Should they teach evolution in church?

Question

I think so. Evolution is a scientifically proven fact. god is a bronze age myth. I think it is the responsibility of the church to teach people how it really happened. And it will encourage diversity in the church and a diverse church will give better results.

Answer 1

Before too long, they will.

I give it about 50 years.

You can only teach lies for so long, without alienating the people you're teaching them too.

Just like the Catholics keep changing their views to be more palletable, the rest of Christianity will do the same.

But altogether, it's simply a gradual decline, and will eventually be the demise of the church as a whole.

Answer 2

They could, but then accepting evolution would also mean rejecting god...so churches, priests, nuns etc... would be rendered useless.

Explanation:

Evolution is the theory that all life on this planet spawned from a single cell, a single organism. However, what nobody can figure out is how that first cell was suddenly created.

Some could argue that god did it and then left the planet to grow over billions of years. But, the stories that we're all told about God is that he created actual Humans, the seas, the sky etc... in seven days. ie: he had a direct hand in our creation.

This mismatch in timelines is why people would stop beleiving in God in the current context. And start beleiving in him as just a guy who planted one seed and left the planet to it's own devices.

Answer 3

Good idea.
Interesting story: I was doing research for a novel I was writing and went to various events at a Baptist Church. Someone asked about how the races came about from Adam and Eve.
I was astonished at the articulate explanation he gave that was nothing short of an evolutionary argument -- the result of adaptation and natural selection. So it isn't as if he didn't get it!

So why not accept those concepts to all species?
This is the sort of compartmentalized thinking that is SO maddening and undermines critical thinking in all areas.

Answer 4

Evolution is not entirely proven.

In 4.5 billion years of earth's history, vast number of fossil layers have been found, with the fossils appropriately dated in each layer (with some margin of error, of course).

However, there is no direct proof that one thing came from another.

That is only supposed.


We can put it this way. Suppose an alien race came to earth, unfamiliar with how things are done here.

He sees various model cars, with the closest model years being most similar to each other.

Now he might conclude (understanding that he does not have the information that we do) that a given model year of car came from the previous.

But he would be wrong.

It would turn out that each automobile and model year was made by an intelligence outside of itself.


So I think in schools it would be appropriate to teach the paleontological evidence, but state, it is *supposed* that the genesis of one species is from the previous.

But of course all theories as to how this happened have to remain in the realm of pure hypothesis.

There is no proof for natural selection as the evolutionary mechanism (if evolution indeed did occur). It is pure hypothesis.





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Answer 5

First of all, nothing in science is proven, it might be supported, not proven. Secondly, evolution is still considered a theory by all accountable scientist. Finally, I think that churches need to prepare their students to face challenges such as evolution in school, but no, it should not be taught because it has nothing to do with the Bible or Jesus' life, which is what church i about. God Bless in this Christmas season!

Answer 6

Sorry Blaze, Intelligent Design is Creationism with a wig. It has nothing to do with Evolution. As for teaching Evolution in Church I don't think there is enough money in it to motivate the preachers.

Answer 7

I don't think they should because I don't go to church for a science lesson; I go to worship and pray. I still believe in evolution, though.

(btw, did you know that the Roman Catholic Church has no problem with evolution and God fitting in the same picture?)

Answer 8

No.

The introduction to Genesis and to the whole Bible ascribes everything to the living God, creating, making, acting, moving, and speaking. There is no room for evolution without a flat denial of Divine revelation. One must be true the other false. All of God’s works are good, great, wondrous, and perfect.

Man starts from nothing. He begins in helplessness, ignorance, and inexperience. All his works, therefore, proceed on the principle of evolution. This principle is only seen in human affairs: from the hut to the palace; from the canoe to the ocean liner; from the spade to the plowshare to machines. But the birds build their nests today as at the beginning. There is growth and development within man, but no passing, change, or evolution out from one into another.

For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be evident stages of evolution today. You would be able to find species in many stages of evolution in nature right now. For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be no God. And that’s exactly what evolutionists believe and are trying prove. The evolutionist bases his or her conclusions on human assumptions and reasoning, instead of on the documentary evidence of the manuscripts.

Answer 9

Right after the teach other bible so called science like a bat is a bird and the earth not the sun is the center of our solar system.

Answer 10

I don't presume to tell religious institutions what they should or should not teach in their places of worship. If a religious denomination chose to do so, I would applaud their decision, but I would actively oppose any group that tried to force a religion to teach something within its own domain that is against its beliefs. I am a Humanist and believe in freedom of religion.