Who's to say evolution and creationism aren't both correct?

Question

I'll leave secret my personal opinion of evolution vs. creationism so not to bias the answers, but I'm curious. Everyone always insinuated that these two concepts are completely opposite each other. However, who's to say that God didn't create the earth to have all that proof and signs of millions of years of evolution? He's God, He can do that type of stuff. Why does the world have to be "new" at the time of creation?
One of evolutionists biggest arguements against creationism is that they have factual proof that the earth is older than the bible says it is.
Who's to say that God didn't design is that way on purpose?

Okay, i respect everyone's opinions and personal beliefs, but saying "this is right and that is wrong" does not answer my question.

Answer 1

If you take the Bible as being the absolute true Word of God as God does not lie, then the Genesis account of creation leaves no room for evolution theory. We are made in God's image....not descended from a common ancestor with apes...not just another form of animals. It states in Genesis and other books of the Bible that He created the universe and all that is in it in 6 literal days and when He was finished, He called it good...how could millions of years of death and struggle be good? If you follow the genealogies of the Bible, you come up with a date for creation which is only 6000 years ago roughly...not billions of years. There is lots of evidence for the creation account in the Bible...it's a matter of how you look at the data and make assumptions based on your worldview. I'm sure it will be argued and fought over for many years until one is proven absolutely true or not which may never happen based on a sinful nature of man. Some people will always want to insist there is no God.
God's creation event speaks to His power and glory and infinite wisdom....evolution is an assemblage of random chance occurences to produce and further life forms and the universe. They are both belief systems....question is, which one does the scientific evidence support. And how is that conclusion reached?

Answer 2

It doesn't matter if they are both correct. They do not deal with the same subject. Evolution is a scientific explanation for the diversity of life. Creationism is a religious idea on how life originated. One belongs in school, the other belongs in church (although that may be a stretch). One has decades of research and evidences backing it up. The other has a religious text backing it up. One makes predictions involving the world, such as where certain fossils will be found, what layers of the strata they will be found in, DNA sequencing, etc. The other makes absolutely no predictions (therefore eliminating the possibility it could be disproved).
You can say and believe whatever you want about your god creating whatever whenever. It isn't science, though, nor is it an alternative to evolution.

Answer 3

Some assure us they are compatible in church, but not in schools.

A history of Evolution suggests that it began with a belief that the Bible isn't true, and God doesn't exist, therefore Creation isn't true.

That would make it diametrically opposed to Creation.

Beware any time something is called a "fact". We all have the same evidence, but it's how one interprets the evidence that makes us evolutionists or creationists.

About 90% of the evidence indicates the Earth is much younger than billions of years, but you never hear about those. Why?

Our magnetic field strength decay, and mineral concentrations in oceans are a few evidences.

Answer 4

God could certainly have created through evolution if He had chosen to do so. But why would He not say so?
The Biblical account of creation is quite opposed to evolution in many ways; the most explicit being death. According to the Bible death came about as the result of man's sin. Evolutionary theory insists that death came about before man ever existed.
I firmly believe in creation as per Genesis and I believe it to have a scientific basis as well as a theological one.

Answer 5

I don't see how both can be correct. Evolution is a scientific theory that says due to gene pools changing over time, it has lead to the development of all the current species over millions of years. Creationism says all the species were created in their current form within the last 10,000 years.

They can't both be correct.

Answer 6

When God was telling the creation story to the writers of the Bible, why didn't HE tell them the actual way the world came about?

The Bible's creation story is one of many that man has concocted. Not one of them gave even a glimpse of evolution. The only way we can learn about our origins is by not attempting to rationalize creation stories. They have no basis in truth.

Pantheist

Answer 7

I think that your question falls into the 'first cause' theory, the Big Bang is given as the first cause, but what initialised the first cause. The fact is we don't know, so even as someone who does not believe in the Biblical God Jehovah, an Omnipotent being has to have its place within the plethora of possibilities.

Answer 8

There will be no right nor wrong as the reality is changing even the name (god) is changing, we cannot say yes nor no. such as a fruit harvey 200 year a time and when you can eat the fruit, you will say yes, the tree have fruit. For me; I have never see any fruit on the tree because from my whole life I cannot see any even my father. Who is right, who is wrong?

Answer 9

If you're ready do believe God just pulled the Earth with all its pretty fossils out of his Magic Hat, why can't you conceive that God created the spark that lead to the Big Bang with such precision that he knew it would lead to creating Earth and life on it, including humans.

Why do you have to limit God and the universe to be 6 000 years old?

Answer 10

Creation is described in the Bible. It took 6 days and happened about 6000 years ago. Evolution takes millions of years. The Theory of Evolution is incompatible with the story in the Bible.