The Bible is a book written by man. Why can’t evolution be part of God’s plan?
God gave us a brain thousands of years before the writings, selection and editing of that work. How many different versions are there now?
>>Why can’t evolution be part of God’s plan?
That depends on what your version of evolution is. If you think that cardinals and blue jays share a common ancestor, then I agree fully wit you. If you think alligators and blue jays share a common ancestor, you start to lose me. And if you believe that man is the result of 100 Trillion dice rolls that went right, then I disagree.
I am a scientist by education, and for years by vocation.
Show me in genetic science where one species arose from the genome of the prior, accompanied by the sequence of biological, and reproductive events that made that ‘evolution’ possible.
Simply showing similarities in the genome is not evidence of A begat B. Tell me how A begats B, with a different chromosome set/number, please.
You just invented your own God.
The God of the bible doesn't recognize him/her.
Because by definition evolution is a purely random process of beneficial genetic mutation. (something that has never been witnessed by the way). As soon as you add God to the mix it's not evolution anymore.
Theistic evolution must take substantial liberties in interpreting the Bible, and they face must of the same arguments Christians use against atheistic evolution. Jesus says "but at the beginning of creation God make them male and female." Mark 10:6
As far as I am concerned evolution could be part of God’s plan. In fact, that might be the only plausible way forward. You might want to read Nature’s Destiny or Signature in the Cell.
I think the odds are stacked against abiogenesis and also stacked against evolution. Others have found the odds to be stacked against a universe that can contain sentient life - the anthropic principle.
I can accept an all powerful God that makes each species one at a time. I can also accept an all intelligent God who calibrates the Big Bang just so, including the laws of physics, so that everything plays out to include the formation of this solar system, this unlikely water planet, the origin of life, plants, animals and man.
I learned evolution in school and accepted it. Then I read some critics of evolution and, right or wrong, they presented reasonable arguments. I read Darwin and was not impressed. Modern day critics of evolution stick to the subject. It seems that many modern day supporters of evolution are content to diss anyone who disagrees, while advancing evolution as a theory of everything or as an attack on theism. They are losing the debate through non-participation.
From a naturalistic perspective, I think past dogma about evolution was unwarranted. We really don’t know much, despite the fact that some people are sure that they do.
I no longer reject young earth creationism, nor do I accept it. Those who argue from a biblical perspective should accept that those arguments have no weight with many people. That’s O.K. They can either carry their arguments further among like-minded people, or, try to reach a larger audience through scientific reasoning. Both strategies have been pursued.