If there is a god there can be no dinosaurs and vice versa
2007-04-11 09:46:35 · 20 answers · asked by You really_believe_that_shit? 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Perhaps you dont know ...that Hinduism believes in Evolution
Hinduism says we have to pass through 8.4 million species before reaching human body
Darwin's theory of evolution is imperfect in comparison to hindu philosophy of evolution
Hinduism believes it is the evolution of Mind which first awakens in chemicals, comes to plants, animals and humans...and it is the mind that changes the bodies
As per hinduism this evolution of mind still going on till we reach divinity
2007-04-11 22:48:20 · answer #1 · answered by ۞Aum۞ 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
You can't reconcile Darwin with God unless you have the keys to death and Hades.
I found this footnote on a web page about Darwin's Origin of the Species.
"Darwin has in mind not only the Biblical flood, but theories of nature which attributed all traces of large-scale change to various catastrophes. Ironically, most modern Darwinians have integrated the belief in at least one great cataclysm--the cometary impact which evidently ended the age of the dinosaurs--into evolutionary theory."
This would seem to indicate that Darwin's theory did not include an explanation of dinosaur remains, although I haven't read it for a while. I know he was interested in current agricultural methods.
2007-04-11 16:55:27 · answer #2 · answered by purple hat 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
That is not necessarily true. Job mentions animals that could be construed as dinosaurs. If you translate the word "yom" from Genesis as a period of time rather than a literal day (both are accurate translations) then you can see how the Genesis account correlates with evolution. I believe that God can create however He wants and if He chose to use evolution then that explains its beauty and flow. However, pure creationist reject this idea as do pure evolutionist but I think there are more of us coming to the middle ground. We will see.
2007-04-11 16:50:09 · answer #3 · answered by future dr.t (IM) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Early Genesis need not be taken literally. It features a talking snake, a non-miraculous one, which is as strong a hint of allegory as can be imagined. Darwin and other contemporary scientists took it that way, and had no problem with theism on that score. Every denomination in the UK (except for a few tiny ones) takes early Genesis that way, and even most in the USA do!
2007-04-11 17:20:24 · answer #4 · answered by miller 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
neither Darwin nor God (the Bible) explain the dinosaurs, but at least Darwin tries, the Old Testament is a prime example of the lack of understanding humans once had, the theory of evolution is itself a prime example the evolution of human natures understanding. so humans tried to comprehend their existence with creationism, we then evolved, and for the time being, we use Darwinism.......little to do with the existence, or lack there of God
2007-04-11 17:49:24 · answer #5 · answered by dobthe1st 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Apparently Darwin felt that by studying Gods design-nature, he was gaining more insight into God. I'd go along with that, however, I think God created the laws and energy from which the universe came, knowing exactly what would happen to every single particle over billions of years. God intended the world to be this way and didn't have to put it together bit by bit.
2007-04-11 16:53:30 · answer #6 · answered by purplepeace59 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why MUST it be one OR the other?
If there is a God, maybe He just had a plan that we don't understand, yet. You shouldn't make declarations that it can only be one way or the other when the truth is you don't KNOW that. If there is a God, then maybe He gave humans the brains and intelligence we have so that we can use science to someday understand HOW He did things. Open your mind a little.
2007-04-11 16:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by Jess H 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It doesn't have to be either/or, either there is a God OR there was evolution.
The creation story in the Bible, like the many, many creation stories told by human beings throughout history, is the explanation of a thoughtful, poetical people who had no access to the scientific knowledge that humans learned in the millenia since.
God did it; Darwin is one of the many scientists who explains how.
2007-04-11 16:55:17 · answer #8 · answered by TaDa 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Darwin did not write about dinosaurs.
2007-04-11 16:50:57 · answer #9 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Something created the conditions in which the earth formed and life began and evolved. Call that god if you wish. Why not? However nobody who is living or has ever lived knows the nature of that creator although many people would like you to believe that they do.
2007-04-11 16:57:55 · answer #10 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋