tribe of Middle Eastern herders. It has no more special status than the belief of a particular West African tribe that the world was created from the excrement of ants’.4

If evolution is false, then numerous sciences have embraced false testimony. Whenever these sciences conform to evolutionary views, they misrepresent reality. How much more then a theology which departs from what the Bible says and embraces evolution!

Danger no. 10: Missing the Purpose
In no other historical book do we find so many and such valuable statements of purpose for man, as in the Bible. For example:

Man is God’s purpose in creation (Genesis 1:27-28).
Man is the purpose of God’s plan of redemption (Isaiah 53:5).
Man is the purpose of the mission of God’s Son (1 John 4:9).
We are the purpose of God’s inheritance (Titus 3:7).
Heaven is our destination (1 Peter 1:4).
However, the very thought of purposefulness is anathema to evolutionists. ‘Evolutionary adaptations never follow a purposeful program, they thus cannot be regarded as teleonomical.’5 Thus a belief system such as theistic evolution that marries purposefulness with non-purposefulness is a contradiction in terms.

Conclusion
The doctrines of creation and evolution are so strongly divergent that reconciliation is totally impossible. Theistic evolutionists attempt to integrate the two doctrines, however such syncretism reduces the message of the Bible to insignificance. The conclusion is inevitable: There is no support for theistic evolution in the Bible.

Answer 1

Congratulations S H, we read the skepticsannotatedbible.com too.

Answer 2

For those who believe that man is sinful and in need of redemption by a Savior, the theological problems presented by evolution are particularly compelling reasons to reject that theory.
Some proponents of theistic evolution have suggested that at some point, God could have imparted a soul/ spirit to one of His creatures thus differentiating that creature in a qualitative way from the rest of His earthly creation. This attempt to deal with the theological issues presented by evolutionary theory presents its own problem, namely that at some point in time, a human being with a soul/ spirit would have had "soulless" non-human parents.
In addition, Christians see a world full of purpose, design, and astounding complexity and intricacy, for which, purely naturalistic explanations regarding its origin are altogether inadequate. Christians who try to reconcile the Bible with evolutionary theory are forced to jump through some logical and theological hoops, and are, I believe, ultimately unsuccessful in the attempt. Most Christians, therefore, find a resort to a belief in theistic evolution, at best, unnecessary; and in any case, most evolutionists would reject any explanation for creation that involves divine intervention.

To S.H. "Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?" Mark 12:24
If you are not a scorner, but are actually willing to seek God with all your heart, and willing to obey the truth when it is revealed to you, God will give you more light-- see John 7:17

Answer 3

I haven't read everything that you wrote up there, but I do agree with your conclusion.

God stands alone in his word. The bible was written so that we can understand who He is, why things are the way they are, and what He wants to do about it. If man tries to mix what he believes is true in with the Word of God, it will dilute the message...it will no longer be the pure word.

The bible is not about what we think anyway; it's about the message the Creator wanted to send to His creation-man.

The bible was written just the way it was supposed to be- penned by chosen men, inspired by the God that chose them.

To S.H.- you worked really hard to make that list as a case agains the bible. Don't understand all the implications behind some of the scriptures given. Jesus was angry...so? The bible talks about the wrath of God. I could go down the list, but unfortunately, I belive all you want to do is argue. Your point is not valid to me.

Answer 4

I see what you advise. Mainstream protestantism looks to take this view now, the want arises swallow the total Bible actually or you aren't any more a "actual" Christian, yet a "salad bar", "luke warmth", religionist, who wouldn't have the religion. The stick with by to this reasoning is to web site verse that help those ideas, ending talk with Jesus no longer understanding you once you die and are available earlier him because you probably did not trust all of it. taking area in God's advise right here. even as i became youthful, a lengthy time period in the past, this literal fundamentalism wasn't mainstream. Genesis became provided specially as parable and allegory. It became accessible to both position self assurance in Christianity with that is figurative introduction memories and evolution. the large bang or abiogenesis wasn't a project, the church merely pronounced, "so what? Who says God did not do the large bang?" somewhat, i imagine this emphasis on literalism will bring about Christianity's eventual lack of life. in some unspecified time sooner or later, wondering human beings will no longer be able to disclaim that is absurdity.

Answer 5

Very good and well thought out. You are so right it is impossible to believe in God and evolution at the same time.
The only true answer to how everything exists is God created it!!!!!!!!!!!
Evolution is a lie from Satan to cause those who would believe to deny God, and therefore be his slave for all eternity.


To S.H.
Those verses need to be taken in context, with the surrounding verses, not all alone as you have presented them. If you read them as they should be there is no contradiction. Your father the Devil tried the same thing on Jesus, and it did not work. That is why we are encouraged to hide the Word in our hearts.

Answer 6

but the Bible teaches we can not serve 2 masters....and besides ....evolution and creationism are at 2 opposite poles and dont join together as easily as your long tutorial tries to state it does......there are still too many flaws and contradictions....one can not blend the 2 and truly be a follower of Christ no matter how they try to justify themselves.....
read lee strobels "a case for christ"
you should not have any more questions after that about things like this

Answer 7

I agree with the article. My only concession (or addition) is micro evolution. I don't believe God used it in creation, but that it began after the fall. Just my speculation. I believe that there was no death until the fall, either. Sin entering the world, altered the world.

Answer 8

Read Lee Strobel's "A Case for a Creator"

Answer 9

No, some Christians accept evolutionists.

Answer 10

You have a good question here but there are non-absolutes to both theories.