Do you think that evolution is compatible with the bible?

Question

How could they coexist with eachother and both of them make sense?

If the people who were writing the bible were speaking in behalf of God, then why didn't God mention evolution?

Answer 1

Scientists do not concern themselves with what it says in the Bible. Science is about what the facts and observations of the world show.

However, many churches have accepted that Evolution is the way the modern living world was developed. Several recent Popes of the Roman Catholic church have issued statements saying that it is totally OK for catholics to beleive in Evolution and still be 100% good catholics. When Pope Benedict was a Cardinal he was in charge of a big project reviewing how the RC church and science interacted. The project totally endorsed Evolution. This is online and you can read the whole thing.

There is also a project in which 10,000 clergy signed a letter endorsing Evolution as the best explanation of how God worked to develop the animals and plants on the world. You can search that online as the "10,000 clergy project"

Answer 2

Sure. No one knows how the first simple life began, or how evolution got coded into our being. It could have been a higher power behind all of that.

Hugh Ross is a scientist who is also a devout Christian. He has written several books that show how the Bible is compatible with modern science. More info is available through his website, reasons.org. He believes that modern science has provided us with even more reasons to believe.

Perhaps early man could not fully grasp all of this process, even to write it down, and Darwin is actually a servant of the higher power, further explaining the wondrous process that led to man's existence.

Both religious fundamentalists and scientific fundamentalists are determined to fight about this. But there is no need for most of us to join the fight. Nothing in science denies the possibility that a higher power created man through the Big Bang and evolution, and still watches over us today. Most peoples religious beliefs are not in conflict with modern science.

Answer 3

I don't see why they have to be considered at odds with one another., but I suppose it depends on how vociferous about it a person chooses to be. The Bible was written by men of faith to explain the miracle of creation the way they best understood in terms understandable to a majority. Evolution is based on an incomplete record, by men of science who wish to do much the same- except they are trying to outline the exact process. The men of wrote the Bible were not concerned with the process that was used, only to record that it was all done by the Almighty. The evolutionists do not tend to address whose hand lay behind the action, merely to document the process. They are two parallel views, not opposing, or at least I don't see they need to be. I am certainly in no position to say yes- this is the way God did it, nor do I think anyone is expert enough to say yes- this was the only way He could have done it. Nor do I think even the evolutionist can tell us exactly how any of it was done, nor even where, when or why. The Genesis account of creation actually follows the basic record of events much in support of what the evolutionists find. The earth and heavens separated first, then land and water, then plant life, followed by animal life. Not that I think it really matters. It remains the same miracle, whether the process actually took 7 days, 7 centuries, or 7 million years. Both the creationist and the evolutionist are describing different views of the same miracle, each from a different viewpoint. One side is merely concerned with the Who of creation, and the other is concerned with the how.

Answer 4

No. The bible gives a specific description of how species arose, and that description cannot be reconciled with evolution. With evolution now a proven fact (write me for details if interested), the bible is proved to be in error. Which, considering all the other errors and internal contradictions found in it, is old news.

Answer 5

Many people choose to believe that God guides evolution. But others choose to believe the literal traslation (which dosen't jive with modern science).
The Bible can be interpreted any way you want it.

Answer 6

The Bible and the human knowledge base we call "science" are completely incomparable, and "compatiblity" between them is not an issue.

The bible has its purposes, and its purposes are metaphysical, allegorical, and spiritual. Science has its purposes, and its purposes have to do with facts, real relationships, and the operation of the natural world.

The two cannot be compared, and so cannot be considered either compatible or incompatible. They are in two different worlds.

Answer 7

The Bible doesn't make sense. It's full of contridictions, falsehoods, and incitements for violence and hatred.

If you feel the need to pick one over the other, go with science.

But if you believe in the Bible anyway, you obviously don't feel the need for sense and logic, so why not just go with both?

Answer 8

Well, if you believe the Bible is an allegory to how you should live your life, and leave science in the purview of scientists, compatibility is quite possible.

Answer 9

yes
If God chooses to create the conditions that would force Man to evolve why not>?

Answer 10

It is more a question of religion and faith more then it is science. For example, I beleive that God created everything and evolutiion does not exist only due to my religion.