Is it possible for the evolution theory and religion to coexist?

Answer 1

Many scientists, including Dr Francis Collins, the Director of the Human Genome Project and a Christian, think so.

Answer 2

Concerning the debate going on about intelligent design and evolution: is it possible that the final answer about which of these two seemingly opposite ideas is correct could simply be yes?

With one position firmly held by the believers and the other just as fearlessly defended by the non-believers, if you happen to be in a position somewhere near the middle, it does not look all that complex. From this position, you wonder why either-or has to be the answer.

If you believe that some higher being created the universe by intelligent design, what more elegant and intelligent design could there have been than a self-regulating system that continually checks its own errors and makes its own corrections in mid-stream as an integral part of the process.

This all seems quite logical to me although it probably won’t satisfy the believers because they are afraid to see any truth other than the one they have been told to believe in. Inversely it certainly won’t satisfy the non-believers because it leaves them stuck with a god that they are so obviously terrified of.

To sum up this view from the center, it might be most easily be explained by saying perhaps the designer was intelligent. Problem is, the designer was likely so intelligent that those seeking to prove that it is intelligently designed may be incapable of ever understand it well enough to see it for the elegant self regulating design that it has always been.

The nonbelievers will be similarly handicapped due to the internal terror the have about the idea that there may be a God. Neither side being able to leave their entrenched position for fear they may have to admit they were wrong. While the rest of us stand by trying to figure out what all the fuss is about. Personally I don’t think anyone is wrong, I just feel both sides are about half right.

Love and blessings
don

Answer 3

It's very much possible. The conflict between the two is a red herring perpetrated by militant atheists and US fundamentalists (particularly the Protestants). Catholics accepted the evolution and the Big Bang theories as facts decades ago.

The way it works is quite simple. The Catholic Church claims that God created the Universe, but that the science describes how this creation progressed from its initial state to the present state. That view of the Universe neatly combines both the moderate Creationism and the evolution, althought there are still problems with it on the Big Bang level.

Answer 4

Christianity and evolution can coexist, and do contained in the minds of lots of people who comprehend that the creation tale is metaphorical and to no longer be taken actually. regardless of if, a literal interpretation of the Biblical creation tale and the scientific theory of evolution are thoroughly incompatible. it extremely is because of the fact, between different issues, contained in the Biblical creation tale Adam became created as a guy, and survived for some volume of time, in the previous lady became ever created. The creation and survival of the male gender devoid of the female is scientifically and logically ijmpossible in primates (people) and maximum different existence varieties. Scientifically, the male human (Adam) would desire to no longer have existed devoid of the pre-existence of a girl (a mom), and the female (Eve) would desire to no longer have existed devoid of the pre-existence of a male (father).

Answer 5

It seems to me that the only people that seem to have issues with the theory of evolution are the one who take creation myths literally. I suspect there are more religious people out there who support the theory than those who don't, it's just that the naysayers are far more vocal about it.

Answer 6

Many scientist believe that there has to be a creator now.
A lot of the evolution theories that were made up are only theories and have been proved wrong in many ways.

Answer 7

Sure.

I know many Christians who are theistic evolutionists who reject "intelligent design", "sudden emergence" and other creationist nonsense.

My father was one. He said it was more important to examine the details than to run around trying to prove "God did it!" Mother too.

"Intelligent Design" is creationism in a cheap tuxedo and is not science. It's a phrase coined by the Discovery Institute in the aftermath of Edwards vs. Aguillard and McLean vs. Arkansas.

Now that Kitzmiller vs. Dover showed ID is not science, the creationists are trying the new phrase "sudden emergence".

And on goes the fight.

Answer 8

Yes, of course. The majority of Christians believe in evolution.

Answer 9

Yes

Answer 10

I think so. I am a Christian, and still believe in evolution. The only thing science has not yet 'proven' is how the first spark of life occured. I think that was God. As to evolution....I say isn't God wonderful to allow His species to adapt?