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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:16 pm

I've been wondering for a while why some Christians or many of them totally reject evolution as a whole. We have evidence of this theory. But that theory that atheists have reject creationism as a whole. They claim "The Big Bang." There was a mass explosion of gases and such. Well? Where exactly did the gases and such come from? Do they claim that they were just there from the beginning? They also claim that environment caused and causes change in the living. Ok. But I don't see that. All I see is that something intelligent said "Ok, this isn't working anymore, we've got to change the structure of this living thing or evolve it."

My idea is that God created this "Big Bang" and through it evolved the living to it's current state. We eventually learned good from evil and thus became sinners when we did something we know as evil.

One thing that I question is "God created us in his own image." What does this mean? Does God look like us? He's not physical, so he can't right? So it has nothing to do with physical looks. So what does that phrase actually mean?

All in all I don't see why God has to be excluded from evolution or that creationism has to exclude evolution. I think it can be both. Why not? We have evidence of evolution. And the thought of know intelligence behind living evolution is hard to swallow, thus why there has to be a God, in my opinion.

Why can't we accept both as fact?

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:31 pm

There is an image of him sitting on a throne in Heaven... Also, when Moses talked to him, God had his "back" to him so Moses wouldn't die from the sight of God's face. His splender and glory scrambles our brains because our physical bodies can't comprehend what we are seeing. I believe rmcdra said something in another thread about faith not being blind belief, but trust.

Creation through evolution has been believed by a lot of people for many years...

And do not think some rocks that look like bones is evidence of evolution. Yes, there is some micro-evolution (also called adapting by the scientists with brains) around the world that has happened within the last few thousand years.

Fossils are the extraction of calcium in the bones, that turn it into what appears to be rock, technically. But really, I do not believe those machines they use to determine how many thousands to millions of years some rock is.

I am all into pre-history, Dinos, those big giant beasts that I wish still walked among us. Honestly, I do not think paleontology is a "make sense" science. It's all theories, guess work, the Bible has more evidence to support what it says through Archeology.

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Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:03 pm

there is a museum that plays to that thought in ohio... not sure on it's name. I went there with my mom once and we enjoyed it. To me, evolution explains how, and creationism explains who

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 3:47 pm

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I've been wondering for a while why some Christians or many of them totally reject evolution as a whole. We have evidence of this theory. But that theory that atheists have reject creationism as a whole. They claim "The Big Bang." There was a mass explosion of gases and such. Well? Where exactly did the gases and such come from? Do they claim that they were just there from the beginning? They also claim that environment caused and causes change in the living. Ok. But I don't see that. All I see is that something intelligent said "Ok, this isn't working anymore, we've got to change the structure of this living thing or evolve it."

My idea is that God created this "Big Bang" and through it evolved the living to it's current state. We eventually learned good from evil and thus became sinners when we did something we know as evil.

One thing that I question is "God created us in his own image." What does this mean? Does God look like us? He's not physical, so he can't right? So it has nothing to do with physical looks. So what does that phrase actually mean?

All in all I don't see why God has to be excluded from evolution or that creationism has to exclude evolution. I think it can be both. Why not? We have evidence of evolution. And the thought of know intelligence behind living evolution is hard to swallow, thus why there has to be a God, in my opinion.

Why can't we accept both as fact?

Bolded right there. That's what most Christians believe, believe it or not. Most Fundies reject evolution since it does not coincide with a literal or semi-literal 6 day creation story. Also as a side note, the "Big Bang Theory" was actually scoffed at it's conception for the longest time since it seemed to imply a God or creator of sorts.

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Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 6:46 pm

Hm. I've always thought about this and this is pretty much what my mom believes to be true (although she doesn't believe dinosaurs ever existed).

Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 5:09 am

i fully believe in evolution, and i believe that god helped it along so he could see where it went

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Posted: Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:27 am

Prince Darialan Love

I've been wondering for a while why some Christians or many of them totally reject evolution as a whole. We have evidence of this theory. But that theory that atheists have reject creationism as a whole. They claim "The Big Bang." There was a mass explosion of gases and such. Well? Where exactly did the gases and such come from? Do they claim that they were just there from the beginning? They also claim that environment caused and causes change in the living. Ok. But I don't see that. All I see is that something intelligent said "Ok, this isn't working anymore, we've got to change the structure of this living thing or evolve it."

My idea is that God created this "Big Bang" and through it evolved the living to it's current state. We eventually learned good from evil and thus became sinners when we did something we know as evil.

One thing that I question is "God created us in his own image." What does this mean? Does God look like us? He's not physical, so he can't right? So it has nothing to do with physical looks. So what does that phrase actually mean?

All in all I don't see why God has to be excluded from evolution or that creationism has to exclude evolution. I think it can be both. Why not? We have evidence of evolution. And the thought of know intelligence behind living evolution is hard to swallow, thus why there has to be a God, in my opinion.

Why can't we accept both as fact?

Thank you God there is still sense in the world.
My dad's a devout catholic who is...shall i say wary of evolution. And apparently everyone but me knows better than to bring it up lol And my uncle the only one who believes in evolutionon ( choosing his own beliefs rather than the families puts ABSOLUTELY no stock in creation.
Sorry to umpack like this, but I honestly believed I was the only one who believed in both.
I've always believed that yes God created...well, the world. It can't possibly be the world we live in now, people and the world around them change and adapt everyday.
It makes sense to me at least.

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