Even if you believe in god why can't you believe in evolution also?

Question

Christians say that god made adam and put him on earth. Would god not have a method to his madness for lack of a better word?Like evolution? Why can't evolution be a mechanism of god? And also why can't they accept that we have a (common ancestor) with chimpanzee's and baboons. Also they deny the fact that our genes are 98-99 percent the same as these primates. We have seen them but yet they don't accept it. Why?


P.s even though evolution is called a theory by many it's a fact that used to be a theory.

Answer 1

My niece asked me this very question this weekend....I'm curious to see the answers.
I am going to do some research on it this week so that I can get back to her.

Thank you Geoffrey for your perspective. I personally take the Bible's version of creation literally and believe that God created Adam and Eve....always have and always will. I have never heard of the theistic viewpoint and this gives me some groundwork to start my research.

Answer 2

There is absolutely nothing in the theory of evolution which denies the possibility that it was set into motion, or possibly even guided by the hands of God.

The only contradiction is between a fundamentalist, literal interpretation of a few lines in Genesis, and the actual physical evidence we see in the fossil record. These same lines in Genesis also contradict findings in astronomy, physics, geology, chemistry, genetics, linguistics, and virtually every other field of science.

If you can accept that there is a God, and at the same time accept that the Earth goes around the Sun, then there should be no problem accepting both evolution and God.

Answer 3

If you are a bright person, read the book below.... but I warn you, if you possess only a hs education, don't bother. It's on the NY best seller list. Frankly, the guy could have dummied it down a bit (No reason, for example to use the word pejorative when another is available.... why send people scurrying to dictionaries. At times the sentence structure is convoluted, as well, meaning that it isn't bed time literature. But the arguments are absolutely logical, and tight, for the intelligent reader, with some background in bible, philosophy, other religions, history, etc.... again, don't bother if you lack some background... it will be beyond you... not trying to be insulting, just truthful.

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins.

Answer 4

This is inevitable. Religious people fight facts of reality that take away more power traditionally held by god. This happened with lightning, the earth's orbit around the sun, the world's shape, evolution, anything. If you tell someone that their god is that less powerful, or isn't needed to explain (rain, earthquakes, etc) it's a challenge to a life of indoctrination. No one wants to start over.

However, many christian children will be able to assemble to two by accepting reality and justifying the bible. (Oh, the creation story isn't meant to be literal!!)

Answer 5

I think for the Bible to make sense you have to take Genesis as a bunch of metaphors. Jesus always spoke in parables, and if Jesus is God, then it only makes sense that God would too. Imagine 5000 years ago God telling Moses that God started with a single celled organism called bacteria, and through billions of years transformed bacteria into fish, reptiles, mammals, birds, amphibians, etc., and eventually into humans.

Moses would be like "I lost you at single cell"

Now I don't believe in the Bible but that is the only way they can coexist.

As for God and evolution coexisting, you couldn't use most defenitions of God, but it is possible.

Answer 6

Sorry, evolution theory is still only a theory. We humans have no way to prove otherwise.
Anyway, there is not a thing wrong with seeing that God probably used evolution as His creational method along with the 'big bang'....
Yes, I'm a Christian and there are quite a few of us who see things that way.
This viewpoint is called 'intelligent design' or 'scientific creationism'.
Welcome to the real world.

Answer 7

I could say that you really came from the apes because of your poor kind of mind.You have limited knowledge of something.

You even want to say that you are more intelligent than God. You insist on evolution and you have heard only part of it, yet you pretend to know very well about evolution.

Darwin himself admitted about the existence of spiritual being before his death, Your keen knowledge of evolution is limited and you have no knowledge concerning religion and the existence of God.

You are ignorant of Gods existence. Learn more, my friend.
jtm

Answer 8

I think evolution, and science, and religion all explain the same events as each other.
I just believe that each has their own physical idea of what happened and how.
Their own traditions, and theological truths.
To accept each others rights to self belief is to acknowledge individual freedoms at the most personal level.

Answer 9

Religion and Science balance out each other..There are lots of questions that science asks that religion answers, and alot of questions that religion asks and science tries to answer. The two things compliment each other. Also many things were said in religion before science discovered them..such as the formation of iron (it didn't form on Earth, it came from space) The formation of the fetus (religion explained the formation before science) and so on.

I generally ask people to read alot of religion and alot of science. Hopefully people will start seeing the connection.

Answer 10

Maybe you have heard of Roman Catholics and Anglicans. They are almost exclusively evolutionists. Check out the writings of priest / theoretical physicist at Cambridge, John Polkinghorne.