2007-01-15 09:42:01 · 34 answers · asked by Jacob P 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Yes. I am a Christian and believe evolution coincides perfectly with the bible. Peter said, "a day to the Lord is as a 1,000 years," so it's very conceivable to me as a Christian to say that the "days" of creation spoken of in the bible may not have been six 24 hour days, but actually days of thousands or even millions of years. I see the garden of Eden story as being the testing of man's souls. I see it as being a spiritual place. I think at some point in our evolution God placed the soul and consciousness into man and he willfully sinned for the first time. But I believe there were other people on the earth when these first people became fully human which would explain where Cain's wife came from and who the people were that Cain was afraid would kill him after he killed his brother Abel. And I think these other people were those killed off by the flood. Great question.
2007-01-15 10:14:35 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course, you can. Evolution doesn't contradict Christianity. It does contradict the Bible, however, but you can get round that by saying that the Bible is fallible and has been corrupted over time. Biblical scholars can prove this...
Example: Did you know that the earliest surviving copy of Revelations has the Number of the Beast down as 616? Obviously, that part of the Bible at least has been perverted.
2007-01-16 02:26:59 · answer #2 · answered by Chris W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Personally you can beleive in what you want, people can be dictated theirn beleifs but some take root and others don't, so it's really a chocie you make on your own. If you talk in general discussion then the answer is no.
Evolution is a theory that comes about by studying the evidence we have uncovered and coming to the most likely reasonable conclusion that we continue to find evidence that supports it, whilst it also stands up to critique. If you accept that this is both an acceptable way to draw a conclusion and that this is the truth, then not only are you disproving what your religion has told you but also the reasons that you have a religion, which at it's most basic level is to provide answers to things but answers that do not answer to critique reason or evidence.
2007-01-15 09:50:24 · answer #3 · answered by jleslie4585 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, it is entirely possible. I believe that the Bible is a book about faith, not about science or history. The creation stories in the opening chapters of Genesis are not literal accounts of the creation of the world, in my opinion. The message behind those stories is not how God created the world, but simply the fact that he is the force behind that creation.
I view science as the study of the rules God established for the way his creation works. Through the study of science we are able to learn more about the character of the creator through the study of his creation. With that view, evolution can become the process God used for creation.
2007-01-15 09:58:50 · answer #4 · answered by MacDeac 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, Catholic theologian Theilhard De Chardins based his life works on reconciling the two ideas. A meticulous biologist, he was also a devout Christian. He believed the uniqueness of man and the wondrous process of evolution only confirmed the glory of God.
2007-01-15 09:46:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes, most mainstream Christian religions happily accept evolution. It is the Bible literalists, the Young-Earth creationists and the Old Testament Fundamentalists who do not accept the fact of evolution.
It is strange that they accept the germ theory of disease because that is completely against the teachings of the Bible too.
2007-01-15 09:53:13 · answer #6 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Either you believe in Christianity or you believe in evolution! You cannot be a Christian who believes in evolution because the two do not mix!
The Bible is very clear when it says that in the beginning God created....! True Christians believe this and evolutionist do not!
2007-01-15 09:50:11 · answer #7 · answered by zoril 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Yes. Two ways of looking at this come to mind right away. 1) Evolution is guided by God's hand. 2) Bible stories are to be INTERPRETED symbolically.
2007-01-15 09:50:08 · answer #8 · answered by Frater Z. 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all world views have some sort of contradiction inherent to them. christians who accept evolution are on more solid ground than those who don't, but they must lose the 'inerrancy' of the bible thing.
2007-01-15 09:46:42 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah. I believe that God guided the evolution of men. If you look, we are still evolving. Look at how much we have learned, and also look at how we live in groups. It makes sense that we evolved, but for things to turn out the way they have, and not have had God's hand in it, it's nearly impossible. <><
2007-01-15 09:46:30 · answer #10 · answered by ichthus607 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋