In this modern, scientific world, is it reasonable to believe in creation?

Question

Does the Bible allow for the idea that God used evolution to produce the various kinds of living things?

Answer 1

My best friend is Christian, and I am Pagan, but we do have similar views on creation. Her view is that, to God, a year is actually many, many years...so, to say that the Earth was created in seven days, that could actually have meant 7 million years...the bible does not necessarily have to be taken literally with a human's limited understanding. I believe in evolution AND creation...my belief is that the Gods directed the process, but it happened over a very long period of time. Science is right. Religion is right, too, depending on how you look at it.

Answer 2

It is perfectly reasonable to believe in 'creation'-evolution is pretty much irrelevant. Regardless of whether or not it is true, it does not answer the basic question: Why is there something, rather than nothing? It only attempts to describe what happened next. In fact, all of science can do that, and only that, as science is about drawing conclusions from what is observed.

So far, physicists have been able to get back to a few seconds before the Big bang, but not actually to it, let alone before it. Also, there are books by physicists of varying and no theistic belief, who are advocating the probability of God being what 'caused' the Universe to be; so, all in all, I can safely state in is very reasonable to believe in 'creation'.

Remember also, that 'creation' and 'creationism' are different concepts.

Answer 3

yes, the bible is the word of God, interpreted and written by men and because of that there may be human error and we have to take a good look at some bits.
look at it like this: you go away now and create me a universe in seven days (alowing one day for rest and imagining you had all the tools and the know-how), will it be any good? hell no, so we must add the finishing touches, ie evolution, oh and there is some bloody stupid biped running around cocking everything up by hunting some species into extinction, so lets turn up the evolution speed a bit, ok?.
that answer your question?

Answer 4

Depends what you mean by creation, doesn't it? Try this on for size, instead of the Biblical version.........

Creation is ongoing, not a one-time, one-off event. It has been happening forever, and will continue forever. Science is the observation of this continuing event. Included in this continuity, of course, is evolution. So evolution becomes a big part of creation.

If you want to have God overseeing that, you could.

Another way to look at it it is that God IS Creation.

Answer 5

The problem with creation is that we don't know what a "day" was to the Big Guy Upstairs. if that "day" were 1 million years than it could be probable. Otherwise creation is a religious belief so it mixes with science much like oil mixes with water.

Answer 6

“The natural laws of the universe are so precise that we have no difficulty building a spaceship to fly to the moon and can time the flight with the precision of a fraction of a second. These laws must have been set by somebody.” —Quoted from Wernher von Braun, who had much to do with sending American astronauts to the moon.
Physical universe: If you found a precision timepiece, would you conclude that it was formed by a chance blowing together of some dust particles? Obviously, someone with intelligence made it. There is an even more magnificent “clock.” The planets in our solar system, also the stars in the entire universe, move at a rate that is more precise than most clocks designed and manufactured by man. The galaxy in which our solar system is located includes over 100 billion stars, and astronomers estimate that there are 100 billion of such galaxies in the universe. If a clock is evidence of intelligent design, how much more so is the far more vast and complicated universe! The Bible describes the Designer of it as “the true God, Jehovah, . . . the Creator of the heavens and the Grand One stretching them out.”—Isa. 42:5; 40:26; Ps. 19:1.
Human brain: Modern computers are a product of intensive research and careful engineering. They did not “just happen.” What about the human brain? Unlike the brain of any animal, the brain of a human infant triples in size during its first year. How it functions is still largely a mystery to scientists. In humans, there is the built-in capacity to learn complex languages, to appreciate beauty, to compose music, to contemplate the origin and meaning of life. Said brain surgeon Robert White: “I am left with no choice but to acknowledge the existence of a Superior Intellect, responsible for the design and development of the incredible brain-mind relationship—something far beyond man’s capacity to understand.” (The Reader’s Digest, September 1978, p. 99)
The development of this marvel begins from a tiny fertilized cell in the womb. With remarkable insight, the Bible writer David said to Jehovah: “I shall laud you because in a fear-inspiring way I am wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful, as my soul is very well aware.”—Ps. 139:14.
Living cell: A single living cell is sometimes referred to as being a “simple” form of life. But a one-celled animal can catch food, digest it, get rid of wastes, build a house for itself and engage in sexual activity. Each cell of the human body has been likened to a walled city, with a central government to maintain order, a power plant to generate energy, factories to produce proteins, a complex transportation system, and guards to regulate what is permitted to enter. And a single human body is made up of as many as 100 trillion cells. How appropriate the words of Psalm 104:24: “How many your works are, O Jehovah! All of them in wisdom you have made”!

And as for God using evolution to create - no. Genesis 1:11, 12 says that grass and trees were made to produce each “according to its kind.” Verses 21, 24, 25 add that God created sea creatures, flying creatures and land animals, each “according to its kind.” There is no allowance here for one basic kind to evolve or change into another.

Regarding man, Genesis 1:26 reports that God said: “Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness.” So he was to have godlike qualities, not traits that were simply a development of those of a beast. Genesis 2:7 adds: “Jehovah God proceeded to form the man [not out of some preexisting life form but] out of dust from the ground and to blow into his nostrils the breath of life.” There is no hint of evolution here, but, rather, description of a new creation.

Answer 7

Even in the most modern and scientific world, there will probably still be children that believe in fairy tales and imaginary beings. So, they will make up whatever stories they need to in order to keep believing in the myths.

Answer 8

Nope. Genesis differs with evolution in time, order, and mechanism. Anyone that tries to say it is describing what science tells us happened is really just justifying it. It says that all the plants are older than the Sun and stars for Pete's sake.

Answer 9

Evolution never has claimed to explain what started it all: most Christians have no trouble accepting Evolution within their religious beliefs. Only Fundie nut-jobs believe it "attacks" their religion.

Answer 10

The Bible says that !

God said "Let the earth bring forth the creatures of the sea"