How do non-fanatical Christians respond to the claim, “Any true Christian will deny evolution…”?

Question

A "THINKING Christian"??? Are they real? I heard that was just a myth...

Answer 1

Unfortunately, if they want to believe that the only possible salvation is through Christ, and he died to redeam the world from original sin, that belief necessitates an acceptance of the Book of Genesis as written.

If you don't accept Genesis, that negates the concept of original sin and negates the need for Christ to act as a savior. Thus, they logically have no choice but to disavow evolutionary theory, if they want to consider themselves Christian.

This is why I reluctantly stopped considering myself a Christian, even though I was a happy Catholic.

Answer 2

I am a Christian and I accept the basic theory of Evolution. Please be clear that I do not accept claims that there is meaning in the process or that it has a direction so that our descendants will be super humans. It is a purely random process.
I have a great problem with people who say they are Christians but want to take the bible literally. This is a very new trend. For centuries Christians have understood much of the bible as metaphor. so unless we have space and time for a proper discussion I ignore that kind of comment.

Answer 3

"If Jesus always spoke in parables why can't the creation story in Genesis be an allegory?"

or

"God created the universe and the history that HAPPENED, not the one creationists claim."

or

"Evolution in no way requires that God does not exist or did not create the universe; it only requires that the creation account in Genesis is not 100% literal.

or

"You should take the advice of St. Augustine: He said that Christians should not instruct experts in the truths of their fields, because this will make Christians look ignorant and drive people away from the faith. So as that might apply here, the creation account in Genesis which could very well be a metaphor does not trump the scientist who has spent a life time scientifically confirming evolution to be true. So as a result, we should except evolution as Christians and simply accept that the creation in Genesis is allegorical, metaphorical, or at least that where it refers to "days" it did not literally mean 24 hours."

or

"Jesus said I only have to believe in HIM to get to heaven, so either way I'm not worried."

Answer 4

Non-fanatically?

Really- who cares? If people (religious or no) want to go through life believing in mutually exclusive beliefs, that's their problem. Myself, I believe there are people on both sides who believe in the myth of evolution, I just don't argue about it anymore. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and "evolution" as currently preached in the classroom has none- period.


I guess people who believe the Genesis account AND evolution like mixing apples and oranges.


sad.

Answer 5

If God didn't create Adam fully grown, if he used evolution to cause human beings to exist on the earth, then that would mean that man didn't fall, that there is no original sin that causes every single person on earth to be born with a sinful nature, and which made it necessary for Jesus to die on the cross to save us from our sin.

So where did sin come from?

If sin is just a natural development of evolution then why would God hold us accountable and why did Jesus have to die?

If you don't believe that you have sin and that Jesus died to pay the penalty for sin, then why call yourself a Christian?

Without faith in the blood of the Lamb of God shed for the remission of your own personal sin, then why say that you are a follower of Jesus Christ and not that you are a follower of Buddha or Krishna, or any other man, or woman?

Answer 6

You well know that I am non-fanatical (except when it comes to using correct Spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax).
I consider myself to be a true Christian.
I do not deny evolution.
God created monkeys, so if I came from monkeys, God still created me.
Big deal......


As I have stated many times, I believe that the Bible is full of allegories, symbolism, and metaphors.

Anyone can think what they wish of me.
I know what is in my heart.
I love God. I believe Jesus died for me.



Some people think we are all fanatics, but then you knew that already. You may be one of them.

:)
Let the thumbs go down.

Answer 7

As a true Christian - it is easy for me to accept that while God created the heavens and the earth, He may have used evolution in the process.

I see no inconsistency with that position. In fact - the "Big Bang" theory of creation is also consistent with the Genesis account!

Answer 8

That any true THINKING Christian doesn't make such absolutes, and we don't have to deny science to be a Christian.

And that the word evolution doesn't occur in the Bible.

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Hahaha. Yeah, we exist. We just get drowned out by the morons who think they are the moral majority (and usually get caught in a sex scandal or something later).

Answer 9

"I'm a Christian and I believe in evolution. Using science to understand the mechanisms of the physical world is compatible with Christian belief. It is not for you to decide who is a 'true' Christian. Didn't Jesus say, 'Judge not.' ?"

Answer 10

We do not have to believe everything in the Bible to be saved. Our salvation is not about us and how much we know and do. We all get saved by the great mercy and grace of God through what Jesus did for us on the cross.

I believe in the evolution and God is behind it, but I also believe that the evolution theory is a theory