Do you think evolution necessarily rules out a god of any kind?

Question

Why? Why not?
If you dont believe evolution to be wrong, dont say is BS, just say why it would rule out a god, please.

Answer 1

Of course not, I never understand why creationists and evolutionist argued as if one was mutually exclusive of the other. There is no reason why God couldn't have chosen evolution as a means to create life, and no reason why they have to argue like morons over it.

Answer 2

Evolution may well represent the manner in which the god of the three major monotheistic faiths "created" all that exist.

The problem most person have with evolution is created by their unwillingness to accept that such might be a better explanation of how god did things over that of the mythologies of the ancient Middle East.

Many scientist, who believe and teach evolution are Jews, Christians and Muslims.
Most person who accepted the verifiable and reliable evidence that supports evolution and who don't choose to believe in a god or the gods, have no problem with those who choose faith or a faith system.
It is usually those who have chosen the same, and have also decided to close their minds and stop using the intelligence they were supposedly given by the creator who are creating the problems.

Answer 3

No, at least not evolution in and of itself. However, the broad set of observations from science really do imply that a God cannot exist. Evolution is just important to Christians because of "original sin."

According to the doctrine of "original sin," the sin of Adam brought death into the world. This death was brought to an end by the sacrifice of Jesus of Nazareth. If death preceeded the existence of man, then death was not caused by Adam and so the "original sin," did not exist. Since it did not exist, there is nothing to die for. So, by implication the death of Jesus was biologically necessary since all life dies, but not necessary to stop "original sin," because of course it cannot exist. It has further implications for the divinity of Jesus. If Jesus is in fact God then he should know that there was no such thing as "original sin." If he knew, then he participated in a lie. If he did not know, then how was he divine?

So evolution does not, in itself, rule out a divinity, but it does decimate the foundations of Christianity. It leaves other religions alone, however.

There is a growing body of evidence that implies there cannot exist an intelligent God...or if there is an intelligent God, the God cannot be a personal God. The data is coming from biology, physics, engineering and economics. None of it is being collected to attack religion, but the implication of the data set is that religion is an indefensible construct.

Consider for a moment whether or not Hallie Sellasie is God as the Rasta believe. It is the same type of question. Religions form constantly. It is an amazing phenomena. It begs for the definition of a god too.

Science does not rule out Spinoza's God, but that is a problem too as no one really believes in Spinoza's God and Spinoza's God wouldn't care if you did believe.

Answer 4

Evolution deals with the physical world, how life has progressed from it's simplest forms to what we have now (and some even go so far as to suggest what it will be like in the future as well). Evolution, nor any other field of, what is considered, "True" Science deals with anything outside of our physical world/space. Any form of science that does deal with things considered Supernatural is laughed at and called a pseudo-science. So I find it very hard to take some people seriously when they try to use Evolution to prove or disprove something that doesn't even have a physical form... especially when the science itself does not do that.

Answer 5

Evolutionism does not rule out a god, it simply does not require it.
However, evolutionism runs against the perception some have of how the universe started, and in those cases, it does rule out an interventionist god that created the world in 7 days 6000 years ago, and all the other ludicrous stories of that kind.
It is not about god, it is about how some think that god is.

Answer 6

I believe in God and I also happen to believe evolution occurred. Too many people don't agree with evolution because it is not mentioned in the bible.....but the bible was not made with the intention of becoming a science text book. The bible does not mention the complex components of oxygen either but we all know its something real.

Answer 7

Yes because you are saying that we start from something and from that something it evolves and it evolves and it evolves until now and it will continue to evolves for the future. You are saying that god does not have any place in the evolution process. If you believe that somehow some chemical reaction takes place in space that create the cell and from that cell comes living beings, so you are saying that god does not create living beings and so there is no need to believe in god

Answer 8

I don't believe that evolution directly negates the existence of God, but it is not a fact... here come the thumbs down. What is fact is that there is evidence supporting the theory of evolution, but please understand that this evidence is often times circumstantial and requires a great deal of gap filling to make work. My studies in evolution have uncovered its complexity which makes me believe that it is... impossible. That coupled with the fact that it stands in direct opposition to the Bible leads me to believe that their is a creator, and the the Bible is true.

Answer 9

I am an atheist who knows that evolution happened but I don't think it rules out a God. It think it has nothing to do with whether or not a God exists. It only comments on whether the Bible is literally true.

Answer 10

I don't think evolution rules out a deity. In fact, I would argue that evolution would be a sign of a deity who is a good 'programmer'. If God aimed to create a perfect being, he would need to 'install' some kind of mechanism to let a species cope with environmental change.