Evolution

I don't know how to explain why/how people believe in evolution. I believe in God. I believe that he made us the way we are right now. I do not know how to explain findings of cavemen or whatever. I do think that with advances in science it makes us able to have a better quality of life than people 100 or even 20 years ago. I DO NOT believe that scientists (especially doctors) know everything. If they did, we wouldn't have so many diseases. We'd have the cure for the common cold, you know? No one would have arthritis, or be deaf, or be born with "defects". I have faith in God. He'll provide the answers when and if we need to know. In HIS time.

I'll try to stick to your original question, since there are already several discussions about evolution here in mylot. Belief in evolution does not necessarily exclude a belief in god. So much so that there are many evolutionary biologists who believe in god and see no conflict between this personal faith and their research on evolution. Some things in some religions are, really, incompatible with evolution. Among western religions, the christian bible is an example, when it brings an account of the creation of the world that contradicts what we have found in the fossil record, geological dating and other forms of inquiry of the natural world. But many people who do follow the teachings of christianity choose to interpret those texts as allegories, or simply ignore them and retain their faith in the rest of that religion's dogma, as long as it doesn't contradict natural history. It is entirely possible, just not too common.

I don't think that believing in evolution will exclude believing in God. One can believe in evolution and still believe in God. The Director of one of the most interesting scientific projects the Human Genome Project is a Christian,and he believes in evolution. Francis Collins is a well qualified scientist and he does not see evolution as opposed to his Christian faith. And John Stott the famous English theologian also believes in evolution. Though he is not a scientist, he does not see evolution as opposed to his theological enterprise. I think it is much more common in America to see Biblical teaching on creation and evolution as mutually exclusive. There are well qualified scientist and theologian outside of American landscape who do not see them as mutually exclusive.

Believe in evolution in now way means that one doesn't believe in God.

I'd like to remind everyone that this discussion is not asking whether each one believes in evolution or in creationism, but instead, it asks whether these beliefs are mutually exclusive or if they can coexist pacifically. We already have plenty of other topics discussing evolution and creationism, for those so inclined. Please, let's stick to the subject in this one.

Personally I can't understand why so many people think that evolution and religion are mutually exclusive. I'm a Christian and I believe in god. I believe that god gave humans and other animals the power to evolve and grow. You can't dispute the fact that we have evolved to have longer lifespans, greater technology, and the ability to cure diseases that used to wipe out entire civilizations.

Yuh! Kind of find it hard to believe that people evolved from fish. I believe God created the earth, the animals and humans. The theory of evolution makes no sense to me.

Accepting the fact of evolution in no way means that you do not believe in God. It does rule out a literal interpretation of the bible's story of creation. I do need to add that not being a Christian also does not mean that you don't believe in God.

Belief in evolution and belief in God are not mutually exclusive; belief in evolution does not exclude a belief in God all the best urban

Belief in evolution in no way means that one is excluded from belief in God.

Believing in God and belief in microevoluiton(changes within species)is consistent. Creationists believe that God created living organisms with the ability to vary within themselves. This is sometimes referred to as horizontal changes, i.e different varieties of dogs, cats, etc. One can also believe in God and believe in macroevolution (change from one species into an entirely new species. This is sometimes referred to a a vertical change i.e a lizard evolving into a bird or a whale evolving into a cow)However, this is where the conflict comes in. For example, evolution says man evolved by macroevolutionary means. Jesus says in the New Testament that God created man and woman from the very beginning. So either Darwin and the evolutionists know more than Jesus or it's the other way around.

I have two problems with this opening statement. 1) No, we don't ALL know that God created man. We don't ALL believe in the Bible. Yes, that is what the Bible states, but that does not mean that everyone agrees that the Bible is factual. 2) Science has proven that everything evolves in certain ways. Science has not proven that evolution from one species to another did happen. That is why evolution is labeled a theory. So, to answer your opening question, some people believe in both evolution and God. Some people believe that evolution was an entirely natural process, and had no divine intervention. Those same people tend not to believe in a god of any kind. And, some people believe only in what the Bible states, choosing to reject evolution because they believe that it conflicts with the biblical account of creation. It's all a matter of opinion and belief.

It is history that had actually set an aisle between RELIGION and SCIENCE.. Why give up believing in GOD if you believe in evolution and vice versa.? There's nothing wrong with that. Will you be killed if you choose one of them?

I believe in evolution and I believe in God. What i think happened was that God created the big bang and then the world slowly evolved to the state that is in right now. Science says that the big bang happened but not why or how it started.

..they may have a picture, but the idea it is proven is not true.. as a matter of fact "particles-to-people" evolution requires changes of increase in genetic information, and should be seen often if evolution were true, but all that's been observed is the sorting and the loss of information...

I too believe in God. But i am not worried about the evolution of Mankind. If God created man, then who created God? If we go to find answers for all these questions then we will really go mad!

The two are NOT mutually exclusive. But one has to realize that the earth is not 2 billion or however many millions of years old either as scientists say. There are problems with carbon dating, etc. People have chosen to beleive in these scientific methids used to date fossils, etc., however instead of beleiving in what it says in the Bible! For a great website explaining this a lot better than I can, and a website that offers alot of argument and proof that the earth in fact is only 6,000 THOUSAND years old, see AnswersinGenesis.ord