Can You Believe in God and Evolution?

TIME ^ | Sunday, Aug. 07, 2005 | DAVID VAN BIEMA

[LiteKeeper]

If God can create an Earth....he could certainly have created evolution.

It would appear that you either don't understand theology or evolution. They are not compatible. Evolution involves chance, random mutations, and millions of death. That is not what the Bible teaches...the ansewer is no!

[js1138]

Evolution involves chance, random mutations, and millions of death.

Of course, if the stopped believing in evolution, the deaths will stop. How silly of us.

[colorcountry]

The key word here is "could." Could God do it? YES

DID God use evolution in his creation.....We'll probably never know (at least in this lifetime.)

[Vive ut Vivas]

So if we become creationists, death will stop?

Hmm... do you think it's worth it? 8-)

[exDemMom]

It becomes a little bit harder to describe how, one day, those molecules began to replicate themselves.

No, it doesn't. Do crystals grow? Are they alive? Replication, on the molecular level, means that molecules have the physical ability to congregate with other molecules of similar chemical/physical properties. The little oily spheres (called micelles) easily grow and divide in response to outside forces. Every chemical process occurring within a living system proceeds according to physical law and can occur in the absence of a living system.

[sono]

Yes ... Teilhard de Chardin

[Inyo-Mono]

Can You Believe in God and Evolution?

Yes. I have no choice for there is overwhelming evidence for the latter and faith for the former.

[js1138]

I don't know. which sounds more benevolent. Death as a mechanism for insuring the adaptability and survival of life as a whole, or death as a punishment inflicted on all living creatures for the disobedience of one person.

[onedoug]

Gerald Schroeder, The Science Of God

[Vive ut Vivas]

Death is a natural part of life, as we all learned from watching The Lion King.

[RochesterFan]

Nope, academic degrees are a dime a dozen.

How many do you have? How long did it take you to earn them? What schools did you attend? I worked my tail off to get a B.S. in Chemistry and M. S. and Ph. D. degrees in Polymer Science and Engineering. Almost half of the grad students entering the Ph. D. program with me did not qualify for the degree. Such pompous generalizations discredit your arguments.

[shuckmaster]

An old question...if Man evolved from Apes & Monkeys, why are there still Apes & Monkeys?

If man evolved from parents, why are there still parents?

[mmercier]

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin.

Teil·hard de Char·din ( P ) Pronunciation Key (t-yär d shär-d), Pierre. 1881-1955.

French priest, paleontologist, and philosopher who maintained that the universe and humankind are evolving toward a perfect state. His written works include The Phenomenon of Man (first published 1955).

Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

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[Mike Darancette]

The little oily spheres (called micelles) easily grow and divide in response to outside forces.

When did the little oily spheres begin to replicate due to internal forces? When did the little oily spheres begin to evolve to suit a changing environment?

It is really hard for me to get from crystals or little oily spheres to DNA in the short span of years allowed by the Geological and Paleontological records of the planet.

[WildTurkey]

As a NON-thinking Christian, I can't buy that.

[Zack Nguyen]

One can be a Christian and believe in evolution. One can be a Christian and be mistaken about any number of things.

[csense]

Every chemical process occurring within a living system proceeds according to physical law and can occur in the absence of a living system.

You might either want to rephrase this, or abandon it altogether since not only is it circular, but it is demonstrably false.

Photosynthesis alone would falsify your premise.

[WildTurkey]

Whatever explanation there is for the existance of the universe germs, it's far too complex for our minds to understand. Get on with your lives.

[WildTurkey]

Photosynthesis alone would falsify your premise.

How?