Basic creationism 101 is the belief that God created the earth. (ie) OEC,YEC.
Theistic evolution is the belief that God has a hand in the Theory of Evolution.
Agnostic/Atheist evolutionary theory leans on the basis that man evolved from:
1)Primodordial soup> 2)? >3)? >4) neanderthal caveman>5) advanced caveman>6) to modern man in a gradual anthromorphic process involving millions of years.
Correct?
Well, no. YEC, OEC and Theistic evolution all posit that God created the universe and all it contains. They merely differ on his methods and his timing. Theistic evolution accepts that the Theory of Evolution accurately describes how the diversity of life arose, the other two deny it.
There are also other religious creationist traditions that deny the Christian God but also deny evolution.
Both Theistic and Atheistic evolution posit that man evolved from
1) Some unknown primitive form of life, possibly a cell but possibly some simple self-replicating molecule.
2) More complex unicellular life, including eukaryotes
3) Colonial organisms
4) Multicellular organisms
5) Primitive invertebrates
6) Fish
7) Tetrapods
8) Primitive reptiles
9) Early synapsids
10) Early primates
11) A primate where humans split from the other Great Apes, possibly
Proconsul Africanus.
12) Australopithecines, particularly the gracile varieties.
13) Homo Habilis
14) Homo erectus
15) Homo sapiens , i.e. Modern Man.
Neandertal man is not in our direct ancestry. Evolution also does not address how life could have arisen from non-life. Whether it formed on its own from primodial soup or was "poofed" there by a god, the Theory of Evolution is unaffected.
Could you now explain how, given that:
- There exist theological views consonant with both the Christian creator God and evolution; and
- Theological views that deny both evolution and the Christian God
Why you think this poll is relevant to this forum?