Which Christian denominations do and do not accept evolution?

Question

I know that Catholicism does accept it now, although they opposed it in the past. I've been told by a member that the LDS Church opposes evolution, and I know the Church of Christ and most or all Baptists reject evolution. But what about Lutherans, Methodists, Episcopalians, et al.?

Answer 1

Can't speak of others, but the LDS church doesn't oppose evolution. It has taken absolutely no stance on the matter what so ever.

Give it a few more decades and every religion will be accepting it. Or at least the religions that wish to survive will have to accept it, or wither away and die. (You don't tend to see churches that teach that the sun goes around the earth anymore).

Answer 2

Many denominations of Christianity support or accept theistic evolution. For example, on 12 February 2006 the 197th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth was commemorated by "Evolution Sunday" where the message that followers of Christ do not have to choose between biblical stories of creation and evolution was taught in classes and sermons at Methodist, Lutheran, Episcopalian, Presbyterian, Unitarian, Congregationalist, United Church of Christ, Baptist and community churches

Answer 3

I don't think the Mormons have an absolute stand on it. At BYU evolution is taught openly in the Science departments.

I believe Christ created the earth

I believe that he did it in 7 periods of time (I don't know how long each was)

And I believe that he used scientific processes, including survival of the fittest and evolution to create the earth.

In no way do I think that they're mutually exclusive. I'm both a creationist and an evolutionist.

Answer 4

I am a member of a United Methodist Church and my pastor doesn't seem to have a problem with my views. We are not told what to think.

The literalist view of the Bible is only about 400 years old, so is clearly a man-invented interpretation. Somewhere along the way the art of oral storytelling has been lost, I suppose, and people no longer understood metaphor.

Answer 5

Anybody who takes the Bible seriously rejects evolution.

Anybody who reads Genesis with a critical eye for details will reject evolution.

Anybody who believes that Jesus Christ died as an atonement to pay for our sins will reject evolution.

Here's the reasoning behind these "outlandish" statements:

Genesis describes a day (Hebrew = "yom") as "An evening and a morning".

For evolution to be true, each "day" would have to actually represent 1000s of years. For the sake of argument, let's just say one day represents 10,000 years.

That means (according to the text found in Genesis), that on any one geographical point on the earth, it will remain dark for 5,000 years, followed by 5,000 years of continuous light!

Evolution can not occur under those circumstances!

The earth would have to move so slowly around its own axis, it would have to be considered virtually motionless! This, too, violates the notion that the earth was "spun off" as matter spewed out of the sun, which would imply an extremely HIGH rate of revolution of the earth on its axis with friction slowing it down over time.

Evolution insists that 1000s (if not millions) of years of births and deaths had to occur in order for miniscule changes to take place to bring us from single-celled amoeba to the highly complex form we now have. However, this precludes or at least prevents, the historical accuracy of one man and one woman, both of whom ate from fruit from a tree that was forbidden, thus eliminating the "sin" factor". This further complicates matters when you read that death is the results of sin, and not the results of required evolutionary changes and the deaths of the "parents" for untold generations of changes.

If death is not the results of sin, and if sin was not the results of Adam and Eve's disobedience, then the concept of atonement becomes nonsense.

So, from the beginning, right down through the gospels, none of the Bible makes any sense in light of evolution.

Likewise, evolution does not make any sense in light of the Scriptures.

I trust this explanation, while wordy, helps to explain why the Bible opposes evolution, even though some well-meaning "Christians" actually accept both, even though they are diametrically opposed.

Answer 6

I am orthodox we do not believe in evolution this is a mortal sin shame on you god created
the earth & world & he created us

Answer 7

To ALL who will say periods of time and not direct 24 hour days please re-read the biblical account
Genesis1:5 "5 God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day."
Not magical period of time, the sun set, then the sun rose, 1 day, 24 hours, where do you pull millions of years from that?

Answer 8

All Christian churches should NOT accept evolution because it goes against the word of God. It was created and made a belief to directly go against the Word of God.

It has nothing to do with science, because both evolutionists and creationists believe the facts of science. It is the assumptions and the theories that go against God's Word. The millions and billions of years are not provable, etc.

Answer 9

If all Christians understand that Evolution is another religion to combat against the Christian God, no Christian will accept whatever denomination he belongs. It has been proven many times over and attested by Evolutionist leaders in America and in Europe that evolution is their religion to combat against any religion that believes in God. If you ask me names I will give you all the living evolutionists and their writings attesting to this fact.

Answer 10

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