If one is to believe the theory of evolution, doesn't it throw out the teachings of the Bible?

Question

It sounds too convenient to say you can believe in evolution and be a Christian at the same time. How can you be both if the Bible totally contradicts the theory of evolution? How can the story of creation not be take literally, it's very clear. If you don't firmly believe in one thing in the Bible, there is no reason to believe in anything.

Answer 1

1) If one is to believe the theory of evolution, doesn't it throw out the teachings of the Bible?



No.





2) It sounds too convenient to say you can believe in evolution and be a Christian at the same time.



How it sounds is not really important to the issue.





3) How can you be both if the Bible totally contradicts the theory of evolution?



If that were true then you could not be both.



The Bible does not totally contradict the theory of species evolution. In my somewhat-educated opinion, the Bible contradicts the theory of species evolution only one or two very minor points or not at all (depending on the particular variation or "rider theory" of the theory of species evolution that is under discussion).





4) How can the story of creation not be take literally, it's very clear.



a - the clarity of a story does not by itself mandate a literal interpretation



b - as mentioned above, a very literal interpretation of the Biblical creation story only disagrees with the theory of species evolution on one or two particular points...sometimes (again: depending on which variation or aspect of the theory of species evolution that is under discussion)





5) If you don't firmly believe in one thing in the Bible, there is no reason to believe in anything.



I think you might want to reword that.





Remember: the basic premise of the theory of species evolution is this:

"The reason - the cause - of multiple species on Earth is species evolution"

Nothing in that "thesis" excludes God or Godly creation.



- Jim, http://www.bible-reviews.com/

Answer 2

There were many attempts by using the scientists worried within the field to check out and show it fallacious. They do that by using using the idea to make a prediction that goes in opposition to everything else they recognize. Then they make a prediction headquartered on the opposite conception Then they determine a method to verify these predictions. Sooner or later they check to look which which prediction is right. The idea of scientific reality includes this trying out, the ability to make priceless predictions, and the class factor, which is how a lot the brand new theory is simpler to use, and the completeness, which if the theory fits with all the known facts and observations of the real world. If the speculation fails to make accurate predictions that would most likely be deadly to the speculation, if it fits the whole thing the earlier concept does but is more awkward it is frequently rejected, If the theory is incomplete and does no longer fit the true world observances then it's rejected as a false theory. Thus far evolution theory has passed each scan, nobody has been equipped to find a deadly flaw and it has proved very priceless, each as a source of predictions about the true world and as a instrument for many different branches of science. It's in accordance with the entire known data of how the sector surely is, and is way less difficult than some other postulates which were awarded. Are you interested by a venture. If you can come up with a greater theory, some thing that works higher, or is extra whole, i am certain there are various study organizations that want to hear from you. If any of your responders can create a prediction of the speculation which is false the speculation would fail and be rejected.

Answer 3

That's baloney. The people who seem the most highly educated about the Bible are the ones that do not interpret it literally, especially Genesis, and that's the only part of the Bible that evolution disagrees with.

Answer 4

You could argue that the point of the bible is to teach morality, not biology or astronomy.



Also, heliocentrism is bloody difficult to reconcile with the bible. There are numerous passages which make clear that the earth is "unmovable", and one which explains how the sun at night rushes back to the place it rose. So do you also need to believe the sun revolves around the earth in order to believe in the bible? Well, in that case it's clear, bible-believers are done for.

Answer 5

Well I'm a guy who's a biotechnologist by profession, and who believes in the theory of evolution. But I'm a christian...the 1st person who mentioned that the narrative in genesis was probably figurative was st. Augustine, i think even Thomas Aquinas accepts that possibility...and this was 100s of years before Darwin...Evolution tells you about how life and by its extension how humans came into being...it does not tell you how the life itself came into being (and no there are still no viable theory of abiogenesis that beats the statistical odds)...but what else does the genesis narrative tell you??..it tells you that man is a creature with the knowledge of what is right and what is wrong...and that all of us have erred...and as every act has its consequence and due to sin man faces separation from a holy god. The existence of morality is self evident (i believe it was JP Murdock who ended up discovering whats called the psychic unity of mankind...meaning the moral values are universal despite the culture), and the fact that we violated the law of morality is evident in itself...its almost impossible to claim that morality is an evolutionary mechanism...here's an example...its moral to defend your nation..but defending your nation increases the chances of you killing yourself..a cowards chances of survival is higher..or sharing your food in a famine situation is moral but again your chances of survival is decreased...the human morality is accepted by most scholars to be anti evolutionary in character for example we find it right to preserve the weak and the helpless. The question of morality, the fact that we erred with regard to it and that a just God will demand justice with regards to that error, and a merciful god will be willing to pay the price himself, are things that are self evident and for which the bible gives an answer and which compels me to believe

Answer 6

Not everything is meant to be taken literally. That's why we have metaphors.

If a person wishes to believe in Christianity and evolution at the same time, that is their belief and you should at the very least respect that.

Answer 7

Only if you choose to take the bible literally, which is difficult to do in any case. Genesis has two versions of the creation story, so you'd first have to choose which is to be taken literally, which of course necessarily means the other one cannot be taken that way... See the conundrum?

Answer 8

Virtually everything known about geology and biology proves that Genesis is not literally correct.



There is plenty of stuff outside Genesis in the Bible that there is no reason to believe in. Houses getting "leprosy" for one thing.

Answer 9

Xians “are really against anything that discredits their religion, and evolution does exactly that.

If evolution is true, then the story of Adam & Eve didn't literally happen, and if Adam & Eve didn't happen then Eve wasn't around to commit the "original sin" which means Jesus didn't need to die on the cross, and at that point their entire religion basically falls apart.”

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Answer 10

All the bible teaches is that God is the creator. It does not specify the technique or principle that he used to do it.

Evolution does not necessarily contradict anything the bible says.

Answer 11

Replace every use of the word "evolution" in your question with "a round Earth" and you'll understand how stupid you sound.

Answer 12

"If you don't firmly believe in one thing in the Bible, there is no reason to believe in anything."



According to your logic, because I don't believe in Genesis, I have no reason not to kill people.

Answer 13

And they also took of the firstlings of their flocks, that they might offer sacrifice and burnt offerings according to the law of Moses;



4 And also that they might give thanks to the Lord their God, who had brought them out of the land of Jerusalem, and who had delivered them out of the hands of their enemies, and had appointed just men to be their teachers, and also a just man to be their king, who had established peace in the land of Zarahemla, and who had taught them to keep the commandments of God, that they might rejoice and be filled with love towards God and all men.

Answer 14

You could say god createÐ evolution, created everything else

Answer 15

my brain is big enough to hold two ideas at once