Evolution and creationism?

Question

Can't I believe in both?

Answer 1

yes. that way you'll be at least half right.

Answer 2

To be fair, I don't think a belief in a literal 6 day creation is necessary to be saved, but once you begin to study, a belief in evolution can pose some real problems with believing the whole bible. It creates problems like....
What part of the bible is symbolic and what is literal?

If sin and death came about at the fall, then how can millions of years of evolution and death dovetail in with a bible belief?

Where do the dinosaurs fit in?

If Genesis is symbolic, is Jonah and the big fish and the ressurrection of Jesus Christ symbolic as well?

It creates problems when discerning what part of the bible is literal and what part is symbolic.

Again to be fair, some theistic evolutionists have answers to some of these questions but I think that a belief in a literal 6 day creation should not be believed in just so that it won't cause problems, but because it is true.
If you sit down and look at the science to back it up, it makes sense. There are books and websites out there done by real live scientists and very intelligent and well educated men that believe in a literal 6 day creation if you just look.

www.answersingenesis.com is just one of many.

Good luck and God bless!

Answer 3

Nope, not really. You could say that God created us and we, well, we've actually been de-volving, but that is a form of evolution, yes? =P

For the record...
Anyone who says evolution is science is DEAD WRONG!!!!! Especially some guy who said that Creationism is nothing but fantasy?!?!?! Dude, you're an idiot! Or misguided. Either way, I feel bad for you. I don't know how many times I have to post this, but there are certain conditions a belief must meet in order to be considered a science. They are as follows:
1) It must be able to be observed. As the "evolution experts" have already pointed out: "Evolution is ocurring at much too gradual a rate for us to OBSERVE it." Thank you Captain Obvious!
2) It must be able to be repeated in a controlled environment- a lab. Have any evolution experiments succeeded? Let's count 'em up, shall we? Nope. Zero. Zippo. Nada.

Evolution just doesn't measure up! All evolutionists have to go on are the writings of a seminary drop-out who desperately tried to rid the world of a God he had once wanted to serve. Look it up.

I'm sorry if I sound like an a**hole. It makes me so angry to see people like, "Oh evolution is science, we're so smart, blah blah blah" and it's like "People! Get a GRIP!!!! It's not any more of a science than Creationism, so get over it!!!"

So bud, to answer your question, stick with Creationism. Leave it to God. Wouldn't it be easier to turn to Him and let Him solve the mysteries than trying to compromise with the world and with a religion (evolutionism) that puts you at the level of nothing more than a civilized monkey?

Answer 4

Sure, with concessions to each. I don't see why evolution couldn't be the work of God. The universe is so complex and so marvelous and so diverse that it's hard to believe it all just evolved from nothing. DNA is the perfect way to adapt life to a changing environment. How could it be an accident?

And I don't trust the arrogance of scientists who are certain they know all the answers, when virtually last week they were certain that the earth was the center of the universe and the sun as a ball of ordinary fire. And for all their theories, the evidence is that only life begets life, not some fortunate accident in a sea of primordial soup.

Answer 5

Since evolution says nothing about the existence of God, and there are many doctrines of Creationism, it depends on the version. Literal Biblical Creationism is excluded because it is not compatible with the findings of biology, geology, astrophysics, anthropology and several other disciplines. Many other doctrines, from theistic evolution to simple creationism ("God created the universe.") are compatible.

Answer 6

well
i think you can
Creationism is not Christianity. Evolution does not describe the creation of all things, it describes the complexity of humans, and most animals in comparison to fossil records. So, To believe that a higher power created all things, and that evolution occurs does not contradict each other at all.

Answer 7

YES!! There is nothing in the Bible that would preclude the process of evolution. God "created" all things, including free will, couldn't he have "created" evolution as the process by which the earth was populated? The Bible speaks of many things but it is plain foolishness to think that God "just went click". God doesn't just go click now, he lets things unfold as they will, an experiment of sorts. Free will is an evolution of the soul, Evolution says nothing against God or the Christian view of the world.

Answer 8

Evolution makes no claim for or against a god per se. So from that side, no problem.

From the side of a general belief in a deity, again, no problem.

If, however, one wishes to believe in the god of Genesis, the answer is no. Genesis clearly says beast would give birth to offspring "after their own kind". Sorry, no macro-evolution here.

Answer 9

Charles Darwin believed in both evolution and creationism. Darwin believed that all species evolved from a common ancestor and that the common ancestor was created.

Answer 10

thats a matter of definitions. Do you believe God created the universe? if yes, then your a creationist. Do you believe nothing created the universe? if yes, then you are evolutionist. the difference between the 2 is only in who created what. Did someone create or did nothing create. To me someone creating is much more logical then nothing creating something. For example, i ask you to close your eyes. You hear a clap and you ask me if i clapped. I say, nope, that clap just kinda happended. Which sounds more logical? I clapped, or nothing clapped?
could God have used evolution to create us?, i would say no. God created Adam as an adult and ipso facto ( :D ), he created it all in adult forms. again, the only difference between the 2 views is who/what created the universe.

Answer 11

Absolutley. The debate between the two is artificial and for the most part childish, having more to do with the human urge to be "right" than with the reasonable exchange of ideas.