BUT, (you knew there was a but, didn't ya) they still believe in their heart that God was the initiator of the two?
I'm serious, is there a term or label for such a person?
be nice, kids. i'm old.
2007-10-11 09:49:37 · 33 answers · asked by ddking37 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Phoenix: how so? God is still the creator to this person. and He still created from nothing.
2007-10-11 09:55:21 · update #1
Why do they need to be called another name? couldn't it be possible that God happen to be the one who ignited the big bang? If God created human beings, would he create it so unique that perhaps evolution was built into the design. I believe so , and I don't feel that I have indifferences toward my beliefs as a Christian. besides a rose called by any other name is still a rose.
2007-10-11 09:54:49 · answer #1 · answered by Ray E 5 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Christians do reject quite a bit in the Old Testament (in spite of their claims to the contrary), so it seems logical to me that a Christian who rejects the traditional creation story, and who believes in evolution and the Big Bang, is still simply a "Christian" -- but I would add, a more enlightened Christian than the one who thinks the universe and everything in it was created in six days.
I am an ex-Christian, but I can admire Christians who accept the reality that the bible is not 100% literally accurate. I don't understand Christians who insist that "God" should be a liar rather than a scientist.
2007-10-11 10:09:01 · answer #2 · answered by Emerald Blue 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a believer, but I also believe in the Big Bang and evolution. This is not a new concept. It's been around since the 1800's. Many Spiritualists subscribe to this doctrine that science and religion do not contradict one another. In Genesis it states the world was dark and void then God said let there be light. This light was from an explosion. We take this to mean the Big Bang was started. Is it not more of a creation for life to have taken millions of years to evolve then for God to say poof there it is?
2007-10-11 09:56:14 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
Catholic
http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/0102-97/Article3.html
2007-10-11 10:10:53 · answer #4 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't think there's a term for it, but I'm one too. I've never seen a contradiction, and many other Christians agree with us.
Genesis was written by and for Bronze age people to answer a *spiritual* question and in those days no one required literal truth in an account of something so esoteric as the beginnings of the world. There are two different creation stories within Genesis itself for goodness sake.
"Rational Christian?"
2007-10-11 09:59:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 1⤋
I don't know if there's a term, but I'd say you're on the right path. Now just keep following the logic, and you'll eventually find that the idea of god in being the supposed force behind natural phenomena like evolution is just unreasonable. Ipso facto, no deity required!
2007-10-11 09:55:32 · answer #6 · answered by kwxilvr 4 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Sensible. Intelligent. Reasoning. Educated.
2007-10-11 10:03:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sensible.
To deny reality is pointless. The Catholic Church has learned this the hard way over the years.
I may consider such belief foolish and on par with a belief in mermaids and unicorns, but I can not prove them wrong.
Someone who claims that the bible is absolute truth I can prove wrong: The flood story, bats are birds, PI=3.0 . . . and so on, and on, and on . .
2007-10-11 09:59:45 · answer #8 · answered by Simon T 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The term is Christian. Most of the world's Christians believe this. Only in the US, there is a sizable group who believe otherwise.
2007-10-11 10:02:48 · answer #9 · answered by novangelis 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I'd just call that person a Christian (or maybe whatever denomination you are.)
I don't change the label unless they believe in Creationism, in which case they're a Creationist.
2007-10-11 09:55:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋