Do you beleive in creation, evolution or evolutionary creationism (a sort of mix between both)?

Question

I found this question in another area and thought it was great so I'm posting it! The more I live learn study and grow spritually I kinda go with evolutionary creationism! There are things (in the bible even...shshshsh) everywhere that show this to be truth more than any other theory. If God didn't make the world just the way we know it in 6 days does that make him any less amazing? I don't think so! I DO think God created the earth in 6 days but I'm not sure that there is a timeline between creation and the "fall of man". Time to us is (in my oppinion) a measurement of our lifes. If we didn't have a certain time to live then what would we be counting? So the time between the sixth day and the "fall" could have been a long time right? EVEN possibly a REALY REALY long time.
Scientist are now saying that the world went from almost nothing to the size it is in milaseconds! That sure does sound like Genesis 1 to me!
sorry I have to run, they are going to start throwing stones any time now

so let me clarify, there are things that have been true to show the world is God only knows how old, (pun intended). I don't think we evolved from Apes I think we evolved from less-evolved humans. Another words our bodies and minds adapted. Please remember folks generations of the greatest scholors told Columbus that the world was round and he sailed off into the sea anyway. You don't suppose that was faith do you? They also told him that he was going to hell because he disagreed w/ the church.

Answer 1

Both the Bible and good philosophy report that God is non-physical - spirit. In John 4:24 it is said that God is spirit (see also Luke 24:39; Romans 1:20; Colossians 1:15; 1 Timothy 1:17). This is why no material thing was to be used to represent God (Exodus 20:4). But this can also be shown by reflecting on what God is. Philosophically the same truth comes through. All that is created is necessarily finite and limited. But the first cause (God) is uncreated, and therefore must be non-finite, or infinite. That which is beyond the finite must, by definition, be infinite, and the Bible states that God is beyond creation (1 Kings 8:27; Job 11:7-9; Isaiah 66:1-2; Colossians 1:17). That which is physical cannot be infinite - for you cannot add finite parts together until they reach infinity. Therefore God is spirit as opposed to physical/material in His Being. This does not mean He cannot localize a physical appearance. God is not composed of matter nor any other imaginable substance. He also cannot be measured, is not spatial, and has no true location (presence is a different concept). Evolutionists cannot explain evil, why we feel naked, love or fulfilled prophecy. I believe evolution is God's process of creation and a day could be millions of years to an eternal being. They also cannot explain irreducible complexity.

Answer 2

I don't put much faith in the Bible. I count on logic and science to guide me. Scientist is a different story. I don't have much faith in them because they are too afraid of being wrong. They will not go out on a limb.

Life is far too complex to happen by chance. Life is by design. Who or what designed life I have no idea. I guess calling it God is ok.

We are no where close to creating life by design never mind by chance.

The odds for a very very simple RNA is like 10^200. That is a big number. In fact it is so big you can count the number of atoms in the Universe with that large of number.

Answer 3

Creation is a never ending process.
Stars and planets are born and die even today.
Evolution is just a tool of the creation.
On a planet, life starts in a simple way and then evolves into countless species and variations, which can be successful in a given environment and transmitted to the next generations or not.

Answer 4

Creation.

I believe the world is the result of the creation of God who deliberately made all things according to His design.

There is some evidence for limited evolution but not to the existent necessary to explain the world as we know it.
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Answer 5

I definately believe in creationism. I mean how could everything in our world and universe just be created by chance? and i really don't see how we could evolve. I believe God created the world in 6 days and rested on the 7th. I don't know a lot about evolutionary creationism so i cant say i don't believe in that but mainly i believe in creationism.

Answer 6

Evolutionary creationism is the easy answer. It covers all the bases.

There doesn't seem to be much doubt that evolution occurrs but evolution doesn't explain the origin of life. Nobody has ever observed abiogenesis or proven that it can happen -- that is, nobody has ever seen a living cell which did not come from another living cell. This fact suggests, but does not prove, creation.

Answer 7

Why be wishy-washy? If you have so many doubts then just be agnostic and look at things objectively?

Can't have your Christianity cake and eat it too!

I wish you people would read Kierkegaard!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kierkegaard

If God didn't make the world just the way we know it in 6 days that makes the Bible a load of bs!

Answer 8

There is almost certainly no god and it's almost certain that all life on earth was not put there by a supreme being, but evolved from extremely simple life forms by means of natural selection.

But we can't be totally, totally sure. Anybody who is totally, totally sure how we got here is religious, i.e. fooling him/herself.

Answer 9

You're either a creationist or evolutionist, not both. Evolution is a theory based on scientific facts and evidence, creationism is based on faith.

Answer 10

I believe in God's Holy Word...no in betweens! I am an intelligent woman and have studied it front and back many times.I can't explain it all.Evolution has never been completed...so it can't be completely explained by non-believers.I may not be able to imagine or explain the unbelievable things my Gog has done...but I can't explain the change that took place in my heart and the way He speaks to me and comforts me fills me to unbelievable proportions of joy...BUT HE DOES!