A Question for Religious People who don't believe in Evolution:?

Question

I'm guessing that if you don't believe in Evolution, you believe in Creationism, but let me ask you a question: Isn't it possible for the two beliefs to co-exist? I mean is it feasible that God/Allah/Vishnu/etc decided just to kick the Universe and Life off, and then kinda let things take course, you know? What do you think about the possibility of this "distant" version of your Supreme Being?

ps. If I'm being rude, please let me know. This question is asked with all due respect.

to Doppleganger:
So?

to Armygal:
Good point. I guess if I were God, it would be more fun to DIY the Universe lol.

Answer 1

That is a good question, and deserving of an answer. The problem is that the teaching of creation is not in a vacuum, it is intermingled with a number of other doctrines. For example Romans 5:12 "Therefore, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men, because all sinned-- " The issue here is that sin enters the world through one man Adam, and then death through sin. So according to that there was no death before Adam's sin. So how do you have all those dinosaure etc dying before Adam. That is only one of many theological issues. If you have a multiplicity of people all evolving at once, then how is sin passed on to those who ddn't sin? The botton line is that for those who understand a little theology it just doesn't fit. You really have to either accept one or the other.

Answer 2

Something Kick Started it, definitely, but what is for others to speculate. I can GUARANTEE that life on this planet did not xist into millions of years, much less billions.

-----THE GUARANTEE-----

The sun is a star. As with all stars, the sun loses a certain amount of mass every day, because it is burning itself up. A class mate of mine did a project on this, which is what brought it to my attention, so I dont remember the details, but if dinosaurs happened when they supposedly happened within the evolutionary theory, then the sun would have burned them up. "Millions of years ago" the earth would have been a part of the sun. Moreover, if it was the best thing for monkeys to evolve into us, then what the hell is the rest of the monkey population doing these days? Time to get on board fellas... If I was a monkey, I'd want to be me, not a monkey. Where are the REAL missing links? why are some creatures that were not supposed to exist in the same time period fossilised next to each other? How is a human footprint embedded in a dinosaur print? How does evolution make any rational sense when all evidence points elsewhere? Creation, Intelligent Design, whatever, nothing has evidence proving or disproving it, but evolution is being taught to our children and yet it is the only theory that all the evidence says is a total load of crap. Evolution stops being a viable theory shortly after the road of research takes you beyond genetic similarity, the alpha and omega of evolution.

Answer 3

I find myself to teeter between Christian Evolutionist and Old Earth Creationism.

... and now you're probably asking, "What the heck are you talking about?"

Christian Evolutionism: God created the universe and everything everything else in it. He created laws and governing principles that guide all things in a particular path, which has lead us to where we are now. God has the ability, and continues to, have an effect on our world as He see's fit. Including the sending of His son, Jesus.

Old Earth Creationism: The universe was created as basically described in the book of Genesis, however, not in a literal 6 days. There are places in the bible that speak of a day to God as being like a thousand years to men, thus, the universe, and the world took far longer than a meer six days.


I have been told, on more than one occasion, by more than one christian, that christians should believe in nothing but a litteral 6 day creation.
I think this is based off of a misunderstanding of the Genesis creation account.
The hebrews wanted to know where they came from, so God gave them a simple to understand story about their creation, and the situation that they found themselves in. Had he wanted to give them a long drawn out explaination of EXACTLY how he created everything - he could have. And they wouldn't have understood any of it. These people were, for the most part, uneducated slaves with little or no scientific background. They wouldn't have been able to understand a complex origen account. Instead, God gave them something they could handle - "I created the world, everything around you, and you."

In the end, how the world and the universe were created is not a salvation issue. The bible never says, "In order to be saved, you must understand the complex mysteries of the origen of the universe." It simply says that you must believe in God and Christ, and put that faith into action. If God wanted to give us a detailed science book, he would have. Instead, he gave us something simple enough for a child to understand, but divisive enough to keep us talking about it until the day we die. - Which is a pretty good way to keep people talking about him and his creation.

Answer 4

I know many Christians that ascribe to that belief, and all things are possible. I personally find evolution as stated now as very unlikely, and has too many holes scientifically. I am open to the discussion of the possibilities of he two actually being one or having coincided. I also understand that it is hard for a science based mind to believe in a God, but if looked at objectively the scientific theories are every bit as much of a stretch of the imagination. It is a subject I enjoy discussing and or debating with people that can do so intelligently and objectively.

Answer 5

Your question is not rude at all, thank you for asking it in a kind manner.

Creationism and Evolution just simply do not mix. The entire spirit of the Bible and God's will is against it. Is it any wonder why so many Darwinists are atheists?

Many new Christians believe the ideas can co-exist, but they just haven't done enough research on the topics yet.
Ask yourself these questions: Why do you need Evolution to be true? Do you think that God NEEDED evolution, or can you believe that he created man out of dust?
Do you believe in the "creation out of nothingness" that the book of Genesis talks about, meaning that God created the universe and everything in from nothing?

Also, you should look at the fruits (what has come out of) evolution. I answered a question about this very thing a few hours ago, the link is below.

Answer 6

things cannot live on their ownsleves , if there is no GOD there ....
there cant be a house without any constructor there ....
so can there be a whole universe without a creator , who is the most organized soul ever ...?
so this shows that there is CREATIONISM out there .....
in QURAN Allah says " when I want to do somehting , i jsut say KUN FAIQUN ( let it happen ) and it happens ".
so why would Allah almighty would prefer evolution when he has the power to make things ???
isnt he capable of creating new n reformed things .. ratehr evolving them from the previous ones ?????

Answer 7

You really need to stop thinking of evolution as an alternative for religious beliefs. Religion is based on no fact or evidence, evolution is. One mustn't believe in a scientific principle or theory. One must try to understand and agree or disagree. Religion can be believed or disbelieved because it is based on faith and one has a choice.

Answer 8

If I were forced to choose between the three, I would choose that theory. It makes more sense than the universe either coming out of nothing, or being made in a ridiculously short time and absurd manner.

Answer 9

I am a Christian and I believe in some very limited evolution over time within a species. I do not believe for a minute that my ancestors were fishes or that any species evolved into another.

Answer 10

I am not 100% certain that God did not use evolution in the process, however i am 100% certain that evolution, if indeed true, is not by chance, but by God. i dont believe that the universe, the planets, the sun, the stars, all fell into place nicely "by chance", and that we humans are the end result of "survival of the fittest", and "natural selection". I believe God put all things in place in the beginning.