Would it be true to say that even if the THEORY not fact, of evolution where true that through that process there would have to be a first human? The first modern man and or woman? Could Africa possibly be the Garden of Eden? Thus through either belief of the Bible version or evolution their could have been an Adam and Eve? The Discovery Channel said this on a show a few years ago.
2007-04-30 11:35:13 · 16 answers · asked by saxman232001 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure, that's not a problem. Evolution does not automatically exclude creation.
All the theory of evolution says is "Hey, we have fossils that go from simple to complex over a couple billion years, and we have fossils that go from ape to human over a couple million years. That implies evolution."
You can stick a creator in there anywhere you want. Who created original life? The planet life sprung from? The universe that hosts the planet? No problem. Just don't completely IGNORE the evidence of evolution in the process!
2007-04-30 11:38:42 · answer #1 · answered by DougDoug_ 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure they can, but why are you adding a divine hand to something that can occur without thought? I used to do that when I was Agnostic Theist. I would say hmm well maybe god created the big bang because the big bang doesn't have an explanation. What I was really doing was called the god of the gaps. I was trying to explain why something happened with a being that I also know not out to explain.
There very well could be a god, but the evidence doesn't point directly to it. I think to jump to such a conclusion, can only cause harm to the scientific method of discovery.
Acid already explained what Theory in science means :(
2007-04-30 18:51:46 · answer #2 · answered by Magus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What you are saying is sort of true. Also, your use of the word theory is not the scientific one - but that's another issue!
The problem is, single organisms don't evolve as such- groups of organisms do. There is some argument that there still has to be an originator - at least a female... Certainly many theologians believe that the garden of Eden is a metaphor for humanity in it's developmental stage and in harmony with nature - so in that sense they would tend to agree with your ideas on Africa. But I think you are still tacking it all (Genesis AND Science) to simplistically, superficially and literally.
As an slight aside- it is believed that all Europeans are descended from just 7 women (about 10 000 years apart!) that are often referred to (by Scientists) as the 7 daughters of Eve!
I feel you are very much on track overall with your comments as trying to separate what religion (all of them) tells us about origins and beginnings and what science says is just plain silly! It's all the same stuff just expressed from differing perspectives. Foolish to argue about such things!!!
2007-04-30 18:54:31 · answer #3 · answered by Tirant 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In common usage, people often use the word theory to signify a conjecture, an opinion, or a speculation. In this usage, a theory is not necessarily based on facts; in other words, it is not required to be consistent with true descriptions of reality. True descriptions of reality are more reflectively understood as statements that would be true independently of what people think about them.
In science, a theory is a mathematical description, a logical explanation, a verified hypothesis, or a proven model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation.
2007-04-30 18:44:09 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i am sorry, if you try to mix evolution and creation.. that's not going to work.. God created man in 6 literal 24 hr days.. read it in Genesis, if he created stuff in 6 millions of years periods.. the sabbath would last millions of years and noone would work on it.. (fourth commandement in the kjv, niv) Evolution also disagrees with Noah's flood, ask any scientist.. 95 % of all fossils consist of bottom dwellers of the sea, or some sort of a sea creature.. not to say there can't be microevolution.. but to go as far as to say a man came from a monkey.. sorry.. not biblical, in fact it's anti-biblical..
2007-04-30 18:54:27 · answer #5 · answered by zig 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Whether there's a universal creator or not, our ancient texts, including the bible indicate an extra terrestrial influence or creation.
2007-04-30 18:44:03 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmmmmm.
Evolution is based on a posteriori via the five senses.
Creationism is based on a priori via abstract ideologies.
Not sure how you could merge opposites together unless your cutting the foot to fit the shoe....
2007-04-30 18:42:00 · answer #7 · answered by Maikeru 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a christian and believe that way because nobody knows what the first humans God created looked like so we could have evolved into what we look like today
2007-04-30 18:41:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I never found a conflict between the science of the theory of evolution and my Catholic Christian Faith.
2007-04-30 18:40:16 · answer #9 · answered by James O 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The real issue is not which theory is most provable, but which authority provides the underlying assumptions.
2007-04-30 18:43:20 · answer #10 · answered by John 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋