Do you believe God would use evolution and natual selection to create species, including humans?

Question

Why or why not?
Just for the sake of the question I'm assuming that God exists, though I personally don't believe this. It's just for the sake of discussion . . .

Answer 1

Interesting question. He could have. I mean why not. But then that would mean that we are no different (special) than other forms of life.

Answer 2

The theory of evolution was proposed by those who were secular humanists, and who wanted to get rid of a belief in God. The two ideas, creation and evolution, are mutually exclusive. They cannot coexist. If you believe in the biblical account of creation, then you cannot believe that the Earth has been around for millions of years.

There are those who postulate that you can mix the two, and have attempted to do so by employing "theistic evolution," where God put the parts in place and let them spin together over millions/billions of years. Others propose a "gap" theory, where in Genesis 1:1, the earth was created, but in Genesis 1:2, God judged that earth, and recreated it in Genesis 1:3, hoping that the time frame matches the scientific theory. Others will ask, "How long was a day during creation?" hoping that the answer is millions of years long each.

Because there are no witnesses to what occurred during creation, anything that man comes up with is a theory, and unable to be proven through a scientific process, which requires the scientific method.

The scientific method requires:

# 1. Observe some aspect of the universe.
# 2. Invent a tentative description, called a hypothesis, that is consistent with what you have observed.
# 3. Use the hypothesis to make predictions.
# 4. Test those predictions by experiments or further observations and modify the hypothesis in the light of your results.
# 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until there are no discrepancies between theory and experiment and/or observation.

But this is supposed to be based on observable facts. Evolution cannot achieve this using the traditional scientific method. What does that leave?

Faith. Just like those he criticizes for following myths, the evolutionist is practicing his faith. The evolutionist believes in the theory. They have their own scriptures, and apologea. And woe unto those who knowingly or unknowing tread on "holy" ground. They'll eat you alive. You'd think for all their vitriol, that you were in a church full of hypocrites.

Answer 3

Absolutely.
There's no reason to believe God could not or would not use a natural process to create something. Afterall, when you look at the way time is devloping right now, it would make more sense anyways. Because he could easily just 'jump into the future' and see or experience the end result. Such as, perfect harmony in nature.. heaven on earth, etc. But instead he waits patiently for everything to unfold naturally.

I personally believe it has to do with balance and the way you experience things in life. Have you ever watched an entire series you bought on DVD in a few nights? It loses it's value rather quickly.. doesn't it? And you don't get as much joy out of it as you could have if you'd taken things a bit slower.

-Omnipotentantidote

Answer 4

YES! Think about it. Let's say you're a God, and that as a God you're immortal, you're going to live forever. Woud you create only one world in the entire universe in 6 days, create all life including humans. Then what? You watch them forever. How boring would that get after a while? You created this world and it never changes. The same old humans doing the same old things for the same old reasons.

NOT ME! If I were God, I would plant the seeds of life on an infinite number of planets in an infinite number of galaxies in my universe, and let evolution and natural selection do it's thing.

Then I would have an infinite number of different possible creations, that I could visit from time to time, which would keep me entertained forever.

Answer 5

God is Creator of all things, and has revealed in Scripture the authentic account of His creative activity. In six days the Lord made "the heaven and the earth" and all living things upon the earth, and rested on the seventh day of that first week. Thus He established the Sabbath as a perpetual memorial of His completed creative work. The first man and woman were made in the image of God as the crowning work of Creation, given dominion over the world, and charged with responsibility to care for it. When the world was finished it was ``very good,'' declaring the glory of God. (Gen. 1; 2; Ex. 20:8-11; Ps. 19:1-6; 33:6, 9; 104; Heb. 11:3.)

The Bible didn't say that he created a cell and then left it to mutate into us. That's good enough for me.

Answer 6

I don't believe in God in the anthromorphic sense I think of God as an energy in that way I suppose I am a pantheist in that God IS everything and everything IS God.I also don't believe that the bible is infallible in fact I think the bible being a book written by men in order to understand that which is not easily understood has many errors and fabrications. As far as the Christian creation myth the story is one that was passed down from tribe to tribe no one really know what happened because the only witness to the event would've been God itself. There are many other creation myths that are just as valid as the one that was written in the Torah the navajo creation myth is a personal fave of mine. Taking the long way around here I know but yes I don't think "God" used eveolution to 'create' all that IS. THis universe truly is God exploring the fullness of itself by creating lack

Answer 7

It's possible. I can't deny the existence of a higher power, because I just don't know, while at the same time, I can't deny the science of evolution because it's a pretty hard concept to disprove. I spent a summer with a family of Evolutionists (so much so, they named their middle child Darwin), and learned a lot. I didn't hold much foundation in the "humans came from monkeys" story until I discovered the theory was actually, we both originated from the same basic creature to begin with and humans evolved mentally to survive, while monkeys/apes evolved physically to adapt to their destined environment. Which leaves the question, what determined their destination?

Evolution will no longer be seen too much in humans, though, we've replaced the need to evolve with modern medicine.

Answer 8

That would suggest that God did not make animals perfect the first time out, but instead had to create a built in system for correcting his mistakes.

Since creationists believe that God is perfect, it follows that anything he made would be perfect also, therefore evolution would be unnecessary. No evolution, no extinction, everything perfect from the beginning

Answer 9

I dont believe that God will change something into something it is not, aside from turning dust into man. I do believe that He allows certain plants and animals to die out so that newer species can thrive, but I dont believe Man were ever apes nor where birds ever lizards as evolution would say.

Answer 10

Evolution is how God created most species. It is possible that He chose this method to create humans, but I highly doubt it. I see the evolutionary connection to Neanderthal from Homo-Erectus, but I do not see the connection to Homo-Sapiens. I guess we will all know for sure when we see God and can ask Him.

Answer 11

That kind of argument just sounds like Christians trying to defend their faith against the unstoppable truth of Science.
They originally said God made us all, but science proved it wrong..

So they now say 'ah, God created evolution!'

A desparate gamble from an ideology thats failing to live up to scrutiny. Hypocrites and liars, i dont trust Christians who think liek that

P.S. Im not having a go at you poster, lol