Could it be dat wen it was written people didn't understand evolution so simplyfied it? Can evolution be disproved?
2007-10-31 01:43:39 · 15 answers · asked by syberbird 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Quite simply, the biblical story is just that, a story that attempts to explain the beginning of the universe in terms that those in an age when people did not have as great an understanding of science as today. It cannot nor should not be taken literally. Whether some aspects of evolution may be theoretical, it makes an awful lot more sense than some mumbo jumbo about gardens and apples and talking snakes!
2007-10-31 02:55:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
1) I think it's true, *with qualifications*. In other words, I don't take a strict interpretation of every single word of a particular English translation to be an actual literal representation of the events.
2) It *could* be that people of the time didn't "understand evolution". It is far more likely that they were wholly ignorant of this scientific theory. Thus, their ability to understand it is a moot point.
3) Evolution can neither be proved or disproved without the actual evolution of one species into another being witnessed and recorded by science. Thus, we can expect (at least) thousands of years to pass before the validity of the theory of evolution can be decided scientifically.
About biblical creation:
There is only 1 significant problem with the biblical creation account: the creation of the sun on the 4th "day". Clearly, by this alone, it is clear that the "days" mentioned in Genesis chapter 1 *cannot* be the same as the days we know, which are *dependent* on the relationship of the motion of the earth with respect to the sun. So, no understanding of the original languages is necessary to make it clear that creation in Genesis 1 is not specified as having occurred in 6 x 24 = 144 hours.
Additionally, the Hebrew word commonly translated as "day" can have alternate valid translations (other than a period of 24 hours). This occurs in the bible itself. A similar concept can be seen in English with phrases like "in their day", which is not referring to a 24-hour period at all. Once someone realizes this, there is no reason whatsoever to believe that creation took place in 6 earthly days.
Finally, if you look at the order of creation as given in Genesis chapter 1, and also recognize that the word often translated as "birds" is more accurately translated as "flying creatures" (it is used in the bible to refer to flying insects, for example), we can see that the order of creation in Genesis 1 is identical to that espoused by the theory of evolution.
Therefore, I believe that evolution is most likely the mechanism used by God to create mankind. Note that I do not believe in evolution - for one, to believe in this theory requires faith. For another, scientific theories are notorious (historically) for being proven fallacious, and something science-based that has not been proven provides little confidence to those familiar with science.
Jim, http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com
2007-10-31 13:26:51 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
How would bronze age man know how the world was created? Even if the stories were not borrowed from earlier polytheistic cultures (the Sumerian city states), and were divinely inspired, how could a god explain to a people whose highest technology was a wheel the intricacies of Quantum Mechanics, the theory of Relativity or DNA?
If you are going to take the book of Genesis literally, then you might as have a frontal lobotomy (that's something like trepanning for you bronze age creationists)
2007-10-31 02:09:39 · answer #3 · answered by numbnuts222 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible tells us more about who created the universe than how it was created. The Biblical account of creation is meant to underline the creator not creation. God's given us scientific minds to sort out how the world was created.
2007-10-31 12:34:58 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why do we always assume that ancient people were too stupid to understand things? These are people who did fantastic things such as built the great pyramids.
The idea of evolution is not so clever that these people wouldn't have understood it.
God wrote the account of creation as it happened.
It's very difficult to disprove a belief system which is what evolutionary ideas are. The empirical evidence will be interpreted based on your belief system; my view is that creationism is a much more reasoned view based on the evidence available. As science has progressed evolution is becoming less of a sensible option.
2007-10-31 01:56:37 · answer #5 · answered by Don 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋
Yes
2007-10-31 02:19:05 · answer #6 · answered by jonniegrieve 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Genesis chapters 1 and 2 is an allegory of the soul being enlightened by God.
2007-10-31 02:25:16 · answer #7 · answered by Jerusalem Delivered 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Bible doesn't have a version of creation. Don't look for pizza recipes in poetry books.
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2007-10-31 02:07:30 · answer #8 · answered by miller 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
evolution cant be disproved. also theres the fact its proven.
creationism on the other hand can be disproven and there is no proof for it.
do the math.
2007-10-31 10:58:37 · answer #9 · answered by Adam (AM) 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Of course not.
And it isn't just oversimplified. It specifically says that all plants were created before the Sun and stars. That isn't even ball park what happened.
2007-10-31 01:54:58 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋