Chirstians who believe in evolution and not the creation story, why do you believe this and how do you back it up?
Posted Dec 20, 2019, 4:08 AM UTC
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Genesis is like a poetic representation of creation.
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And my thoughts are how we go about properly interpreting/reading the Genesis/Tanakh is not found in the text itself, but rather is found in the New Testament, the Church Fathers, and the Divine Liturgies.
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Yeah I dont get into eastern orthodox stuff I stick to the bible and even the other books that arent in the current canon like gospel of Thomas,enoch etc but beyond that I dont get into Constantine's stuff etc
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Well Constantine was more of an Arian so I wouldn't suggest getting into his stuff and would suggest Orthodoxy instead.
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Maybe some day just not big on rituals
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Reading Genesis in the form it was written in.
Also, Roman’s 1:18-20 talks about how Gods creation reveals who he is. Evolution is a revelation based of the study of creation. It is the divine creativity.
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I love that God gives us this glimpse of his infinite power through the end duty of the universe and complexity of life.
To deny scientific observation is to deny God’s revelation.
Can science be twisted against God? Yes, and so can Bible verses. Doesn’t mean either can be ignored.
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Yes. Man can take both scripture and science to (seemingly) justify an unjust/untruthful conclusion
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Genesis isn't trying to answer questions about the literal, scientific origins of the universe. That was completely outside its audience's worldview.
It was trying to answer questions about who God is, who mankind is, and the relationship between them.
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If you literally believe the creation story, there are a few discrepancies, one that comes to mind is the word for firmament used in day 1, which represents a solid object in the Hebrew.. quite literally it's a word that refers to a solid object, as their cosmology was totally different than ours. The sky isn't a solid object though.
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There are no discrepancies. The firmament is on Day 2, btw, and the Bible is using language of appearance. Look up at the sky. It looks like a solid blue dome. It looks flat, but you can also go up into it and place luminaries in it. The Bible accounts for all of that.
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(I will answer as I would 7 years ago when I was a Presbyterian Christian, but with a bit more developed language)
There are literal mountains of evidence, and ignoring those without a "right" (well-founded, correct, etc.) reason is idiotic.
edit1: the creation story and evolution are not entirely exclusive, only partially exclusive. just enough to discredit the bible. (edit2: in my opinion)
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Yeah, I think evolution describes the origin of man.
I think Genesis describes it as well, but obviously in entirely different terms.
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I believe evolution because I read Genesis as a simplified version of the origins of the universe and man, made to be understandable to anyone regardless of education. I back it up with science.
I simply don't see the conflict some do, likely because I'm trying to focus on the message, rather than details that I don't think matter all that much.
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Neither are important to my faith. The only creation story I know to be true is my parents got frisky and 9 months later I was born.
I really think there's too much attention given to evolution. I don't think it's very mind blowing tbh. Maybe it was 150 years ago but now it's "meh".
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Yep
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Which creation story? There are many in the Bible - my favourite is in Job 38-39, which among other things teaches that the oceans of the world were birthed out of a giant vagina.
Strangely enough, even the most ardent creationists often fail to adhere to this clearly taught Biblical truth.
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You can believe in evolution and the Creation story or not be sure about evolution, but reason the Earth is older than 6000 years old. This is an article personally approved by God Almighty: http://fatherspiritson.com/articles/jim-longday.html
This is the sequel, but has no personal approval by the Hand of God: http://fatherspiritson.com/2017/07/long-day-theory-ii/
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Who said it was personally approved by God.... thats quite the claim?
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God himself.
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Oh give me a break. A mere coincidence now means that God personally approves it?
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It’s possible to believe in evolution, and that the universe and Earth are billions of years old, while still taking Genesis 1 literally. Look up “Gap Theory” if you’re curious.
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Genesis ain't a science textbook.
But it does do what Nintendon't.