Which do you think? And I don't want just quotes from the bible or Darwin, I want actual thoughts. I say both.
2007-03-28 09:11:18 · 20 answers · asked by ? 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I agree with you. BOTH.
The vast majority of those who believe in God also believe in evolution, including the majority of Christians.
If you read Genesis with an open mind instead of in an indoctrinated way and allow for allegory and metaphor you can see that evolution poses no conflict to it.
The observations Darwin made when he visited the Galapagos islands is very accurate. Life on this planet DOES adapt and change over time to its environment and over time this can result in the creation of new species.
Evolution is not about whether or not there is a God or whether or not that God is responsible for creating life. It only explains VERY scientifically HOW life develops.
The only people evolution poses a threat to are bible fundamentalist Christians who take EVERYTHING literally and I really wish more fair-minded, moderate Christians who ARE the majority would stand up and stop their insistance that we dispense with our common sense and teach our kids biblical allegory instead of scientific fact in biology class.
2007-03-28 09:21:08 · answer #1 · answered by jessicabjoseph 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Actually, by definition you can't have creationism and evolution. What I assume you are saying is that God had a hand in evolution, which isn't creationism.
I accept evolution because it is the only explanation that can even remotely be explained with science. And it is basically proven with science.
2007-03-28 11:19:03 · answer #2 · answered by Take it from Toby 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a fact.
We know that evolution is occuring now. All evidence points to the fact that evolution has occured in the past.
Creationism, although only a religious parable, could exist with evolution in the sense that everything was created at some early stage, and evolution has allowed everything to diversify to the point it has today.
It doesn't have to be either-or.
2007-03-28 09:27:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both.
I'm not sure of the exact details, but if I recall correctly, evolution says that the first macro-organisms were plants, followed by fish, amphibians, reptiles, and bugs. Then came mammals, and after everyone else, people.
The Bible says that first came plant-life, then fish, "big reptiles", and "flying creatures", then "animals", then, lastly, people.
There a few differences, but the Bible's account and the evolutionary theory are a lot more similar than people think.
2007-03-28 11:03:04 · answer #4 · answered by Melanie Mue 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe in evolution and not in any god. If we were to anticipate that creationism were actual, I do imagine both could co-exist. the purely issue is that in accordance to creationism, each and each of the species in the present day, consisting of human beings, were created jointly. yet, evolution could nonetheless take position from that factor on with the creation of all existence serving because the starting up of evolution. What i believe and what maximum evolutionists believe is that each and each body organisms of all different species got here from one unmarried organism. the idea of creationism and the theory that each thing developed from one common ancestor do contradict one yet another. yet, you may believe that the creation of all organisms became a starting up factor and that organisms developed from the unique species.
2016-12-02 22:58:45 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Creationism is a sham science created by religious fundamentalist with only one purpose in mind, to counter the very strong scientific evidence that contradicts the literal interpretation of the Bible.
2007-03-28 09:18:30 · answer #6 · answered by Radagast97 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
My model of the universe does not require a supernatural being, although I freely admit there are gaps at t=0 of the big bang (I don't know how it happened) and abiogenesis (again, I don't know how it happened).
But everything in between is pretty much a done deal, and assuming a god of the gaps is a really weak position in my view. Therefore, I opt for a natural process we do not fully understand yet.
2007-03-28 09:27:09 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It sure looks like evolution happens, based on the evidence. However, that has nothing to do at all with whether God created the universe.
2007-03-28 09:18:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is based on science. Creationism is based on faith. One belongs in a science class, the other in philosophy class.
2007-03-28 09:25:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Evolution with an allowance that there may be a creative deity.
"Scientific" Creationism is pure garbage.
2007-03-28 09:15:33 · answer #10 · answered by novangelis 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋