I have never understood why so many people are possessed of the illogical idea that evolutionary theory is somehow exclusive of God and His Creation?
Myself, I find it awesome to consider that God didn’t create me the ‘easy way’ but instead I am part of a 15 billion year plan that led to my existence...and He knew I would exist when He set that plan into motion!
I compare this to thinking that I could have a father who would buy me a pre-fabricated home (for which I’d be grateful) or I could have a handmade home in which my father grew the trees for the lumber that he milled himself, he mined the ore to make the steel for the nails, and he attended to every little detail in minute detail taking years and years to create something for me.
I’m sorry to disappoint some of you, but for me the idea of God using evolution to bring about His plan speaks to a God whose wisdom is truly beyond our understanding.
And if it was all done in seven days then that’s fine, too. But either way I still believe in God and I am left to wonder about people who obsess over evolution and creation as if their faith hinges on one being true over the other.
And that’s not faith.
My God is my God and my Lord and Savior no matter what.
The problem is that modern evolution is defined to mean naturalistic processes without the need for God. If you assume God in the mix, you are not talking about evolution, but some other process that has “evolution” in the name.
Long creation eras don’t need to be attended by any kind of “macro evolution.” A series of miracles is sufficient to populate the world.
The doctrine of theistic evolution severely undermines the Christian understanding of God and man's place in His universe.If evolution is true, then the story of the Garden of Edin and original sin must be viewed as nothing more than allegory, a view that undermines the significance of Christ's sinless life and sacrificial death on the cross. If Adam was not a historical individual, and if his fall into sin was not historical, then the biblical doctrines of sin and of Christ's atonement for it collapse.If original sin is a fiction, then we have no need of a savior.