If Evolution is real then can god exist?

Question

I am at an inbetween place right now. I want to believe but science shows otherwise.

If so why. If god created man then how does that work?

Cheers guys. Alot of blinkered extemest answers there. Its the ones who don't know either that really interest me. Scientists at one side say Evolution has been proven which I tend to agree with being from a scientific background myself. But the bible I agree contains SOME truth. Although it was written 300 years after the death of Christ. Dam! that's me back to where I started. never mind folks, thanks for the comments anyway.

Answer 1

Not as far as I'm concerned. You're better off not believing, trust me. It's a growing experience.

Answer 2

It depends whether you believe God intended the bible to be taken literally or metaphorically.

It also depends whether you believe in evolution or not. One priest I knew said that if you looked at evolution through the centuries, most steps in the evolutionary ladder were very small, but the leap from monkey to man was enormous and therefore it is doubtful it ever happened (he said). I don't know about that, but it could be food for thought if you're questioning things.

I'm in the same place as you in some respects, but I think the point is that believing should be a leap of faith. You look past what science seems to think (as in that area nothing has been categorically proved one way or the other), and just believe. I can't do that yet, much as I'd like to.

I really hope you get there.

Answer 3

Perhaps you need to see more science than what you have learned. Eventually they'll both come full circle.Lets say; It was just about the promise of returning some day. Mans imagination filled the rest. With "God" all things are possible or the knowledge there-of. That is; " God "=>Universe. Somehow as I said the message was misinterpreted. So, with God all things are possible even God. Our concept of time and evolution/creation is flawed because of our limited knowledge of immortality.(Spiritual/Energy) Jesus left many clues in his teachings. Many teachings have been past down spiritually this way also before his life and after. Did Leonardo Da Vinci use spray paints? Jesus spoke of the "Hosts" and the "Great Hosts" as with Star Gate and other sci-fi shows suggest. Look into Remote Viewing and Watchers and look for the similarities.
http://www.trvnews.com/tmn/091405/godreligionlife.html

Answer 4

The theory of evolution is entirely compatible with the existence of a deity. It just isn't compatible with the notion that every single word in the bible is literal truth. If you see parts of the bible as allegorical and written by fallible humans, then your problem vanishes. Lots of christians take that approach. Indeed, if you read up on the history of how the bible was put together, I find it amazing that anyone could believe it's literally true.

If you eventually come to the conclusion that god is allegorical, then you've followed a path out of theism that has been blazed by many others before you. However, most christians don't end up taking things quite that far. :-)

Answer 5

Yes, is my surprising answer, given that I am an atheist. But there is nothing inherent in the truth of evolution that is incompatible with the concept of a creator.
What it is incompatible with is the idea of a creator as described by bible fundamentalists, who insist that every extant species is the result of a special act of creation, as in Genesis. That is just not true.
Please understand that evolution is a fact. It is observed to be happening, and is established beyond all doubt by the evidence of comparative anatomy and genetics, especially the later. Creationists would have you believe evolution is 'just a theory'. This is a deception. There are theories of evolution, just as there are theories of gravity, the theory describes the observed facts. The most widely accepted is that of natural selection.
So there could have been a creator - evolution does not explain, nor does the theory attempt to explain, the origin of life. It does explain the diversity and inter-relatedness of life on earth today, and throughout the geological past, which Genesis can not do.
Science is not incompatible with the abstract concept of god. It is utterly incompatible with god as fundamentalists describe him.

Answer 6

Science shows otherwise? um...not really. Ok, if you left some food or for that matter, almost ANYTHING out very long and didnt do anything to it. Would it get better (ok, well, I'm not talking about wine) or would it get worse? Stuff deteriorates. It's a fact. Another thing: How did evolusion get started? There had to be something in the first place. So how did that thing get there? Just a few thoughts!

p.s. Science can never prove anything. It can make a theory, but almost every theory (excluding gravity) has been proved wrong, or else modifived in the future, maybe people 500 years from now will look at us and say 'whoa! what were they thinking?'. Has the Bible changed? well, we have NIV, for those who like the easier reading......

Answer 7

Yes, God can exist. Evolution is real, but one has to consider how the universe itself came into being. One idea is the multiverse theory, the other is God. These are the main ideas.

Where is the idea that the bible was written 300 AD?The majority of the bible was written before christ, centurys before.

Answer 8

I used to enjoy having this conversation with the JWs that turned up on my doorstep (only I'd let 'em in and make a cuppa before subjecting them to me - bwahahahaaa ;)). If you take the Bible literally, then no, I don't see how evolution could be true, but if you look for deeper stuff within the Bible... say, for example, the seven days God took to create the Earth (in Genesis, IIRC), well... who's to say that they're not seven God days, and since seven God days **could** feasibly translate into seven billion Earth years, then there you haveit, God sets the stuff in motion, then sits back and watches His handiwork chugging along merrily.

I do think Andrew explained it so much better than I ever could though. :)

Answer 9

I think what you are refering to halox is called "agnosticism" Its the position that you are not sure for certain that god does or does not exist. They are not completly bias one way or another. I think evolution is a reat landmark as to our origins but beyond that who knows, But basign a religious base to the unknown is very linear of us. Think of it this way. If you compact the earth history time frame in the span of 48 hours than human existence would only be a FRACTION of a second. Now you think of how much the earths history is to the rest of the universe or even it size and frame to it all, unfathomable. Now compare ourselves or our lives since the begining of religion 2000 plus years as an all understanding to the beginning origins of the universe just to give us a peace of mind as to contribute some cheap enigmatic purpose for our existence. It a tragedy really that we have and continue to waste so much time on such superstitions and make excuses as to why we need these ideolgies of hypocracy instead of grasping our every breathing miracle, and understand we are truly alone and the only thing that makes the emptiness bearable is each other.

Answer 10

You should continue to study the sciences and read the word of God. Always remember that the word of God is unchanged for thousands of years while the science of man continues to change as theories are disproven and new ones arise. IS there such a thig as evolution ... yes but to what degree ... and did life start from some freakish primortal scum... science has yet to duplicate that and I believe they never will. Only God can create life.

Answer 11

Well, personally I believe in evolution and not in God. But I see no reason why God cannot have set off evolution in order to create the world. This means he would still have created the planet and everything on it, but does not dismiss the evidence that evolution is the true reason for our being here.