Can evolution exist is there is a god?

Answer 1

Yes, everything on Earth has the ability to evolve. Its a very touchy situation to say that humans evolved from apes, while it says in the Bilble that God created us in his own image. The way I have seen it is that when we die, is it not our soul that goes into heaven? Who is to say that the image God created for us in his own image is our soul and not our physical appearance. Since our body just goes back to ashes and dust when we die, who cares if we were apes on the outside at one point in time, its our souls that count.

Answer 2

Evolution can only exist if there is a God, because it defies many principles of science. That isn't to say that it does exist because there is a God, though. As a Christian, I hold that the Bible is true in whole. The Bible clearly states that the world was created in 6 days. There is no evidence to suggest that the days were any different from days we experience today. On the issue of the Bible being altered, well, if you've ever studied the process that translations go through, you wouldn't even suggest it. No book goes under such extreme scrutiny in translation as the Bible, and no book has so many ancient texts to compare to (around 11,000 between old and new testament texts).

Evolution, however, has many scientific problems. One of the major ones is the problem of the thermodynamics. Newton's 3rd law of thermodynamics states that everything goes toward randomness. Things break down from more complicated states to less complicated states. Evolution tries to claim based on speculation that this did not always occur. The problem with this claim is that they are taking something that is a law, a fact that is always true just like gravity, and say that it didn't happen here in order to make their theory work. That's not a very scientific approach.
I could go on to name more, but then I'd be getting off track. If was is to believe in God, one must also accept God's Word as truth. If you don't, then you are calling the creator of the universe a liar. I don't think it needs to be explained how dangerous a thing that could be. God has created our universe and everything in it, and having done so he deserves the credit for it.

Answer 3

I see no reason why God doesn't have to play by his own rules. What if, we as humans were the end result of what God wanted. And what if, even God couldn't just snap his fingers, but instead had to go through a process that started with the Big Bang. What if everything on this earth was put here starting with that initial spark, and then God just interevened here and there whereever he saw fit?

People that don't want to believe in Evolution simply do not want to believe that they evolved from Apes. It's a pride thing.

No published (in peer reviewed journals, I mean come on, ANYone can be "published" these days, and even publish themselves on the interenet. I can publish a magazine about taming unicorns, but it doesn't mean that unicorns exist.) scientist believes (knows would a better choice of words here) that anything different than evolution occured. There are kinks here and there that get ironed out as we find new evidence, but so far there has been NO KINK so big that it has disproven the Theory of Evolution. NONE. Every kink thus far has fit nicely into the Theory with a few adaptions.

Answer 4

I'm going to try and not be sardonic here. I personally do not believe in said god or any god for that matter. I do think that Christians can both believe in their original faith and evolution. Hypothetically, if a god had created a specimen and the world, and this world evolved and these specimens evolved, then yes a Christian could believe that. Do not you think that your God is a complex character, and that he may not simply do things in more than just "Hey, I made this, and now it is." I would think that the line of thought would be more, "Hey, I created that...and...a thousand years later it will be this." Christians often take the simple way, making things easier, but leaving some stuff out in the process. Here we reach the part where the bible comes in and people disagree heartily. Well, was not the bible actually physically written by man? Is not man fallible? Even if a god wrote said bible through man, then some ideas may be changed or altered. Humans have free will, and this makes us quite fallible creatures.
Oh, and do you realize you wrote "is" instead of if?

Answer 5

Im not saying evolution dont exist, I dont know because I wasnt there when the Earth was created. There is too much science saying its possible. All the Bible says is that 'In the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth', it doesnt say that He didnt create it through evolution. God can do anything. Everything done in a life span is because God allowed it. Asking that question is like asking if animals can talk. Birds talk audibly, dogs understand human speech no matter the language. that is such an open question that there really is no right or wrong answer. GOOD question tho...makes you think!

Answer 6

Yes, if God is all powerful then he could create evolution.

Actually, when I read Genesis, evolution makes much more sense than a 144-hour creation event. The literary depiction suggests a big-bang, followed by an inflationary period, and then the solar and protoplanetary evolution followed by the evolution of life as paleoarcheologists think it happened. At least that is *my* literal interpretation.

If you want to believe in special creation of humans, then consider this; God made man in the Image of God. The Image of God is the Trinity (not two arms, two legs, with a head on top, even a cat fits that description). The Trinity is Dad, Junior and the Spook... er, I mean God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit. Each of these is a different aspect of God. God the Father is a rational mind... he'd flood a planet to get rid of anything that is less than perfect. The Holy Spirt is the emotional comforter... he'd forgive you your sin so that you could be perfect and no be destroyed. Jesus, the Son, is the Body, the physical manifestation of divine that is born, lives, dies, and is resurrected... he'd die so that you could live. Like the Image of God, man has a mind, a heart and a body. Animals do not appear to have these characteristics, or at least not at a divine level or balance, but humans do. Whether humans attained this State by evolution or by special creation is up to you to believe. BTW, if it helps put things in perspective, the institutions of man that deal with the Image of God are: Mind --Philosophy, Spirit/Heart -- Theology, Body -- Science.

But you don't have to believe me. Read, learn, and think for yourself. Seek and you shall find.

Answer 7

I think you mean "if" there is a god... well sure. I guess that is the new hybrid belief which is what the "intelligent design" people stress. God started it all and let evolution take its course. this makes sense to me. There is no question that over time, animals and plants adapt to thier environment. Darwin went to several islands and he noticed that the exact same species of Finch had different beaks on different islands... He concluded, and rightly so, that each must have developed a different beak because of the different food each one ate. But now why is that so controversial? And "creationists" make such a big deal to say we were not "descended from apes" which is a GROSS oversimplification and shows the biological arrogance...as in.. God would never do that to me.. I don't come from an ape. I'm better than that.. etc. failing to take into account the years and years of reasearch and study and more research and more study. The idea is... homo sapiens, the species we are, developed over time from a long line of species that slowly changed and adapted to fit the environment. Is that so painful to understand? Or are we to believe that mankind really started in a real garden with adam and eve and cain and abel. Cain slew abel and then there were three.. where did the next generation come from? cain and eve? hmmmm... God expects us, as thinking, reasoning beings... to USE our enormous brains and to be curious and to use our ability to reason and to think and to imagine.... not to ignore the world around us so that we can take a book literally. Does that make sense? I think so.

Answer 8

Yes evolution and god can co-exist.

Evolution is a scientific theory based on the scientific method.

The existance of god is a theory based on faith and popular belief. It is not possible to prove or disprove the existence or role of god in the universe. Therefore god and evolution are not at odds in any way.

Answer 9

According to Evolution we were all born of the primordial ooze (something like that) and evolved from lower life forms to the lovely things we are now. God started making the heavens and earth and too six of his days to do it. How long is a day before there is a sun? Good question, no real answer. Basically both could be right, or it could be that God likes to keep us busy and gives us these clues to give us some fun and distracting times? I am not God who knows his motives. Another interesting possibility is that to keep free will going, he allows for the theory of evolution to continue

Answer 10

Yes. Evolution exists whether you believe in God or not, and it will continue to exist regardless of whether there really is a god or not. Evolution is not a creation theory, it is about heritable change over time. Very separate issues. I doubt they will get too much into evolution in high school, but later when you go to college you can learn about it there.

Answer 11

I think that there is God. I also think that evolution exists. I think that people are wrong when they basically say "Well, it's either one or the other..." I think differently: it's my belief that God created us... but there was also evolution... what I mean is that I think God made all those things before us and made evolution work himself. See what I'm saying? They both can be true.