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Can you be a Christian and accept evolution?
I certainly hope so (I know many who are), but I also understand *why* they are in conflict.
Can you be a Christian and accept evolution?
I certainly hope so (I know many who are), but I also understand *why* they are in conflict.
1. Original sin:
If Adam & Eve brought sin into God's perfect world, then Jesus' sacrifice is necessary. If we challenge this notion, then sin was either built into the world, or Jesus died for political theater.
If Adam & Eve brought sin into God's perfect world, then Jesus' sacrifice is necessary. If we challenge this notion, then sin was either built into the world, or Jesus died for political theater.
2. Humans as animals:
Biologists will tell you humans are animals, taxonomically, but the Bible is clear on humans being special and capable. Is Heaven filled with, at a minimum, high IQ dolphins, ravens and horses? Smart protohumans? Chimps?
Biologists will tell you humans are animals, taxonomically, but the Bible is clear on humans being special and capable. Is Heaven filled with, at a minimum, high IQ dolphins, ravens and horses? Smart protohumans? Chimps?
3. Origins of life
Life itself may not be that special, given that the precursors are fairly common and life appeared almost as soon as it was possible to appear. Some people find the idea that there's no plan, no design, no-one steering the ship disquieting.
Life itself may not be that special, given that the precursors are fairly common and life appeared almost as soon as it was possible to appear. Some people find the idea that there's no plan, no design, no-one steering the ship disquieting.
There's a reason so many biologists and physicists are non-believers. Belief is based on a suspension of exactly the kind of thinking research in these fields requires.
