My Evolution Challenge

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Why is it not possible for God to have used evolution to create the different lifeforms that we see in the world today and what wee have seen in the past and fossils of?

 

[Tinker Grey]

"cuz my interpretation of the Bible, tho'"

 

[Maria Billingsley]

Why is it not possible for God to have used evolution to create the different lifeforms that we see in the world today and what wee have seen in the past and fossils of?

The challenge for Christian's is the evolution of man. Linking a common ancestry with primates , an animal, goes against biblical truth that man was made from the dust of the earth in the image of God. Evolution would need to be redefined and clarified.
Blessings.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

The challenge for Christian's is the evolution of man. Linking a common ancestry with primates , an animal, goes against biblical truth that man was made from the dust of the earth. Evolution would need to be redefined and clarified.
Blessings.

I mean, we can probably leave human evolution aside for now and just focus on evolution in general. But still, why would it be impossible for God to use evolution to create the life that we see and have seen on this earth?

 

[AV1611VET]

Why is it not possible for God to have used evolution to create the different lifeforms that we see in the world today and what we have seen in the past and fossils of?

One word: "death".

1 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

1 Corinthians 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

One word: "death".

1 Corinthians 15:26 The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

1 Corinthians 15:55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

So you're saying that God, who can do anything through his power, is limited by something He Himself cannot experience.

You make God out to be very weak. And also proving Tinker Grey right too.

 

[RDKirk]

Why is it not possible for God to have used evolution to create the different lifeforms that we see in the world today and what wee have seen in the past and fossils of?

With God all things are possible.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

With God all things are possible.

Well, exactly my point. He is the eternal. He can do literally anything.

So why is that, for some reason, He could not make life on Earth by evolution (according to some people)?

 

[AV1611VET]

So you're saying that God, who can do anything through his power, is limited by something He Himself cannot experience.

God chose death as His enemy.

Death didn't choose Him.

You make God out to be very weak.

No, you did.

When you asked: "Why is it not possible ..."

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

God chose death as His enemy.

Death didn't choose Him.

But that verse is not saying that death is God's enemy. The verse is talking about Jesus after he came back from crucifixion. Jesus is not the creator, his father, God, is. And that's we're talking about.

No, you did.

When you asked: "Why is it not possible ..."

I didn't say that God couldn't have used evolution. I wholeheartedly believe that God used evolution to create life as we see and have seen, since that's what we from His creation. But you and others say that that's not possible for God.

 

[AV1611VET]

I didn't say that God couldn't have used evolution. I wholeheartedly believe that God used evolution to create life as we see and have seen, since that's what we from His creation. But you and others say that that's not possible for God.

Well, I'm afraid, if you're going to use a "not possible" scenario, you're going to have to be disappointed.

Yes, God could have used evolution.

But God is not a sadist.

Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

Death brings pain to those "left behind."

And when God chose to let sin be the harbinger of death ...

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

... then He effectively shut the door on evolution.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Well, I'm afraid, if you're going to use a "not possible" scenario, you're going to have to be disappointed.

Yes, God could have used evolution.

But God is not a sadist.

Acts 2:24 Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.

Death brings pain to those "left behind."

And when God chose to let sin be the harbinger of death ...

Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

... then He effectively shut the door on evolution.

For someone who likes to th quote the Bible a lot, you sure enjoy quoting it out of context, since Acts 2 is SPECIFICALLY about the Resurrection of Christ, not creation.

And even if death entered the world by sin, only humans sin, animals do not. Which makes no sense, since animals die all the time. Though that's a theological question than a scientific or pseudo-scientific question.

And again, you are specifically saying that God could not do it. Which does not reflect what we see in His creation.

 

[AV1611VET]

And again, you are specifically saying that God could not do it.

I'm saying God can not do it, because God would not do it.

In other words, God was not able to do it, because God choose to not be able to do it.

And He made that choice in 4004 BC.

As soon as He created Adam from the dust of the ground, there went His evolution of man out the window.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

I'm saying God can not do it, because God would not do it.

In other words, God was not able to do it, because God choose to not be able to do it.

And He made that choice in 4004 BC.

As soon as He created Adam from the dust of the ground, there went His evolution of man out the window.

To throw a phrase back at you: all of that is only on paper.

 

[AV1611VET]

To throw a phrase back at you: all of that is only on paper.

Anything else paper can help you with?

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Anything else paper can help you with?

Who's your second baseman?

 

[AV1611VET]

Who's your second baseman?

Who's on first.

 

[Mountainmike]

Why is it not possible for God to have used evolution to create the different lifeforms that we see in the world today and what wee have seen in the past and fossils of?

There is a difference between stating “possible “ or “not possible” , and whether it actually happened That way.
Or whether it was “ guided “ or “ unguided” Some christIan’s agree with one of those.

But There is also the question of consciousness.
Not only belief, but increasingly evidence and voices In science are saying consciousness is separable and not a process of the brain. Ie the soul, spirit , call it what you will.

If the soul is separable no amount of chemistry or supposed evolution process accounts for human life in totality.

 

[Warden_of_the_Storm]

Who's on first.

Who?

(For a split second, I thought I ruined the joke. Well, I kind of did)

 

[tonychanyt]

Why is it not possible for God to have used evolution to create the different lifeforms that we see in the world today and what wee have seen in the past and fossils of?

See 12 examples of evolution happening right now.