2007-09-25 15:40:39 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i don't see a contradiction between evolution and creation...
but much of Christianity seems to teach that belief in one negates the other...
biblical description is metaphor for what happened, put in terms that people of that day could grasp- not to be taken literally
i think evolution is the process of Life...and that it is Divine
2007-09-25 15:51:13 · answer #1 · answered by zentrinity 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
If the Biblical account is true, then at some point in the past, the universe did not exist in any way, shape or form, and the theory of the big bang would be false.
If the Biblical account in Genesis 1 was actually metaphor, then the account of Adam and Eve in the garden was not real, and in that case, the forbidden fruit would not be real, and furthermore eating of said forbidden fruit would also be not real. If that were the case, then "sin" would be only a metaphor as well, since the first sin was the eating of said forbidden fruit. If sin was only a metaphor, then Jesus died for nothing!
It seems to me that you can not symbolize the Genesis account of creation without destroying the whole meaning of the Bible, because we would no longer be guilty, just pathetic.
One point that people never notice in trying to symbolize Genesis is that they refer to a day ("yom" in Hebrew) as 10,000 or 100,000 years each. Now, in every other place in the Bible where "yom" is used, it is naturally assumed to mean a 24-hour period of light and darkness.
In Genesis, however, this same word is defined within the text itself as "an evening and a morning".
If each of these "days" represented 100,000 years, that would mean that on any part of the planet, you would have 50,000 years of darkness followed by 50,000 years of daylight!!!!! The implications of this are mind boggling.
For one, the earth would have been virtually standing still, which contradicts the idea that the earth has been slowing down, not speeding up.
Second evolution could have never - and I mean NEVER have occurred under those conditions - 50,000 years of continuous sunlight!
2007-09-25 22:51:20 · answer #2 · answered by no1home2day 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Some Christians claim that the earth is 6,000 years old and that a god made everything at the same time.
The origin of the universe that is suggested at this point (Big Bang), not to mention evolution, clearly goes against that theistic belief system.
If people make the assumption that religion's natural claims about the world must be true if it has any extrinsic validity whatsoever (not to mention gods), then Evolution and the Big Bang overturn any faith place in biblical literalism. Though I always felt it was irrational to believe in any religion without evidence.
But some people interpret their religious texts metaphorically in order to rectify religious beliefs with their knowledge of science. Obviously a fact speaks louder than a belief.
Cheers
2007-09-25 22:45:43 · answer #3 · answered by Dalarus 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Because the very first paragraph of the Bible states that God created the universe. If God did not create the universe, how can we believe anything else. Not only did he do it once, God stated that He created the universe twice!!! The second time in the book of John. The Word was God, and Jesus. Jesus made the universe, and came down to be the ultimate sacrifice for our sins. To make it short, if you can not believe the very first chapter of the Bible, how can you believe the first chapter of John, or any other chapter.
2007-09-25 23:30:59 · answer #4 · answered by colway 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bible says that God created the universe in seven days about six thousand years ago. The evidence is that this is false. The bible is the basis for Christianity. If the bible is not true, Christianity is not true.
2007-09-25 22:48:03 · answer #5 · answered by October 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Someone just said that if I can't believe what the book of Genesis says how can I believe anything else in the bible. I agree with them and I don't believe anything else in the bible. See how easy that is.
2007-09-25 23:23:04 · answer #6 · answered by Stainless Steel Rat 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is this oddity of God rejectors telling Christians how they must interpret the Bible. If we don't take everything literally, then we can't believe anything. There are parts of the Bible that are not to be taken literally.
2007-09-25 22:51:58 · answer #7 · answered by Matthew T 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible record. Jesus confirmed the Old Testament. That means that Genesis record is accurate. The Old Testament is the same now days as it was in the time of Jesus.
2007-09-25 22:49:51 · answer #8 · answered by Nina, BaC 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If god didn't create mankind as it is laid out specifically in the book of Genesis, then how can you believe anything else in the bible as the literal truth ... including Jesus' divine heritage or his death and resurrection?
And if Jesus' birth, death, and resurrection aren't true, what do you have left?
2007-09-25 22:44:56 · answer #9 · answered by ?Heretic? 4 · 5⤊ 2⤋
Exactly! It doesn't! I believe that God is responsible for it, however it came about, but that's about all the connection there is. It's about time somebody put it as simply as this!
2007-09-25 22:44:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋