Christians: If a fellow Christian states that they don't believe in Creationism...?

Question

In your opinion, are they really a Christian?

Please state your denomination with your answer.

Ye Olde Canadian: You know what I mean...

Creationism as explained in the Bible

Answer 1

Ok.... Denomination is important here. Roman Catholics believe in the word-to-word truth of the Bible. So if a Catholic did not believe in Creationism then they are not Catholic.

However, most Protestant churches disagree with the Catholic church. They believe that the Bible is ultimately a fable on how to live your life well, praise God and be saved. They do not believe that everything written in the Bible is absolutely true.

They believe that God told the stories of the Bible to inform people of His word. They believe that if God had told the people of biblical times the truth then no one would believe. Can you imagine them accepting that the Earth was indeed spherical? no... so simplification was done by God to spread the Gospel and therefore spread the truth about Him and therefore helping people. It was all for the good of His people.

Answer 2

They can be really a Christian. All Christians are at different stages of what they understand. The main thing that makes a person a Christian is their realization that they have sinned and their acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Lord and their Savior.

One thing that I would like to comment on concerning the fact of creationism to the Christian is; Sin and came into the world because of the disobedience of Adam and Eve. There could have been no deaths before they sinned. Therefore, how could animals have died and become fossils before death came into the world?

Jesus Himself, believed in creationism. I believe what Jesus believed about creationism. I am a non-denominational Christian. http://www.answersingenesis.org/docs2005/0613hungarian_interview.asp

Answer 3

What difference does it make whether one believes the world was created or evolved? Can't one embrace Christianity and Evolution? An outspoken evolutionist answered this question in the American Atheist magazine with the following reply:

"Christianity is - must be! - totally committed to the special creation as described in Genesis, and Christianity must fight with its full might against the theory of evolution. And here is why.

In Romans we read that 'sin entered the world through one man, and through sin - death, and thus death has spread through the whole human race because everyone has sinned.' (5:12)

…the whole justification of Jesus' life and death is predicated on the existence of Adam and the forbidden fruit he and Eve ate. Without the original sin, who needs to be redeemed? Without Adam's fall into a life of constant sin terminated by death, what purpose is there to Christianity? None.

Even a high school student knows enough about evolution to know that nowhere in the evolutionary description of our origins does there appear an Adam or an Eve or an Eden or a forbidden fruit. Evolution means a development from one form to the next to meet the ever-changing challenges from an ever-changing nature. There is no fall from a previous state of sublime perfection.

Without Adam, without the original sin, Jesus Christ is reduced to a man with a mission on a wrong planet!"

Did this opponent of Christianity understand the issues more clearly than most Christians? How important it is that we as Christians be consistent in our thinking. We must accept all of the Bible as God's Word. In it God says what He means and He means what He says.

We are reminded of the words of the apostle John who wrote, "The word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth." (John 1:14)

No, Christ was not merely a man with a mission on the wrong planet. He was truly God incarnate of a love mission to the right planet. "For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16)

Answer 4

The reason why some Christians don't believe in Creationism is because Creationism is different from The Creation.

If you don't know the difference, you're not a Christian.

Answer 5

If a person believes that Christ is the Son of God, paid for their sins on the cross and rose again - that Christ in the only way to God and actively pursues a relationship with Christ (discipleship) then yes, I believe they are saved (or being saved - salvation is a process after all.) Honestly, I don't care how a person believes God created, just that they trust that He did create.

Personally, when it comes to the Word of God - I am very much a strong believer. With that said, I also understand that since the various works within the canon were written by individuals from different cultures over a large amount of time, we cannot apply our own cultural understanding to its interpretation. Moses most likely drew on a pagan religion's creation account to write the one in Gen. This does not diminish God's Word - it is still Truth and it is still God breathed and able to teach and correct us.

Answer 6

I attend a Southern Baptist church, but I am a Christian, not a Baptist. So long as, and my pastor believes this too (or we would find another church), they believe that Jesus was born of the virgin Mary, is the Son of God, lived a life without sin, was crucified, dead, buried and resurrected and they have accepted Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior, then that is all that matters and they are a Christian. We can differ in our thoughts, opinions, interpretations of other things, but on those basic fundamentals a true Christian cannot waiver! (FYI: I also believe in Creationism)

Answer 7

God told us how creation happened...either we believe He has the Absolute Power and Authority to do exactly what He said, or we do not.

I know some people may think that the Genesis account was symbolic because scientific discoveries have given them doubts, and perhaps they accept that God made the Universe by using evolution, thereby trying to reconcile this worlds view with God's statement of truth. I did this myself at one point in my walk, but I learned over time.

I do think if they have repented of their sins and have faith in Christ as their Lord and Savior, that they certainly are Christians...but I think that as they grow in faith, they will realize that God has the power to do anything, in any time frame, or method that He chooses. Scientific theory of creation continuously changes...God's word is absolute and unchanging. We take comfort and place our faith in His word, because we know there is nothing beyond His ability to achieve.

Reality denies evolution and as these Christians seek and learn more of the claims of science and mere human scientists, they will become more and more open to the idea of Biblical Creation, because it stands where science falls. Science without God is a failure, just as faith in anything but God is doomed to fail. So long as they believe in God and give Him the benefit of the doubt, the truth will overcome the lie.

Addition: I believe the Bible. God said 6 days, I believe 6 days.

Protestant/Non-denominational, little Southern Baptist thrown in...shake and stir...

Answer 8

I'm a Christian and I don't believe in Creationism.

I've gotten a lot of bad responses to my position but COME ON, the fossils and phylogeny are there people, it doesn't take a rocket science to put 2 and 2 together.

The creation story is meant to be taken allegorically. I personally think of it as an allegory for the agricultural revolution in the neolithic, email me if you'd like to hear more.

Answer 9

Depends on the Creationism you mean. Literal 7 day creation of the world (including rest period)? No problem with disbelief there. The story is intended as a morality tale: G-d set us on this planet to work together, etc. If Christian rejects G-d as architect of the world and Creator of humans, then I have a problem with that person.
Roman Catholic.

Answer 10

No and yes, because Christians see the bible as God's word. Would God lie? No! It's very clear in genesis that God created the earth. There is no room left to question in my opinion. While Christians can believe in a form of evolution they generally accept that God created the earth and everything.
Yet, they still believe that Jesus died for them and reject creation? We cannot pick and choose what to follow in the bible. Christians should accept the bible in it's entirety and not take out parts they disagree with personally.But all in all, yes I assume they would still be a Christian.

denomination:? I attend a church of Christ