Evolution has no contradictions with religion?

Question

What do you think?
In my opinion evolution has no effect on religion, and should be accepted as well proven theory.

In my opinion, discovering Evolution is just the way humans get closer to understanding the amazing rules of life god created for the universe.
Evolution is God's way of making humans the amazing, resourceful species they are.

Thoughts?

i like that. God's time is beyond our own comprehension.

Answer 1

If all christians subscribed to your point, then we wouldn't have this silly debate about the oxymoron that is creation science.

When I was a christian, I saw evolution as "god's" doing. The modern fundamentalist movement, and their insistance that the bible be taken literally, is the only reason that this "battle" is underway.

Answer 2

Rather heated topic.
There are two types of evolution. MicroEvolution and macroevolution. Microevolution is verifiable, reproducable science. Example: If you mate small white dogs, chances are good that you will get a small white dog, keep breeding small white dogs and you will eventually only get that type of dog.
Macroevolution would be the theory that two dogs could produce a bird or that a rock could explode in space setting off a chain reaction and after billions of years come up with people. That isn't observable nor is it reproducible, therefore it is not science but natural history.
Natural History is as much a religion as Christianity, Judiasm, or Islam. It's founding premise is faith - faith that there is no God and that humans descended from primordial soup. There are the priests of evolution, many who chime in on this board - spreading their message by ridiculing the alternative.
The logic goes like this: There is no God, therefore we got here by accident.
Interesting though, the study of science was founded by Christianity! It was hijacked along the way about 150 years ago by humanists and has derailed since.
Of course, they "prove" that their point is correct by rewriting history to show that all previous peoples were unenlightened and not as intelligent as today. Although most of the REAL (observable) science was done in the 1100-1600.
It's easier to believe that we are an accident than to believe that there is a God who cares about our actions and will judge us based on our choices.

Answer 3

If you're open minded about your religion, then yes, you can reconcile it with evolution. However strictly speaking Christianity fails when you factor in evolution. The basis of Christianity is the fall of man. If the creation story of the bible isn't correct (which it most certainly isn't) then Jesus would have died for nothing since man in fact did not inherit original sin from the first humans (Adam & Eve).

This is why evolution is taking such a hit in the U.S. The majority religion is fundimental christianity which takes the Bible litterally. They would much rather keep their fantasy alive and remain ignorant than adapt to the times and accept reality.

Answer 4

i think of there is not any conflict in any respect between the assumption of God arising the earth and the assumption of evolution. after all, if God created each and every little thing, he might even have created the mechanism for evolution, so which you will desire to argue that God created evolution, which isn't this way of preposterous concept in case you think of roughly it. if it quite is the case, which it okay would desire to be (would not God even have created the micro organism and viruses which reason plagues and epidemics?), then people who vehemently argue for the two creationism or evolution yet not the two, might hence be utter fools. The Bilble can't be taken actually because of the fact it is not clever to attain this. The six 'days' of introduction would desire to each okay have coated a time span of tens of millions of years. there is not any incorrect thank you to describe the dinosaurs, and why Cain and Abel on that day of the homicide have been the two not snapped up via some foraging Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Answer 5

Evolution destroys the literal truth of Genesis and if the foundation is destroyed the whole edifice comes tumbling down about the ears of the creationists. For normal Christians however who accept that much of the bible is allegorical and uses figurative language there is no problem posed by evolution.

Answer 6

Evolution refutes Creation as the Bible presents it. As long as you don't believe that the Bible is inerrantly true, then you can believe in evolution without contradicting your Christianity. It is more plausible the way you have it, but you have to ask yourself what the root of your belief is... apparently it is not the Bible. So now you must ask where you are going to get your information about what to believe.

You are absolutely right to believe in evolution. It is the overwhelmingly most logical interpretation of the world around us. It is either that or belief in a deceptive God of some sort. (A God who has the power to reveal himself, but instead chooses to leave a trail of evidence pointing to common ancestry, but a Bible that claims divine creation) The evidence for evolution is that good. Anyone who doesn't understand merely needs to research atavisms briefly, or genetics a little less briefly. That, plus our corroborating data from fossil evidence, plate tectonic theory, radiometric dating, and phenotypical evidence is so exacting that any God in the Judeo-Christian sense is undeniably less than forthcoming about His existence. It's too bad for Christians that the Bible was written before we understood biology. It makes it really hard to decide what to believe.

(P.S. crap I love the answer above me! :).... "make their primitivist stand", etc.)

Answer 7

It's a non-starter for Christians who've been mistaught that the creation story is literally chronological history. Where they are and are not willing to accept that something is metaphorical seems a matter of personal preference and apologetic convenience, but on this most plainly not historical and chronological mythology is where they make their primitivist stand. Apparently science is alright for inventing a Jumbotron to project Joel Osteen's teeth to the rear of the coliseum, but science that offers contradiction to the pre-scientific notions of religious writers who knew nothing of bacteria and viruses and believed mental illness was demon-possession, men who were writing theology, not physics books, there they draw the line and insist that these religious writers were taking divine dictation.

Answer 8

Some do hold that opinion, called "theistic evolution". I suppose it depends on how you look at it. The phrase "each after his its own kind" does seem to contradict evolution though, being that evolution states that kinds continually change into other kinds, not remain the same.

Answer 9

when you start with a flawed premise all you can expect is a faulty conclusion 1. Religion and evolution are not in agreement evolution is a pure theory with not factual basis has never been proven for it to be a fact it has to be proven by a number of independent scientists and easily duplicateable which it has never been all of creation came from God and he never uses evolution ie for example according to a few attempts to duplicate amino acids the chance of just 4 acids accidentally comming togother aer 1 1,000,000.000.to the 23 power and for all of them to just happen in the right proportions then the genetic infor and all the other infinitely complex processes to take place you woul be writing zeros from now to infinity and still not get it right so there is no chance absolutely zero for this to happen as speculated and that is just for one type of life get the point Gorbalizer

Answer 10

the first part you got right then you blew it with the god thing your christion god was not around when evolution was gowing on or the universe try better next time