Christians,How do you feel about Evolution?

Question

I am a Christian,but I believe in most of the theories regarding evolution.What about you?

I believe most of them because of all the studies I have looked at,and how things really do evolve.I 'd like to think that God created us to evolve.

I am not saying the bible is a lie,I just think that God created the things on the earth to evolve to survive.God is a funky Guy,he probably put alot of thought into making this earth so that it didn't fall apart after a few years into existance.The Bible does give details and hints(so christians are not completely left in the dark) but there is probably more to it than "Poof!Hi guys!"

Answer 1

You are in the majority. Only a fringe group of Christian Extremists deny evolution and claim that the creation story is literal.

Answer 2

I am also a Christian who thinks evolution is factual. :) People make it tough to hold those two beliefs, at least where I live - it's generally assumed around here that you can't be a genuine Christian and also be an evolutionist. I'm convinced you can. GR Morton is a Christian who was a YEC (young-earth, seven-day creationist) for a long time, but became an evolutionist as he realized that the evidence he saw as a geologist was conclusive. His website is here: http://home.entouch.net/dmd/dmd.htm He's recently added a for-sale section for some of the articles that he's written, but many are still available for free. This site was a big help to me when I first came to terms with the fact that evolution is, well, a fact.

(BTW, I'm also not an 'Intelligent Design Propenent'; my "creation" theories are, I think, closer to Deism. I think that God started the universe ticking, and did it in such a way that He didn't *need* to interfere with the rest of creation. He may have interfered in other things since then - Jesus, the Bible, etc - but I don't think God spent his time messing around altering our genes over the last hundred million years.)

Answer 3

I think it's a theory that has never been proven. I think it's an idea that man has conceived because he is too stubborn to accept the idea that we were created by a Divine Intelligence. I think that some people will swallow the idea of the Big Bang Theory or evolution, etc. without questioning it, even though it's still a theory, yet they will ridicule those who believe in God because they say there is no proof of His existence. They choose to ignore the fact that our cells, our DNA, has a highly sophisticated code that had to be written by someone other than us, a Higher Intelligence at work.

Answer 4

The test of any theory is whether or not it provides answers to basic questions. Some well-meaning but misguided people think evolution is a reasonable theory to explain man’s questions about the universe. Evolution is not a good theory—it is just a pagan religion masquerading as science.

1. Where did the space for the universe come from?

2. Where did matter come from?

3. Where did the laws of the universe come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)?

4. How did matter get so perfectly organized?

5. Where did the energy come from to do all the organizing?

6. When, where, why, and how did life come from dead matter?

7. When, where, why, and how did life learn to reproduce itself?

8. With what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce?

9. Why would any plant or animal want to reproduce more of its kind since this would only make more mouths to feed and decrease the chances of survival? (Does the individual have a drive to survive, or the species? How do you explain this?)

10. How can mutations (recombining of the genetic code) create any new, improved varieties? (Recombining English letters will never produce Chinese books.)

11. Is it possible that similarities in design between different animals prove a common Creator instead of a common ancestor?

12. Natural selection only works with the genetic information available and tends only to keep a species stable. How would you explain the increasing complexity in the genetic code that must have occurred if evolution were true?

13. When, where, why, and how did: a) Single-celled plants become multicelled? (Where are the two- and threecelled intermediates?) b) Single-celled animals evolve? c) Fish change to amphibians? d) Amphibians change to reptiles? e) Reptiles change to birds? (The lungs, bones, eyes, reproductive organs, heart, method of locomotion, body covering, etc., are all very different!) How did the intermediate forms live?

14. When, where, why, how, and from what did: a) Whales evolve? b) Sea horses evolve? c) Bats evolve? d) Eyes evolve? e) Ears evolve? f) Hair, skin, feathers, scales, nails, claws, etc., evolve?

15. Which evolved first (how, and how long, did it work without the others)? a) The digestive system, the food to be digested, the appetite, the ability to find and eat the food, the digestive juices, or the body’s resistance to its own digestive juice (stomach, intestines, etc.)? b) The drive to reproduce or the ability to reproduce? c) The lungs, the mucus lining to protect them, the throat, or the perfect mixture of gases to be breathed into the lungs? d) DNA or RNA to carry the DNA message to cell parts? e) The termite or the flagella in its intestines that actually digest the cellulose? f) The plants or the insects that live on and pollinate the plants? g) The bones, ligaments, tendons, blood supply, or muscles to move the bones? h) The nervous system, repair system, or hormone system? i) The immune system or the need for it?

Answer 5

Well over time you'll see that they are in opposition and conflict with each other. One is atheistic philosophy and the other is not. There is no reason to believe in or fight for evolutionary theory as a believer because it does nothing but teach people that the Bible cant be trusted and there is an alternative method to how we came into being without God. Even if there was better evidence for it and it looked more true than false, how many people is evolutionary theory going to save? Just about none! Wasted time!

Answer 6

The Vatican last year announced that Christians should embrace evolution and science. Evolution is an objective fact. Unlike religious dogma, though, which does not tolerate revision, our knowledge of evolution is really only starting to become clear. To denounce the entire factual body of evidence because all of the pieces are not in place is the way of feeble minds. Many religions, but especially Christianity, have trouble accepting the discoveries that mankind makes about Nature. But, objective knowledge goes on, despite the primal drag of fear and superstition. Christians have dragged on ever new discovery about Nature, such as when we learned that the Sun and stars do not circle the Earth. I believe they burned people to death over that one.

Answer 7

Actually, I think most of us do believe in evolution. I mean really, its fact. Not the silly man from ape thing, that's nothing more than yet another unproven theory, but species evolve all the time. Look at aligators, caimans and crocodiles, they most likely started out with the same ancestors. Just this week scientists have finally figured out that the flippers on dolphins use to be legs. Humans get taller and supposedly smarter with each generation. The first humans were black, but migrating to colder climates lightened our skin, hair and eyes. So what's not to believe, besides the big bang from nothingness nonsense? That's gotta be one of the silliest theories of all time.

Answer 8

I am a Christian, too. I am a Creationist. I believe God created man from the dust of the earth. I believe God created the heavens and the earth.

But, I also believe that certain species evolve because of inbreeding and climate.

For instance, if you breed two different types of dogs, you get a new type of dog. New breeds are developed by this. Some dogs have thick bushy long hair because they need protection in the cold. (the Husky). Some dogs have short hair, because of the heat (Chiwa was (sp).)

Man evolved from the color of their skin by the climate they lived in. The closer to the equator, the darker the skin. That is protection from the sun. Blacks have curly hair that stands away from the scalp. This is to cool their heads from heat. Those in cold climates -- their hair is flattened on their heads to keep them warm.

I believe God is the creator. No big bang theory. No one-celled animal theory.

But, I believe that throughout the centuries, the characteristics in man and mammals have changed, by our own effort and living conditions.

Answer 9

Most Christians, like yourself, are not afraid of scientific truth. I certainly am not. I am secure enough in my faith to know that no facts uncovered by science can possibly conflict with my faith, because truth cannot conflict with truth. All the available evidence supports the idea of biological evolution, so I accept the theory as the best available explanation for the observed reality that species have replaced earlier species ever since life began on earth. Not to do so would be dishonest. Acceptance of this reality doesn't interfere in the least with my faith, my prayer life, or my walk with Christ. Why would it? My Christian beliefs are based on absolute truth, as revealed by God to His Church, not on some self-proclaimed preacher's unauthoritative guesses about the meaning of certain Bible passages. When your biblical interpretations conflict with proven facts, it may be time to acknowledge that your biblical interpretation isn't infallible.

Answer 10

I'm not so much interested in things that may or may not evolve or may or may not have evolved as I am the Creator of all things - Romans 1:25 & Colossians 1:6 - who doesn't change - Malachi 3:6 & Hebrews 13:8.

And I'm not so much interested in evolving as I am being conformed to Christ in possible every way - Romans 8:29 & Phillippians 3:10.

He is my exceeding great reward.

Answer 11

I, as well, am a Christian and a total believer in evolution. They don't have to be mutually exclusive! I believe that the majority of fundamentalists who dismiss evolution, and believe that every scientist is conspiring against Christians, have never studied evolution themselves. Evolution is the process by which God created all things. Just because you know how something was created, doesn't take away from the creator. Well, what about Adam and Eve, one may ask? I believe that the story of Adam and Eve is true, but when Genesis talks about creation, it is the process of God giving Adam and Eve free will and everything else that separates humans from their common ancestors, not exactly creating a new species that never existed.