Does Christianity support the theory of evolution?

[Dumbledore]

I'm just curious because I always thought Christians do no believe that we evolved from apes.

 

[Ameesh]

no it does not. they subscribe to a theory called creationism.

 

[Lonyo]

In a way you can believe in both, but it's a kind of stretch.

Like God made man evolve from apes or something.

Or is that the big bang that Christians can believe in because God made it happen.

I don't know, but I think some do.

 

[Lyfer]

Yup, with the new leaner Chicken Mcnuggets, everyone can have great food with less fat/calories.

 

[Gyrene]

Only the fundies are against evolution. I believe in a mix of creation and evolution, although I don't believe we evolved from apes.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
In a way you can believe in both, but it's a kind of stretch.

Like God made man evolve from apes or something.

Or is that the big bang that Christians can believe in because God made it happen.

I don't know, but I think some do.

the bible doesn't support that notion.

 

[Ameesh]

Originally posted by: dtyn
Only the fundies are against evolution. I believe in a mix of creation and evolution, although I don't believe we evolved from apes.

if we didn't evolve from apes what did we evolve from?

 

[BAMAVOO]

We didn't evolve. Read the bible.

 

[TMPadmin]

No religion or science believe we evolved from apes anymore. Where have you been?

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: dtyn
Only the fundies are against evolution. I believe in a mix of creation and evolution, although I don't believe we evolved from apes.

if we didn't evolve from apes what did we evolve from?

Who says we evolved? The neandrathals evolved from apes, but it was proven that there were humans and neandrathals around during the same period. Why did we have to evolve from something?

 

[Dumbledore]

Originally posted by: dtyn
Only the fundies are against evolution. I believe in a mix of creation and evolution, although I don't believe we evolved from apes.

That's my problem. I consider myself a Catholic, I believe in creationism but also believe in evolution. I believe that God put us on this earth but we did evolve from apes. It's been proven that we have the same ancestors as apes.

 

[amcdonald]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: dtyn
Only the fundies are against evolution. I believe in a mix of creation and evolution, although I don't believe we evolved from apes.

if we didn't evolve from apes what did we evolve from?

Bananas... or possibly oil lamps.

 

[NogginBoink]

The Catholic faith does not exclude evolution.

I don't know the details of how they reconcile the whole thing, but the theory of evolution and the Catholic faith are not mutually exclusive.

 

[Gyrene]

Originally posted by: Dumbledore

Originally posted by: dtyn
Only the fundies are against evolution. I believe in a mix of creation and evolution, although I don't believe we evolved from apes.

That's my problem. I consider myself a Catholic, I believe in creationism but also believe in evolution. I believe that God put us on this earth but we did evolve from apes. It's been proven that we have the same ancestors as apes.

Actually, it's been proven that neandrathals evolved from apes, we didn't.

 

God made monkeys with evolution in mind.

 

[fonzinator]

The Bible proscribes the theory of creationism. This is in direct conflict with macro-evolution (ie. humans evolving from apes). However, creationism leaves room for micro-evolution/adaptation (ie. humans growing taller over time).

 

[notfred]

Christianity and the origin of the earth are wholly unrelated. Christianity is a religion based on the beleif that jesus christ died in order to allow beleivers to enter heaven. It really doesn't have anything to do with the origins of species.

 

[Dumbledore]

Originally posted by: dtyn

Originally posted by: Dumbledore

Originally posted by: dtyn
Only the fundies are against evolution. I believe in a mix of creation and evolution, although I don't believe we evolved from apes.

That's my problem. I consider myself a Catholic, I believe in creationism but also believe in evolution. I believe that God put us on this earth but we did evolve from apes. It's been proven that we have the same ancestors as apes.

Actually, it's been proven that neandrathals evolved from apes, we didn't.

I think we did to some degree.



Did we evolve from monkeys?

Did we evolve from monkeys?

Humans did not evolve from monkeys. Humans are more closely related to modern apes than to monkeys, but we didn't evolve from apes, either. Humans share a common ancestor with modern African apes, like gorillas and chimpanzees. Scientists believe this common ancestor existed
5 to 8 million years ago. Shortly thereafter, the species diverged into two separate lineages. One of these lineages ultimately evolved into gorillas and chimps, and the other evolved into early human ancestors called hominids.

 

[sillymofo]

Does it have an AGP slot?

 

[Elita1]

It really depends on the denomination and/or who you talk to.

If I'm not mistaken(may have to lookit up again) Catholic church believes God created man, and however God did it is fine with them. They are open to the possibility of the different theories.

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: dtyn

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: dtyn
Only the fundies are against evolution. I believe in a mix of creation and evolution, although I don't believe we evolved from apes.

if we didn't evolve from apes what did we evolve from?

Who says we evolved? The neandrathals evolved from apes, but it was proven that there were humans and neandrathals around during the same period. Why did we have to evolve from something?

Just because one species was an evolution of another, doesn't mean the original one dies out. You can have a coexistance for a long time or even forever.

My biggest laugh comes from getting the Creationists to explain mules and the lesser known hinnies.

 

[Optimus]

Sects of Christianity that interpret the Bible literally (Fundamentalits, Bible-Belt Christians, most sects of Protestantism (Southern Baptists, some Methodists, etc) believe only in Creationism, and often do not believe in any form of evolution (micro, macro, and especially man). I.E. that God created all species, man, etc as they are.

Other branches/sects, including Catholicism, believe in an interpreted Bible - i.e. that the Bible is not literal, but meant for interpretation. These groups/churches often do believe in evolution as a design mechanism created by God. i.e. that God made the Big Bang and designed everything to evolve from there.
The only corallary, at least for Catholicism, is that if man evolved from ape there was a point in that evolution where God endowed man/Neanderthal Man/what have you with a SOUL. So they believe that everything could have evolved, but that God was the designer of the system and intentionally created people's souls. (i.e. that the soul did not evolve).

The key here is Bible literalism or interpretation. The Bible taken literally does not support evolution.

 

[TekChik]

Originally posted by: BAMAVOO
We didn't evolve. Read the bible.

 

[ITJunkie]

Originally posted by: notfred
Christianity and the origin of the earth are wholly unrelated. Christianity is a religion based on the beleif that jesus christ died in order to allow beleivers to enter heaven. It really doesn't have anything to do with the origins of species.

True and well said.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: Ameesh

Originally posted by: Lonyo
In a way you can believe in both, but it's a kind of stretch.

Like God made man evolve from apes or something.

the bible doesn't support that notion.

Oh? Did you ever read Genesis?

Genesis 1:1, God created earth without life,
Genesis 1:2, God created water without life,
Genesis 1:11, God created simple life (no animals yet at this stage),
Genesis 1:20, God created animal life in the water first, then birds,
Genesis 1:21, God later created additional water life (including water mammals), and additional birds,
Genesis 1:24, God created land mammals and other land life,
Genesis 1:26, God lastly created man.

The bible said those things happened in a very specific order.

Now what does evolution say? Yep first came earth, then water, followed by simple life, then water animals, then land animals, and finally man. Gee doesn't that sound familiar? Where else did that exact order appear?

I look at both theories and see no reason that they must conflict. Both creation and evolution match and can go hand in hand. Christianity supports the theory of evolution (or at least the bible does).