Yes, it is contradicting but I believe in both.
I believe that God created all things, but I also believe in Darwin's Theory of Evolution.
Is this wrong? I'm a Southern Baptist so I am a 110% believer in God, Jesus, and the Bible. I think they could coexist.
2006-09-07 06:08:14 · 13 answers · asked by bridetobebrandie 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Then you are a smart girl. The Darwin Theory PROVES the Bible!
"A thousand years in Heaven is but a day on Earth.' That's probably misquoted from the Bible, but it's the gist of it.
Darwin - 1st - Fishes and sea creatures
2nd - things that crawl in the earth
3rd - things that walk on all fours
4th - humans
Bible - 1st - Fishes and sea creatures
2nd - things that crawl on the earth
3rd - things that walk on all fours
4th - humans
Coincidence? I don't think so.
2006-09-07 06:13:00 · answer #1 · answered by Bonnie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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. The account in Genesis clearly states that God breathed life into the man who became a living soul. (Not primordial ooze, or a fish with legs, but man.)
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.
2006-09-07 06:30:02 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. numerous geologists who printed their artwork many years before Darwin wrote "on the starting place of Species" confirmed that the Bible became no longer thoroughly precise, by using the undeniable fact that they had information that the Earth turned right into a minimum of thousands of tens of millions of years previous. although the older churches like the Roman Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican already knew the Bible became no longer thoroughly precise besides, quite no longer Genesis. it truly is purely the fundamentalists who insist that it truly is. i imagine that's because they arrive from culturally disadvantaged areas the position the purely books that they had were the Bible and perchance Shakespeare. they don't have any custom of scholarship except the Bible because it became distinctly a lot the purely e book that they had. for instance you could not study St. Augustine, who wrote quickly after Bibles were compiled, or Lyell the geologist from the early 1800s in case you do not have a replica of their books. now to not educate human beings like Spinoza, Cuvier, Voltaire, Werner and dozens of others. EDIT no longer that I fairly have study a majority of those, yet a minimum of I fairly have heard about them and characteristic an theory of what a number of them reported.
2016-11-06 20:06:03 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The two are really the same thing. Evolution is the process of creation. GOD visualized (CREATED) everything in his consciousness,then released it to manifest through the "BIG BANG",the process is still going on. the universe is still expanding,this all proves GOD exists and is hard at work.
2006-09-07 06:16:16 · answer #4 · answered by Weldon 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I also believe in Darwin and my own religion (Hinduism). I am studying Biological Science in university and it opened my eyes to a lot of new views.
2006-09-07 06:17:26 · answer #5 · answered by Booga Wooga 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I somewhat believe both everybody has there own idea.
look at it this way If Gos isn't real then who are going to say you are wrong. If God is real hey you still believed in him so you safe it is better to say you believe in him before a catholic comes and tries to convert you
2006-09-07 06:15:43 · answer #6 · answered by Dum Spiro Spero 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
flame me if you want, but i don't necessarily believe the world created in 7 days thing....i have always believed that was a metaphor for a much longer period of time...
2006-09-07 06:15:44 · answer #7 · answered by L 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in both Torah and evolution.
2006-09-07 06:10:58 · answer #8 · answered by Quantrill 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, as long as you don't think that creation "literally" took seven days, it is entirely possible.
2006-09-07 06:13:21 · answer #9 · answered by Besmirched Tea 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how can you do anything 110% when there is only 100% of you?
2006-09-07 06:10:04 · answer #10 · answered by princessninabina 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋