If the theory of evolution is right, does that mean God didn't actually create animals?

Question

"religion got it wrong about HOW god created the animals, including man."

If that's true, then wouldn't that mean the bible is wrong if they got it wrong?

belenuruguay....Stop assuming my beliefs, it's question...okay! No, I'm not a Christian, but I'm not a Atheist. Though I don't see why I have to explain myself, since this isn't meant to be personal

Answer 1

Evolution from simple organisms to complex is impossible based on the biochemistry alone.
Every living organism is already a complete system capable of reproducing, Complete systems are products of for-thought, design, engineering, and production=creation.
Yes to your question.

Answer 2

Not necessarily...the theory of evolution is a science topic. The Bible is a religious topic. Religion and science are two entirely separate areas of study, like math and literature. But I don't see anyone asking whether or not the Pythagorean Theorem negates Shakespeare's sonnets.

Just because the theory of evolution might be "right" doesn't mean that the Bible can't also be "right." They're just "right" in different arenas. I've never understood why so many must look at these issues in such a polarized manner...

Answer 3

There are endless possibilities for answering this question, but they all boil down to yes or no.

There are some who believe that the conflicts between science and religion are illusary. These would answer that God is the guiding Hand behind all of the little events in the evolutionary process, which removes the element of randomness from the evolutionary paths of each of the species that have survived to the present day. This is an interesting idea, but since it can't be tested by any accepted scientic method, it can't become a part of scientific theory.

It also points to the fundamental conflict between the ways scientists and religionists evaluate ideas: scientists use a logical and systematic process of testing to decide whether a hypothesis should be accepted; religionists have their own logical processes, but in the end will accept or reject ideas on faith, sometimes in spite of all evidence to the contrary.

To a scientist, all ideas are subject to reevalution in the face of new eveidence, but most religionists rarely question older ideas once they have been accepted even when they are outside to purvey of their religious texts--witness the persecutions of Gallileo despite the lack of any Biblical texts that contradicted his ideas about the structure of the solar system.

In the end, you have to decide what you believe. If you believe that the Hand of God is hidden behind every act, I will not dispute it.

Answer 4

The theory of evolution does not attempt to guess whether or not God had anything to do with it. The theory of evolution is a scientific theory, not a religious theory, and therefore it only deals with the facts and evidence that can be seen and studied. If people then wish to believe that it was God who started it all, and made the decisions that THAT'S how things were to happen, that's up to them.

Answer 5

Haven't you hard? God created Evolution. The word day
in the first chapter of the old testament was
translated from the ancient Hebrew word "Yum" The
word was used for "Day" but it was also used for "Time"
By the time of King James it was easy to overlook the
second meaning. Try reading that first chapter and
starting with the second word day replace it with
the word time. The other days as well in that chapter.
Good luck and have fun.

Answer 6

The evolution fable isn't right, it's the greatest fraud in history. It is a disgrace to science.
"Evolution has undoubtedly acquired a philosophical agenda with its own, highly motivated and zealous advocacy. This has resulted in an unfortunate lack of scientific objectivity (The preface to the centenary edition of Darwin's 'Origin of Species' by the eminent Professor W.R.Thomson F.R.S. declares: "the success of Darwinism was accompanied by a decline in scientific integrity")."
Wikipedia (Darwinism)

Answer 7

Technically, no. It only means that religion got it wrong about HOW god created the animals, including man.

Answer 8

knock it off Atheists. You cant prove your theories any more than theists can prove theirs, so you're demeaning know-it-all attitude towards them makes you look as moronic as the fundies that pick on "non believers" You people are the "Fundies" of the Atheist world.

I think most of the bible is just like other mythology; metaphors for the creation of the world. not to say they weren't divinely inspired, I just have a hard time seeing God wave a magic wand and saying "let there be stuff here, and over there.. ooh and spiders" I think he took the universe, and breathed life into it, and is great, yet subtle enough to let life take its own course. Just my oppinion.

Answer 9

No, it does not.

The theory of evolutions offers an explanation of how humans became human, and how dinosaurs became birds :)

That says nothing about how life first began. You combine evolution with the big bang theory and maybe then you've got a possible godless existence, maybe not. Theories are just that, theories...

It is very possible that God wanted to create a self sustaining environment, and only offer the occasional debugging.

of course, we might just be in a big computer simulation, or it's possible that we exist only in your imagination, and you are the only reason the world is what you think it is... spooky, I know.

Answer 10

Nope, it just means that He didn't create them ex nihilo (out of nothing).

As to the mechanics of how God accomplished the creation - evolution is just as good a theory as any other to explain that.