Sure.
Like Southpark said, evolution answers the question how, and religion answers the question why.
2006-11-08 07:52:10
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answer #1
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answered by Much too tired. 3
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Of course it is possible for a Christian to accept scientific evidence on scientific matters! The source of all the false conflict between science and religion is the unauthoritative personal interpretations that some Christian individuals and groups force onto certain Bible passages. All Christians use the same Bible, yet most of them see no conflict between the facts revealed by science and the facts revealed by Scripture. So why do some think they see such conflicts where in fact there are none? And why do they feel that their own personal interpretations of the Bible are infallible? If I had a certain notion about the meaning of a Bible passage, and I discovered that all available evidence indicates that my interpretation is wrong, I might just might have the humility to say, "gee, maybe my biblical exegesis isn't infallible after all".
2006-11-08 08:06:19
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answered by PaulCyp 7
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Of course it is possible for a Christian to believe in evolution. In fact, most Christians do. It is only a fringe group of Christian Extremists who do not believe.
Half the Christians in the world are Catholic. I was taught in both Catholic High School and at a Catholic University that evolution is true (once by a nun, once by a priest with a PhD in biology). Even Pope Paul II said that "Evolution is much more than just a theory."
2006-11-08 07:52:33
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answered by Ranto 7
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Most Christians DO believe in evolution. Just because there's a loud group of American Christians that would fight science tooth and nail doesn't mean you can tar them all - you have to have a wider perspective. For example, The Catholic Church is fine with evolution - and that's one large chunk of Christianity.
2006-11-08 07:54:29
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answered by JAT 6
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Like oil and water. Religion has no place in science, and science has no basis in religion. The two are, and should remain, mutually exclusive. Now, as to whether a Christian can believe in evolution; yes, why not?
It all depends on whether or not you choose to accept the Bible as literal fact.
2006-11-08 07:53:10
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answered by whtknt 4
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Absolutely! Modern Christianity's decripition of the origin of things is very general (unlike the older teachings of the Hebrew Faith), and simply describes who created things and in what general order (if the Bible is to be read literally), not how that creation happened, or what happened after that creation outside the lineage of Adam. Evolution simply describes what's happened since the origin of life. Darwin himself was a Christian and a creationist, and simply strove to describe what he saw around him. The Rosicrucians and Alchemists follow(ed) a similar theory, and never had a problem mixing religion and science.
2006-11-08 08:02:15
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answer #6
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answered by Shihfu Mike Evans 4
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Hmm..probably not a Christian, but I do. I believe in evolution AND God. Even if humans evolved from something or other, something had to put that thing that evolved there in the first place, hence the need for a God, or at least a higher power.
2006-11-08 07:51:54
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answered by Anonymous
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You should be asking is it possible for a Christian to state that 500 000 biologists worldwide are wrong about evolution and still be considered sane.
2006-11-08 07:56:13
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answered by Anonymous
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I think that many parts of Science can prove the existence of God....however if evolution were a reality, it would make sense to me that mothers of multiple children would have evolved to have more than two hands by now! :-)
2006-11-08 07:51:56
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answered by mynickname 3
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Of course science and religion can mix. But evolution is not a scientific fact, and I for one do not believe the theory is correct.
2006-11-08 07:50:32
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answered by Elle 6
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