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What problem? I don't have a problem (well, not one to do with reconcilling Genesis and the ToE anyway). It would be inappropriate in this forum for me to comment on behalf of those who do.Hmm then whats the problem?
I am going to keep this short so I dont break any rule.
Creationism: God created everything
Evolution: Species change over time
How they can be used together: God created everything using evolution as a tool to create his animals and humans and perfect them over time.
Would this work christians?
In any event, the Theory of Evolution remains unsubstantiated by science. As I said, there has never been a single instance where the necessary generation of new, never-before-seen genetic information has occurred.
Moreover, the Theory of Evolution cannot account for the genetic information which already exists. It takes information to generate even a single cell, or even the various parts of a cell. Where does this information come from? Evolution cannot say. In light of these facts it seems unnecessary - and theologically dangerous - to attempt to reconcile the Word of God to this unproven theory by suggesting the creation account is merely metaphor.
You are not allowed to say that in this forum.Observed Instances of Speciation
You need to do more reading about evolutionary theory. You cannot attack something if you don't understand it properly.
You need to do more reading about evolutionary theory. You cannot attack something if you don't understand it properly.
I I am in fact 13 years old.If you want to debate you might want to put a thread in a different forum, such as philosophy?
By the way your not actually 13 are you
I believe God created the world, but also in the big bang and evolution and that genesis is symbolic. The bible is about the relationship between man and God, not a science book.
Although in the NT they talk about Adam, it doesn't mean they ment it literally. I sometimes talk about genesis as if I think it literal since it is a helpful way to understand the world.
For some but not for others.
You don't seem to understand that true evolution has never been shown to actually occur. Natural selection, mutation, speciation - none of these introduce new genetic information into the process of evolution, which cannot occur without such information. Why then should evolution be given so much authority that even the Bible must be shaped to accommodate it?
Nothing about the Genesis account of creation suggests it is merely metaphor. New Testament writers make much of the parallel between the first Adam and Christ the "second Adam." These writers do not treat the Genesis account as simply symbolic. In their minds Adam was a real, literal person just as Christ is. The six days of work followed by a seventh of rest described in the Ten Commandments is justified by a literal six days of creation and then a seventh during which God "rested." This all becomes rather nonsensical if creation never actually occured in six days. And so the problems go.
Peace to you.
No it is a scientific theory. Scientific theories are not meant to be verified; they are phrased in such a way that they can be falsified. As long as they remain unfalsified, and as long as they explain all the known facts, they are accepted as correct. The Darwinian theory of evolution by natural selection has never been falsified, instead it has been corroborated by every fact ever observed about living creatures, including, most importantly, the facts of genetics and animal genomes.Naturalistic evolution is a theory. It is a Philosophy because it cannot be verified..
Is not quite true.Scientific theories are not meant to be verified; they are phrased in such a way that they can be falsified. As long as they remain unfalsified, and as long as they explain all the known facts, they are accepted as correct.
It depends exactly what he means by Naturalistic evolution.
However:
Is not quite true.
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