The only two ways not to accept the 'theory' of evolution is (1) to simply ignore scientific studies that not only justify but quantify as well those findings and (2) have religiously compelling factual opposition to those scientific findings other than 'faith' that the bible has accounted for all historical events since the beginning of spacial time.
2006-07-16 12:27:43
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answer #1
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answered by fun_guy_otown 6
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First of all to Richard-- US refers to the Trinity and probably the Angels.
I get so tired of this whole argument. Why does it have to be one way or the other? I believe in evolution. It isn't a theory. Evolution simply means change. Every one of you out there is changing and "evolving" even as we speak. You are each getting older and changing every day.
Was the world created through a process of evolution? Probably.
Does this negate the possibility of God? NO
Evolution may be the process God used to create everything. I am much more awe struck by a Creator who was a careful craftsman. I believe that he took his time and carefully fashioned this world, keeping some things and not others (We call that "extinction) and reshaping others (evolution)
Does this negate the Genesis account? Absolutely Not? It all depends on how you read the Bible. If you are a fundamentalist and believe that that every word is literally true, and that our time is God's time, then close your eyes and mind to all the wonders of science, which, by the way, God also created. Your God is not a Craftsman, he is a magician.
There is another way of looking at Genesis. I believe it is an allegory. Not meant to be taken literally, but figuaratively. It was written for an age when people didn't have the scientific understanding that we have now. We have the best minds in the animal kingdom. That is the advantage that God gave us. With these minds we have, over many thousands of years, learned much more than our ancestors knew. By now we should be able to equate evolution with God's creation and see that Genesis tells us who (and by the way in the same order) and why God created everything and science tells us how and when.
2006-07-16 18:29:27
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answer #2
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answered by Ereshkigal 3
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this has been a debate for a long time now and with so many different theories it boggles the mind. I believe in creation and evolution. I believe God created the heavens and the earth etc... as well as man. I believe that yes all animals and plants and even man as adapted and changed with time which is evolution. If you are only for one or the other you wont be willing to see the truth. If man came from ape then apes would no longer be around. It is simple because evolution is changing to adapt to your ever changing world not to jump species. Man had to be man no other way to explain it. You will find no prove that will support any animal or plant that has changed from one species to another and you wont. and this right here should prove to you that both are more possible then just taking sides. so everyone got it right.
2006-07-16 12:29:20
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answered by Savage 7
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To me personally it seems like a very probable theory considering the evidence of our ancestry... Which could quite possibly have been similar to apes. I'm not going to go into a deep discussion but I don't think that believing that there could have been a past that changed overtime into the present means that you are not religious. People should be able to think of whatever reasonable explanation they have and stick with it without being hounded and judged. More than anything the theory interests me because there IS evidence that there were creatures millions of years before us... Some of them still exist today such as alligators and certain fish. Fossils of similar species show slight variations and so how could you not consider that things have adapted, changed, survived, and flourished over time after beating the odds of natural selection and survival of the fittest time and time again? I'm religious and believe in god, while still I consider evolution possible if not probable. Judge me if you wish. I stick with the facts that have been scientifically proven and that does not mean that I do not have a faith.
2006-07-16 12:25:53
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answered by Anonymous
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Yep. Even to the most naive of us, the creation story has to sound like the fairy tale it is. C'mon, "God" reaches down and grabs a handful of dirt, shapes it, and blows air into the lungs and presto! life??? As a matter of fact, if you read the creation story - and this is something the religious types conveniently overlook - it says "and God said, let US create man in OUR image."
1. Who is God talking to?
2. US and OUR is plural indicating more than one (Mrs. God?)
3. This would tend to indicate there were others here who did the creating - as a matter of fact, couldn't a case be made here for genetic manipulation by an advanced race (the gods - Us/Our).
4. So, doesn't it just make sense that perhaps the evolutionary cycle was tampered with by advanced beings from elsewhere?
5. Further proof? The bible states, "There were giants in the land in those days." Isn't it possible that these giants were the gods (or god) who created man?
6. Evolution and genetic manipulation by advanced races just makes a lot more sense than creationism although the creation story is a nice fairy tale.
2006-07-16 12:46:36
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answered by Anonymous
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A short answer: there are over a million bits of physical evidence to support evolution. There exists NO physical evidence that supports the notion that evolution is NOT the creation of a supreme being. Therefore, I believe evolution and faith can and do coexist. You just have to let your mind expand a little both ways.
2006-07-16 14:58:26
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answered by Anonymous
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EVOLUTION
The introduction to Genesis and to the whole Bible ascribes everything to the living God, creating, making, acting, moving, and speaking. There is no room for evolution without a flat denial of Divine revelation. One must be true the other false. All of God’s works are good, great, wondrous, and perfect.
Man starts from nothing. He begins in helplessness, ignorance, and inexperience. All his works, therefore, proceed on the principle of evolution. This principle is only seen in human affairs: from the hut to the palace; from the canoe to the ocean liner; from the spade to the plowshare to machines. But the birds build their nests today as at the beginning. There is growth and development within man, but no passing, change, or evolution out from one into another.
For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be evident stages of evolution today. You would be able to find species in many stages of evolution in nature right now. For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be no God. And that’s exactly what evolutionists believe and are trying prove. The evolutionist bases his or her conclusions on human assumptions and reasoning, instead of on the documentary evidence of the manuscripts.
2006-07-16 14:57:48
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answered by Anonymous
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I believe in evolution. My “take” on it is that every so often a genetic mutation forms in the spawn of animals and plants, eventually more and more mutations occur. After some time, about 1,000 – 2,000 years (give or take a century), a new species is created.
2006-07-16 13:54:07
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answer #8
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answered by TikiTantrum 2
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It's got some big problems, which the true believers choose to ignore because evolution is their religion.
2006-07-16 13:42:35
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answer #9
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answered by badbear 4
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I think it's a matter of fact. It's only called a theory because in the scientific world, a concept is called a theory unless there has been any form of proof which disproves it. Remember the Theory of Relativity? No one disputes that it is correct when applied to the everyday world.
2006-07-17 04:43:20
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answered by cross-stitch kelly 7
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