It's been evolving since it was founded and since we've been discovering more about our world.
2007-01-19 11:31:15 · 4 answers · asked by Atlas 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Very good question and I wish they could see it.
2007-01-19 11:38:04 · answer #1 · answered by Pantherempress 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If Christians could travel back in time, they would not even recognize the Christianity of the early centuries C.E.; and if they went back to the times of the Inquisitions, they'd be burned at the stake or imprisoned for some of the things they currently believe. The Catholic church, for example, has mostly accepted evolution as fact, and even many Protestants have broken down and accepted at least microevolution. Not too long ago, they'd have been labelled heretics for that! Fundamentalists are newcomers to the stage, and there are other sects and denominations that reject many teachings that once were mandatory for admission to the Christian club--a literal hell, the existence of Satan, homosexuality as a sin, etc. There are so many varieties of Christianity that asking the question, "What is a real Christian?" is pointless--there is no such thing. A hundred years from now, Christianity will have changed even more, and will bear no resemblance to anything we know of today.
2007-01-19 19:48:47 · answer #2 · answered by Antique Silver Buttons 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am a Christian and I believe in evolution. You're confusing Christians with Creationists.
I believe that evolution could have been the mechanism that God employed to create life and the Earth. Literal translations of the Bible are generally dangerous and pointless.
2007-01-19 19:47:33 · answer #3 · answered by empathy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Social evolution versus biological evolution are pretty different. Both driven by the basic need to survive, granted, but...
2007-01-19 19:35:30 · answer #4 · answered by gomez_leovinus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋