2007-04-08 10:22:03 · 38 answers · asked by Addicted To Abercrombie & Fitch 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Evolution does not explain how life originated, only how it came to be the way it is today.
Pope John Paul shared your view. He said that the Catholic Church had no problem with evolution as long as somewhere along the way, God infused man with an immortal soul.
Clever man.
2007-04-08 10:29:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
There is absolutely nothing in evolutionary theory that would rule out the subtle hand of a god (or gods) starting the process, setting up the rules of the universe that cause evolution to operate, or possibly even steering the process once it's in place to create the effects she wants.
A totally literal interpretation of Genesis (i.e. everything in six days, 6000 years ago, Noah's flood, etc.) is not compatible with the physical evidence from a variety of fields of science, but if you can also believe in your god and at the same time accept that the Earth actually goes around the Sun, then there's absolutely no reason not to believe that god started the evolutionary path.
2007-04-08 10:31:48 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i like Yutgoyun's analogy. i strengthen into gong to represent yet another one. think there are 2 clocktowers in a city. the two are thoroughly precise all the time. One clocktower, the clockmaker lives in the tower and keeps the clock in ideal situation so it keeps ideal time. the different clocktower, the clockmaker left previously, the tower is locked and the clock desires no maintenance in any respect. which might you think of strengthen right into a extra appropriate clockmaker? for sure the only that created a clock that could desire to run all via itself without tending. So if God is ideal, I mean thoroughly ideal, he could desire to have created the international and then stepped lower back. The extra desirable progression of the international could be 'programmed' into it. it truly is an exceedingly harmless and simplistic view to think of that God in basic terms created all the species, without notice. all of us recognize, case in point, that some ninety% of all species that ever lived at the instant are extinct. So it stands to reason that God created a mechanism for further 'speciation'. Why could not that be evolution? Why could not evolution join God's plan? in spite of in case you communicate approximately Genesis to be a 'creation fantasy', while in comparison with different primitive creation myths it truly is the main precise via -some distance- in terms of the chronology of how the universe developed. First there strengthen into earth, then water, then flora, then fish, then animals, then guy. There are some issues--like the sunlight coming after the earth--yet thinking how previous Genesis is, between the oldest written archives that exist in the international, it truly is surprising!
2016-10-02 09:25:00 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course is ok. In fact I'm Christian and I also believe that the creation could was make by the Big Bam why not? The bible said that God created the world with is word, don't you imagine that maybe God spoke the word and the world shake so hard like a Big Bam. Is not bad to mix both God and Science for the contrary Science believe it or not confirm the greatness of God! Pray and God will guide you in everything! ;)
2007-04-08 10:30:27 · answer #4 · answered by Princessa 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most children in America today grow up learning evolution in school, accepting it, and understanding it. There is a relatively large percentage of these people who also believe in the Christian God. It is not a conflict really, some people just over complicate it. And where exactly do you categorize the people who believe God created evolution? It's all so convoluted. Just believe what you believe and be happy.
2007-04-08 10:28:19 · answer #5 · answered by Varlis 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
You are far from alone. In Europe that would be the majority Christian view, and it's the official Catholic one.
I do have some trouble with it, as I more and more appreciate the contingency, randomness and sometimes sheer cruelty involved in evolution.
(Sorry dinosaurs, I need some new ecological niches. Heads up, here comes a meteor...)
If evolution is unguided, this is not a problem. But to attribute it to a benevolent god is, to my mind, somewhat problematical.
2007-04-08 10:37:49 · answer #6 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Evolution is not condemned by the church, it is not accepted by it either. Nor is it anything beyond unproven theory in the realm of science. It is right up there with ESP and UFO's. Believe it if you like but do not throw out the traditional belief yet. Because that is all Evolution is at this point . Belief.
2007-04-08 10:33:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Nothing wrong with that at all!
At least you accept that evolution is logical, rather than bend over backwards to retain ignorance. If you chose to believe in a Creator God, then more power to you!
2007-04-08 11:10:38 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. It is a matter of adding and subtracting space and time to your thought. If you want detailed expedition on creation look how a chimpanzee eventually turned out to be our ancestor. If you want a more generalized interpretation of how life started then you have God as your answer. I, too, believe in evolution and creation. It is just two sides of the coin.
2007-04-08 10:41:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
why can't both be true? I'm an atheist, but if you choose to believe God created everything, that's fine. Why couldn't God have created everything and evolution both be true. God created man through evolution. Both are not mutually exclusive of one another.
2007-04-08 10:27:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋