Can you be a Christian and still beleive in Evolution?

Answer 1

Yes. Most do, it's just that those that don't are louder.

Answer 2

I would say that a lof of Christians that I know believe in micro-evolution, which is the ability of all creatures to adapt etc. However, I think that its pretty difficult for someone to be Chrisitian and believe in Macro-evolution, which is the idea of a fish eventually turning into a completely different species etc. Most people think that you have to be religious to believe in the opposite of Evolution: Creation. However, more non-religious scientists are starting to accept the idea of Creation because of the scientific evidence. I myself don't consider myself a Christian. However, I have studied the subject in classes and read books and ultimately have chosen Creation as the answer for the start of the world.You don't have to believe in a God necessarily creating the world or be a Christian etc. All Creation teaches is that the universe had a logical, planned out beggining with a purpose all the way through instead of the random accident that Evolution teaches. And if you look at the probablities that Evolution teaches, and then compare it to what Creation teaches, one might see how Creation is just as good if not better than a belief in Evolution. Check out a book that compares the two side by side and you can see. I know I wrote a lot, but I hope this helps! Good luck : )

Answer 3

Of course. Only the fundies say otherwise. They are a peculiar little phenomenon, only known in the U.S. (Almost) and completely oblivious to reality and the rest of the world. Tell a Japanese, Chinese and European, Indian, South American, or anybody else from a widely educated country (Or an educated person from anywhere else in the world) that a large portion of the United States still doesn't believe in evolution and they'll just give you a blank stare of disbelief and say something like: But more than 99 percent of the population can read!

Answer 4

The question that has to be answered first is:
What does it mean to be a Christian...?

Answer: a person must (at heart level) recognize their sinfulness before God, repent of their sins, and receive Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Savior by grace through faith - believing in Him as having died in their place for the forgiveness of their sins.

This has no bearing on whether a person believes in evolution, or not. And obviously, Christians are WRONG about a LOT of things, but that doesn't mean they lose their salvation...and nor does it prove that they are not a Christian.

So whether a person believes in evolution, or not (and whether or not evolution is true, or not) has no bearing over their salvation.

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Another issue is distinguishing between microevolution and macroevolution.

Microevolution is almost universally accepted...regardless of religious belief.

Macroevolution is the "hot" debate...
Those who accept the underlying assumption that God does not exist are almost forced to believe in Macroevolution.

Those who accept the underlying assumption that God does exist are yet divided over this issue.

Given the irreducible complexity of human beings, though, the probability of macroevolution approaches zero...and many believe to be zero.

For example, if you had an INFINITE number of monkeys...and provided each of them with an old-fashioned typewriter, then statistics would show that one of them randomly hitting keys would type out the complete works of William Shakespeare.

But, of course....this is quite absurd.

Macroevolution is equally as absurd.

But if you work with the underlying assumption that God does not exist, then you are left with such absurdities as the only plausible explanation as to why we are here...

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Answer 5

Absolutely yes. The real question is, "To what kind of evolution do Christians ascribe?"

Macro-evolution is the athiest hypothesis: everything from nothing, no God creating anything, primordial ooze sparking a single cellular life-form, that eventually evolved into billions and billions of species, including man. THIS hypothesis is the one Christians reject.

MICRO-evolution is the believer's hypothesis: God created all things, both living and non-living, and gave the living things the ability to change and adapt to their environment. Thus we have dogs of various breeds, which were once wolves, and flowers of many types and colors, etc. Humans have been exploiting the variability of species of flora and fauna for thousands of years.

Hope that helps.

Answer 6

Yes. Only some Christians believe that Genesis presents a literal creation story.

Answer 7

Sure the thing is we never said we dont believe in evolution. Its just what we believe has evolved and what was created is the issue at hand.

Answer 8

Sure, all Catholics are required to. At least PURE Darwinism -- Natural Selection NOT Survival of the Fitest and NOT randomism.

That's the issue.

ONLY IDOTS pit EVOLTUTION against CREATIONSIM

It's RANDOMISM that is not acceptable.

The Planckian view of life.

Answer 9

Many Christians do. The insistence on special creation is pretty much limited to American Protestants.

Answer 10

Yes. Pope John Paul II did. You just don't accept that it was random and accidental but guided by the hand of God.

Answer 11

Probably not, considering the bible teaches that god created the world in seven days. I myself do believe in evolution, but then again I'm not Christian.