Is it possible to believe in both God and Evolution? (Earth, creation)

[Willamena]

Originally Posted by Victor

I'm not sure I understand this. How would taking God literally impede on one's ability to accept evolution and alike?

It wouldn't impede, but that was not the question asked. The question was if it was possible to believe in a Creator God and in the process of evolution. The Creator God as the literalized image of God, or the expression of God presented in the Bible, presents contradictions, especially if that image is addressed within the framework of a "timeline" (as "in the beginning" is usually interpeted).

[josiee.__@hotmail.com]

you can, but it doesnt make much sence, creationism is the deinal of evolution, you seem a bit confused about the fine line between creationism and evolution.

[rojse]

Originally Posted by ChristineES

Do you think it is possible to believe in both evolution and God/creationism.

Yes; evolution only defines how all of the different species of animal came from one ancestor. It does not explain how this original animal came about. Some people try and interpret it in that way, so that God created the original animal.

[Terrywoodenpic]

Originally Posted by josiee.__@hotmail.com

you can, but it doesnt make much sence, creationism is the deinal of evolution, you seem a bit confused about the fine line between creationism and evolution.

Creationists deny evolution. Creationism is their theory and creed.
Creation is not the preserve of creationists.

Creation is the preserve of God...
God in some way Created all existence and the starting point, we understand as the universe. He was either responsible for the creation of first life or at the least the conditions under which it could come to exist.

Evolution attempts to explain how first life developed into the myriad species we know to day. It is the theory about a process, and is not involved in creation in any way.

So far there is a great deal of evidence supporting evolution.
However there is very little evidence about the process of Creation, except the overriding evidence that the universe exists.

The two, are in no way mutually exclusive.

[painted wolf]

Creationist deny more than just evolution... just about every branch of science is an anathma to them.

wa:do

[dawny0826]

Originally Posted by ChristineES

Do you think it is possible to believe in both evolution and God/creationism.

I believe that evolution is very real. Living things do evolve.

I also believe whole-heartedly that God created human beings.

So, I believe in both.

[Somkid]

What your actually asking is: Can I believe in factual science, logic and reason and still follow illogic, the un-rational and things that are not factual? Now, maybe you can answer your question.

[Captain Civic]

Originally Posted by Somkid

What your actually asking is: Can I believe in factual science, logic and reason and still follow illogic, the un-rational and things that are not factual? Now, maybe you can answer your question.

Or, see the opinion of biased logic.

[Somkid]

Logic is not biased it is fact which is based in universal truth. You can believe whatever you want to believe but wishing it to be true does not make it so. Human kind is doomed by its own superstition perhaps evolution isn't real because we seem to be moving backwards.

[rojse]

Originally Posted by Captain Civic

Or, see the opinion of biased logic.

Logic, by it's very nature, cannot be biased, because bias itself is illogical. For example, it does not matter who makes an argument, what matters is the substance of that argument. Therefore, any argument is to be treated the same, regardless of the person that makes it, which is the antithesis of bias.