cant creationism and evolution coexist?

Question

I mean lets get real.There is lots of proof for evolution and virtually nothing for creationism

Answer 1

That's a no brainer. Yes. Life happens. Life happens no matter how you want to blame it. Creationism alone is too stagnant and evolution.....well, evolution is just part of the progress. Think of God as the life force of the Universe. A universe that is boundless and without limits.

Answer 2

There are two major doctrines for Creationism.

1. God created the universe.
2. "Scientific Creationism" constructed for political means to jam religion into public schools.

The first is a matter of faith and is virtually independent of evolution. What created the Big Bang? Science cannot answer that. The "spark of life" could go either way and may not be provable. It is at best, scientific speculation, since once life came into existence, the primordial soup was consumed. Science has limits and good scientists must acknowledge them.

In summary, Creationism and evolution can coexist so long as faith and science are not muddled.

Answer 3

It disturbs me that out of 19 answers to your question, only two or three actually addressed the *gist* of your question, which as I understand it was... Do creationists reject the theory of evolution altogether or just as it relates to human beings? The answer is that some reject it all, but many (and I gather most) only reject the part about humans. Even many who reject it altogether probably only do so *because* of how it relates to humans. That's where they focus, obsessively... "I didn't come from no monkey" or some equally revealing statement about the denier's ignorance of evolution theory. That's because these people really couldn't care less about it other than how it relates to us... and usually have only the flimsiest idea what the theory even says! The problem for most deniers, of course, is that if humans evolved from other life forms over billions of years, it doesn't jibe with the Biblical account of humans being created in a poof by God. But that's mainly a problem for Bible literalists. The vast majority of Christians today, it seems to me, say that the Bible should be read as a collection of allegories, not as a historically and scientifically flawless account. The "allegory" camp, therefore has no problem squaring up the evolution of humans with Biblical scripture; the two can co-exist in their minds. They just remind us that God at least *started* the whole thing. When science reveals how abiogenesis occurred -- and I believe that it will -- I wonder how many believers will still cling to their faith, and to what inventive rallying point they'll next fall back. Each generation of Christians, it would seem, evolves not just physically but dogmatically. As history, science and reason reveal serious problems with scripture, they simply change their view of that passage from literal to metaphorical. Yeah, that does mean that some of them refute all the supporting evidence for evolution which science has collected for more than a century about not only the animal kingdom, but geology, botany and paleontology as well. A remarkable level of self-delusion, stubbornness and/or ignorance.

Answer 4

Why would evolution and creationsim co-exist, if, as you say, there is lots of proof for evolution, and virtually nothing for creationism. If this was entirely true, then creationism would have 'died out' a long time ago.

Answer 5

Well of course they can co-exist. Just like fractals can be the result of seemingly random numbers, why can't creation be a self-regulating, natural process, and yet exactly what the universe's God wants it to be?

See Nick Hardy's link.

Answer 6

Actually the evidence for micro-evolution (variation within a species) is great and most people dont have a problem with that. There is currently very flimsy evidence for macro-evolution which youre so convinced of.

Nothing for creationism? Well there is always GOD and CREATION itself now isnt there!? Lets just say Ill believe the God of truth before Ill believe a poorly educated atheist with an agenda.

The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness, since what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them. For since the creation of the world God's invisible qualities—his eternal power and divine nature—have been clearly seen, being understood from what has been made, so that men are without excuse. -Romans 1:18

Answer 7

They can, actually. Evolution vs. creationism is not a black-and-white issue, except to the loud evangelicals.

Answer 8

God vs. Science

God is sitting in Heaven when a scientist says to Him, "Lord, we don't need You anymore. Science has finally figured out a way to create life out of nothing. In other words, we can now do what you did in the beginning."

"Oh, is that so? Tell me," replies God.

"Well," says the scientist, "We can take dirt and form it into the Likeness of You and breathe life into it, thus creating man."

"Well, that's interesting. Show me."

So the scientist bends down to the Earth and starts to mold the soil.

"Oh no, no, no," interrupts God. "Get your own dirt!"

Answer 9

I believe they do. I see no reason why both can't be true.

It is my contention that the time period that most creationists provide of 6000 years is incorrect. We do not know how long Adam and Eve were in the Garden of Eden.

Answer 10

Can square pegs fit into round holes?