OK, burning 5 pts.....Why do you think that evolution has anything to do with Religion or Spirituality?

Question

People - creation and evolution are different theories of how the earth and life began here. That a natural science question.

Can we please drop the Monkey Trial debate and talk about spirituality and religion? At least for another hour.............

So far it looks like 2 themes here:
A. "If the creationists wouldn't bring it up the evolutionists wouldn't argue with them," and
B. "I want to disprove religion, and one way to do it is by proving the Genesis story is wrong."

Well, B is a waste of time because Christianity does not require believing the 6-day creation theory.

Answer 1

I believe God may have created man by using evolution. Time is not the same to God as it is to us. To Him one day is as 1000 years and 1000 years is as one day. Perhaps the "dust" He made man from was a particle as tiny as dust and not literally dust and over the course of 7 days as described by God...which could be millions of years...who knows? Time is not the same for us as it is for God....we evolved. It doesn't describe HOW God created us ...it just says He created us. Who says He can't use evolution...He's God. If there is evolution(and I think there is) then I would have to say God invented it too.

Answer 2

Your question is a fair one. If life evolved purely by chance, then God had nothing to do with us and we are no different than the animals. (I acknowledge that some Christians believe that God could have created us through the process of evolution. But I don't accept that view.)

If God created all things in six days, and made man as a special creation, then man has significance because of his tie-in with the Creator. In this case, we would see all things on earth as being purposeful, that God made all things for man to enjoy, and all the events on earth have a reason. We would also acknowledge that God is an orderly God and we should be able to investigate His creation to see how He did it, and investigate the underlying natural laws that under-gird His creation. This many religious scientists have done.

If evolution were true, then God may be unknowable, and our lives will have only as much meaning and significance as we choose to put on it or that we agree to.

The question of origins is important. The beauty of God's creation should make us want to know more about the Creator. This idea is not foreign to us. A gorgeous work of art helps us appreciate the artist. Beautiful music moves us to admire the composer and musician. Majestic architecture should make us appreciate the builder and architectural firm.

Answer 3

This was spawned from that evolution speech question, wasn't it?

Evolution does exist on a micro, inner-species scale. Things like the coccyx, the appendix and the wisdom tooth are all things that have been evolving within the human species. Same goes for the bones in dolphins and snakes that prove they may once have had arms. That doesn't mean they became birds, or came from insects.

Evolution on a grander scale has nothing to do with religion. Charles Darwin made it all up, and even ceased believing in it towards the end of his lifetime. It's been taken to a frightening extreme by the scientists of the age, who think they can get back at the church for those times when the church persecuted them.

Well, whaddaya know? It all comes back to politics, after all.

Answer 4

My argument against your proposal is three-fold:
1) Religion is involved in every part of life.
2) many people (including Darwin) believe(d) that evolution helps to prove that there is a God (due to the chances involved), hence is directly involved in Religion; and
3) most evolutionists believe that religion is their nemesis and to argue with their views on creationism, is as important as understanding it. To reach those people it is necessary to come to their territory.

Answer 5

at first, this is call faith AND spirituality. The absence of one does not entail the absence of the others. purely because of the fact i do no longer pass to a particular development on Sunday to take heed to a pair guy interpret a e book i could desire to examine myself, does no longer advise i'm no longer able to having a non secular length. 2nd, purely because of the fact somebody does not have a automobile, does no longer advise they are in a position to't take an pastime in them. third... this is many times asked by using fundamentalists, who could like unfastened reign to hawk their horrific, horrific nonsense on an unsuspecting public. on account that your variety of non secular fanaticism is between the main unfavorable forces in society precise now, forget approximately it. we are right here to guard the harmless in that regard.

Answer 6

What aspect of Spirituality would you like to discuss?
Is there a God? Is that a good place to start?

Answer 7

because creationism is 100% fully and completely related to religion. so yeah, it's totally about religion.

creationism is NOT a "natural science question." creationism has NOTHING to do with real science.

get a grip on reality, pal

Answer 8

because the religious zealots claim it doesn't exist. I wish they'd claim diseases can't be cured by modern medicine (maybe for a week) and see if they'd accept science. But then of course, if it benefits them they'll accept it if it doesn't they don't. Amazing really.

Answer 9

Evolution simply shows that man wasn't created as Adam and Eve.

Since that story is proven to be false, I fail to see why anybody would trust a God that tells such blatant lies.

Answer 10

It doesn't.

However, when creationists spout nonsense in biology, we biologists ALL spank them with big words.