Does evolution deny christian, jewish and/or muslim beliefs? why? why not?

Question

Any religions that support evolution?

Answer 1

No, it does not. However, most religions misinterpret their own teachings, and deny the existence of evolution.

Answer 2

If you accept the creation story at all, then yes, in my opinion it does.

I don't know about Islam as much, but if they follow the geneaology from Adam to Abraham and on down through Ishmael then this still applies.

Some people take the creation story to be symbolic or allegorical. There are different levels of this, but some will totally agree with evolution, saying that the creation story was just the short version or a metaphor for how it really happened.

The problem is that there's a geneaology in the Bible that goes from Adam all the way to Jesus (again, don't know if this geneaology is accepted in Islam or if there's another or what). That line of people is about 6 thousand years long, and implies that humanity has been around only that long. This we know is not true.

Now, if you say that the story of Adam and Eve is just a metaphor, then when does that geneaology stop being a metaphor or symbolic and start being a literal ancestry?

And if that line is symbolic (and having a symbolic geneaology seems to not make sense in the first place) somewhere along the line, how do you say any of it can be known to be true? Some people will even go so far as to say that the holy texts are not infallible. Well, if they are not, then how do you discern what's true in them from what is not?

You end up having to pick and choose what is true and what isn't, no matter how you look at it.

Answer 3

"Any religions that support evolution?"

Modern-day evolutionary theory is a relatively new concept, in the broad scope of things, and most religions pre-date it, so probably not. It might be compatible with some of those Eastern belief systems, but only because a lot of those faiths don't specifically say that a deity created all species in their present form.

"Does evolution deny christian, jewish and/or muslim beliefs?"

Like I said, it goes against the idea that God created all species in their present form. But if you don't take the Bible so literally, then you can have one and the other at the same time.

Answer 4

a few months ago the sunday paper where i live(chicago) had a scientist saying that god made evolution and that when god and jesus talked to people they used terms they would understand like when they ay 6 days primitave man didnt know what a billion was and pope john paul the second and many more christians and jews and muslims believe evolution i seen some website run by religious sceintists that prove evolution was created by god bbut not being a scentist i dont know how valid the website is

Answer 5

Evolution has nothing to do with religion, though some religions object to it. Evolution simply states that "things evolve", "survival of the fittest" (the better the species can adapt to its environment, the better chance it has to continue to exist), etc. God is never mentioned, never affirmed nor denied.

I don't know that any specific religion subscribes to it, though many religious people manage to work it in.

Answer 6

One could say ,God started the whole process from the Big Bang to amoebas ,then up through monkeys to man;and then say ,God made Adam and Eve.But if we do that,we deny the validity of the scriptures.In my opinion God could of done it in 1/2 a milli-second,but for our sakes,to set time,days and weeks ,He did it on a 7 day pattern.Then told us(because there were not timing devices yet ) to use the astronomical system to determine seasons etc.
I think Evolution denies God ...period.

Answer 7

no it doesnt say anything about wether or not god exists or wether or not god created the universe. what it defies is creationism. i guess that sorta is christian. the bible says the world was made in seven days. but that same part of the bible says gods so mean he turned a chick into salt because she turned around. so yea. whatever. buddhism allows youto believe nearly anything you like. this icnludes but is not limited to evolution christianity even satanism (not devil worship, satanism)

Answer 8

When they 7 days, we think human days. Since time is man made, god does not apply. So it could support a evolution theory.

Answer 9

in some ways, it refutes it, in some ways it supports it. but anything is open to interpretation the way you want to interpret it. for example, evolution may exist, but god created it. (im not saying thats true. it's just one interpretation.) but ideas within evolution deny the existence of a god.

Answer 10

It is clear that many things on the earth has evolved, or de-evolved, since the time of the Great Flood. In the case of humans, we've de-evolved, as our life spans have gotten shorter and our intellects has gone down.