Is there a plausible explanation that would prove evolution and Adam and Eve?

Question

This question is for anyone who can offer me a plausible explanation for the occurence of both evolution and the creation of man by God by the way of Adam and Eve. I think there is proof of both of them, but I am baffled as to how it could be. Do you think it's possible and why?

Proof doesn't always have to be scientific -- I also believe the Bible is based on historical events, and there is such a thing as "historical evidence." That does not rule out that the Bible is completely accurate and/or literal.

Answer 1

if you take the words of the bible literally, creation and evolution can't co-exist, but if you accept that the bible may not be literal then both can exist.
God created the earth in 6 days, what is a day? 6 days to god may be the millions of years that show in the study of evolution. what was adam and eve, the first man and women as we define man and woman now, or our ancestors whatever that may be or have looked like.
Go with the time line in the bible in a literal interpretation human history is not older than a few thousand years, which doesn't match the findings of our current science.

Answer 2

The days mentioned are not earth days, but days of a distant planet (the first day can't be an earth day anyway, because in it the planet earth wasn't created yet)

then Adam's mom was a monkey-woman. He was given intelligence somehow, through the breath of life. He had a daughter or a sister who had similar genes to himself, human genes. And, well, that was eve.

Disturbing, so I don't believe it. But that's the official stance of some churches who accept evolution.

Another possibility is that chimps and cavemen were practice, (and maybe the dinosaurs were too) God letting the angels design their own human before Jehovah or someone came up with the perfect Adam design.

The fall of adam and eve does imply evolution, because the animals and the plants actually changed. evolution is change, so the bible does state a kind of evolution. Some will also point out the mark of Cain as evolution, so Cain could have been father of the Neanderthals or something, but I don't know if that was inherited.

I think both evolution and Adam and eve are nonsense. I get into more arguments that way. (Nobody seems to care that the earth is actually shaped like a cylinder...)

Answer 3

There is no, nor will there every be, any "proof" for the religious claim that humans began with Adam and Eve. This is solely based upon the holy scripture of Judeo Christian faiths. However, perhaps instead of trying to place the story of Creation in a literal understanding, but rather attempt to see it as the allegorical lesson it was most likely meant to be, then you can see how Adam and Eve might represent the first two people to become aware of God's presence rather than the literal first two people on the planet.

Evolution is a very well-supported scientific explanation of how all life developed on our planet. The only people who reject this scientific understanding of life on earth are those who refuse to see beyond the literal word of scripture. Unfortunately, there is no way to convince anyone of anything if they have already created an absolute belief system. They won't see the facts, but rather accuse those who present those facts of lying or being misled. They will place their support behind so-called scientists who only use certain facts, rather than the entire scientific knowledge proven and available, to support their religious views.

Bottom line, there is no connection between the "science" of evolutionary theory and the "faith" of scriptual dogma. Sorry.

Answer 4

Plausible explanation? Sure. Proof? Not quite.

God created the Earth in six stages, not six 24-hour days. It was lifeless at first, then came sea life, then life on land, then people. Humans are a special creation by God, and whether He slowly directed the hominid lines into the homo sapien form, or created them whole cloth completely separate, He clearly made them very much like all the other animals on Earth (and why not?)...but not exactly like them. Humans have many qualities that other animals do not, not the least of which is the ability to reason and question the world around us in practical ways.

There. It's not perfect, but it'll do for a short version of what an explanation might look like.

Answer 5

Really, no. I can't think of any way they can possibly be simultaneously true. To accept the notion of a sudden origin of mankind based on Genesis is to also have to accept a six day creation story that is not supported by credible scientific evidence. I think that the concept of God himself is not inconsistent with the validity of evolution, though.

I'd be interested to know what evidence you think there is for the existence of God. Mostly, what I hear in this regard is some version of, "here's something we don't understand, so God must be responsible for it." The problem with that kind of thinking is that it banishes God to the gaps in our understanding. I object to that because such a god is a god that can theoretically be squeezed out of existence.

While I know that this will be controversial with literalists, I think that the Jewish answer to this question is correct and that the creation story and the story of Adam and Eve in Genesis is intended more as a lesson about man's relationship to God than a literal description of historical fact.

Answer 6

>>a million) it rather is impossible that all and sundry international inhabitants(greater effective than 7 billion human beings) to come again from in basic terms 2 persons. the maths: Assuming 2 many years according to technology. 6000/20 = 3 hundred generations. 6 billion = 2 * x^3 hundred => x = (3 billion)^(a million/3 hundred) = a million.0000000019. Now, for each new child, there are 2 mothers and fathers so each and each guy or woman has 2x infants = 2.0000000038. "Take a penny and double it" it rather is potential yet no longer likely as figures could desire to be consistent and don't no longer incorporate mortality costs, organic and organic catastrophes, famine, war or greater effective lifespan.

Answer 7

Evidence ALWAYS needs to be scientific, as science is method that is used in such diverse disciplines as agriculture, law and even social science, once in a while. You are baffled, as there is not one scintilla of evidence for any Adam and Eve persons.

PS Scientists do not prove things; mathematicians do.

Answer 8

I personally believe that it is possible to believe in both. I think the main trouble most people have is that they confuse the physical body with the immortal soul. These are completely separate entities in my mind. As for the physical body, the bible teaches that it is of the Earth, and shall return to the Earth. Furthermore, it tells us that God took the substance of the Earth (clay, if you will) and slowly formed it in his hands until it took the human shape, after which he beathed the living soul (immortal soul) into it. I believe these passages have evolution written all over them. Our bodies are clearly derived from the life on this Earth, but only after we assumed the human form did God breathe the immortal soul into us.

Answer 9

No, not give the facts that have been found on the planet earth.

There is no evidence at all for creation (that I know of). And if there are a few pieces, they are FAR outweighed by evidence for evolution.

Answer 10

The Jewish calendar started in 3751 BCE, the Old Testament was written down in its permanent form in Babylon, circa 600 BCE...

A lot can change in 3,000 years of oral tradition over the course of 60 generations of story tellers. Basically, the Bible is a nice, poetic, fairy tale...However, every culture and religion has a different one...