Theistic Evolution?

Question

What are your thoughts on the theory of theistic evolution? Please be respectful of others and of me when answering this question. Thanks!

PS - for those unfamiliar with this term, you can find information here: http://www.theistic-evolution.com

second squirreling - I think that theistic evolutionists lean more toward the belief that the Bible should not be taken literally, and that the story of creation is more of an allegory.

Many are assuming that Christianity and theism are inseparable, which is not necessarily the only possibility (it is possible to believe in God and not be a Christian). I am not asking whether this jives with Christianity, merely whether the theory seeems possible.

fred - if theists "hated evolution" as you claim, then how do you explain that there are those out there who believe in the theory of THEISTIC EVOLUTION? Please do your homework about the question before answering or don't bother.

OPM - there is a flaw in your logic, because what of the people who believe there to be a God? Should their opinions just automatically be dismissed? What of the scientific and mathematical evidence which to some supports the existence of a God or gods?

Answer 1

I don't know. First I want to learn Hebrew to see exactly what the Genesis account says, to see if Creation has any firm basis in scripture. Then I will learn Evolution from hopefully someone who will present evidence for it, not just a drawing of an ape becoming a man and saying the Bible is wrong like my high school biology teacher did.

Answer 2

Too many people can’t even get past the first verse in the bible. If you can believe the first verse, the rest should be easy to swallow.


I see absolutely no possible way to reconcile evolution with Christianity. I reconcile evolution with end times deception. Jesus Christ could not possibly be a descendant of apes or he could not have gotten up from the grave.

Evolution is not a theory, it is a religion. If it were a scientific theory it would be falsifiable like all scientific theories. One can not conduct any experiment that could prove this theory wrong. Second of all you can not take any control group and demonstrate any measurable amount of species evolution in a laboratory. Adding new genetic information has never been observed.

Answer 3

There is a simple problem with it as science, nothing wrong with it as a cargo cult.

The problem is that not all religions are theistic and not all people are religious. A scientific theory must work regardless of whether the user is a Christian, Buddhist, Jain or has no religion at all. Science cannot be a function of personal beliefs.

Answer 4

Even Darwin said that Evolution would be proven true in the future by the billions of yet undiscovered intermediate species (missing links) that would have to exist for evolution to work.
Update 2007: Theres a guy in China with a dremmel tool etching feathers on a lizard fossil and claiming to find the missing link from dinos to birds.
Evolution "Scientists" have committed so many frauds trying to prove evolution. (Piltdown Man, Nebraska Man ect.)They have no credibility with me and I am not all that religious.
For evolution to be true the missing links would have to be the overwhelming majority of the fossil record but instead they are either extremely rare or non existent.

Answer 5

I dont think that its biblically supported. You cant support that life came from sludge and a big bang and that God created life too. You either believe the entire Bible or you might as well not believe any of it. Jesus said that the entire Bible is true. If it isn't then he lied and isn't the savior. How can you believe God made the world from nothing, but he was unable to create man without the aid of evolution. God didn't say man came from the beasts, he said he created Adam from dust.

Answer 6

How can you take this seriously when you are forced to accept as true, something that is decidedly untrue? Evolution is the way of life. A creator did not create evolution. The bible and other religious works were written by men to control men. This theist evolution is just another way to control people and get their money.

Answer 7

In the Christian view of theistic evolution, I'm unclear on when original sin happened: Did the first cell sin, or did the first human sin?

If the first human sinned, how did prerequisites for evolution -- like mortality and bacteria -- exist in a perfect world?
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Well, yes, the Catholic Church for example accepts evolution. But they are still very insistent that Jesus literally died to redeem humanity from sin -- so the issue of original sin remains a problem.

Answer 8

it rather is thoroughly ignorant to easily "have faith" in what you opt for for. you won't be in a position to compliment to have an opinion on issues like this. quite once you're gonna purely throw it accessible with one sentence like RiverKid. Evolution and God are actually not mutually unique. yet evolution does happen, it rather is backed with massive quantities of not basic data, which you would be able to pass see in any organic history Museum, in any Biology Textbook, etc. purely like Plate Tectonics, Planetary Orbiting, Gravity, etc. Literal Creationism is enormously plenty disproven. the international isn't various thousand years old, yet around 4.sixty 8 Billion Years old, additionally backed with extensive quantities of documents and data. the story of Adam & Eve is likewise not a literal tale. whether you opt for for to think of that god exists and created the international we live in continues to be as much as you at this factor, yet evolution does happen, animals do substitute over the years. And until eventually now you disagree, please pass to the Smithsonian or the different national Museum of organic history. it rather is all there.

Answer 9

Of course theists hate evolution. Religion does not evolve. Christianity. and christian morals, are still back in the stone age.

Answer 10

Sorry, but it looks very fraudulent to me.
To begin with, Christianity and evolution
are a conflict of interests. Christians believe
in creationism--which counters evolution.
(You can't have it both ways; you cannot
have your book--known as The Bible, the
so-called "word of God"--and eat it, too.)

Peace.