believing in evolution and god both?

Question

i'm just wondering what you think of this?
my sister says she believes in some of both but i don't get how you could be a true believer then..since you're thinking part of the bible is false.

Answer 1

Unfit Commander- Evolution does not try to explain how the world was created. That is the Big Bang Theory. Most Christians I know believe the theory of evolution is true.

Answer 2

Heidi
I'm assuming you're pretty young to poise such a question.. Many and I do many many born again Christian accept both science and the bible and don't feel it contradictory. I could go into a long discussion about (and it would probably irritate both Fundies and Atheists , who would both think I'm being disingenuous). This is my answer to both and its quite logical. Think about the people of the old testament. What do you know about them and their stories? Some of these stories are thousands of years old. Now I want you to be logical about this. Do you honestly think God would have revealed to these primitive people just out of the stone age, the scientific details about creation and how man and life came to be. They number one, wouldn't even begin to understand the scope of what was said. "Oh by the way, you can't see any evidence of them now but 65 million years ago (and keep in mind they didn't even have a number that big) these large lizards roamed the earth and man came from microbes 3 billion years ago. That would be quite a stretch wouldn't it. Keep in mind we didn't even know about two whole continents until 1492 and we didn't know about galaxies till 1920. So don't judge the Bible on stories of a very primitive people. There are wonderful, insightful Truths in the stories, How man was once in harmony with nature and one with God until he desired the knowledge of good and evil and wanted to be like God etc. But if you cling to a literal translation you will come up short as it does for many rational people, and then you will be inclined to disregard everything the Bible says and that would be an even bigger mistake because what Jesus says and existed for is so very, very important. If you have friends that cling to the Bible stories as carved in stone and true, let them be, they are safe in their beliefs and God will explain all when they get to heaven. Some people feel safer in their ignorance (and I don't mean that maliciously). But don't discount your sister's thought process. God is logical and does exist within the world of science because he created those laws. He must not contridict them, because he is the author of the laws, and he certainly isn't afraid of the truth, he is the truth. (if your a believer....my apologies to my atheist friends)

Answer 3

Religion does not mean controlling someone and their opinions on things. I think your sister has every right to do so. Does she believe that God created the beginning, and that's what everything evolved from? It really doesn't make sense that Adam and Eve were perfect and the Earth was seemingly created by a sort of "magic" (I know the whole Adam and Eve story, I went to perokial school), and Adam and Eve were perfect people with no original sin... and these were the FIRST people, so that must mean that we went backwards, because there is scientific proof that there was a time where humans were underdeveloped and quite different from humans today (why do we have arm hair? It was to keep humans warm long ago, and is now hardly there because humans today don't need it since we have clothing). It's more logical to believe in evolution. I've spent years trying to force myself to believe every little thing in the Bible. And you know what? I can't. Religion is about believing in a certain diety (I'm assuming you're Christian, so God), NOT every little thing the religion tries to tell you.

Answer 4

I don't believe in any kind of god, but I don't see why, really, a theist could not accept evolution. If you believe the Bible, the sun revolves around the earth. We know absolutely that this is not true, yet I do not see the believers denying this fact. Why they cannot find a way to integrate evolution into their belief system, I don't know.
Edit: As for the six "literal days:" According to Genesis, the sun was not created on the first day. With no sun, how do you know how long a day is? Couldn't that first day have been billions of years long? Seems a perfect way to allow believers to accept the fact of evolution. (And, yes, I stole this idea from "Inherit the Wind.")

Answer 5

Nonsense. The Bible doesn't say anything about evolution, so how could accepting it be contrary to the Bible? The Bible says God is the source of all that exists. But it doesn't say anything about the known FACT that new species have replaced earlier species ever since life appeared on earth. This fact we can learn about from science. Which has no bearing whatsoever on the fact that God is the designer and creator of all that exists. The problems arise when some people insist that God created everything THEIR way instead of allowing Him to do it HIS way.

Answer 6

The most compelling point against evolution is the contention that natural selection occurs because of random genetic mutations that happen to allow some members of a species to adapt to a changing environment.

Judeo-Christian understanding relates that things happen for a reason, and that reason (Logos) is God.

So, it is possible to believe that animals and plants evolve over time, and also believe in God, if you believe that those evolutionary changes have some purpose. Darwin's theory proposes that those genetic mutations were random. That's the big conflict between traditional evolutionary theory and traditional Judeo-Christian understanding.

Answer 7

i believe in micro evolution and God and the Bible, but i don't believe in macro evolution at all. i believe that man was made in Gods image but i also believe that Adam was probably like 9 or 10 feet tall and much stronger than we are, i think that we have fallen to what we have become, yes it is true that we are more advanced in technology but i think i could live without it

Answer 8

There are certain types of Christians who do believe in both and try combing the Bible with science. It all just matters how you read it.

Answer 9

A true believer will not believe in evolution,because it
call,s God a liar,,he said he created everything and
evolution say,s he did not do what he said.

Answer 10

Only a very small percentage of self-professed Christians believe that the bible is the sole source of truth in the universe or that it is 100% factual.