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Christians disagree about all kinds of things. On this issue (at the risk of being too simplistic) there are basically two different views.

All Christians firstly would believe that almighty God is the creator. What they disagree on is the 'How' of creation.

Those who take The Bible literally would reject evolution, since it is not found in the Bible and contradicts the Bible.

Those who do not wish, for whatever reason, to take the Bible literally, would incorporate, or seek to incorporate evolution, as God's method of creating the universe and all that is in it to the point of what we observe today.

There are thus two 'camps' on this issue. The 'literalists' would argue that Jesus believed in a literal interpretation of Genesis 1 etc and that God is capable (if He is capable of anything at all) of saying in the bible what He wants to say about the origins issue. They would also argue with some considerable justification, that if one does not believe what God says in Genesis 1 and following, what else does one not believe. The resurrection itself is, to many, another 'unbelievable' event that God has also told us about. The other point which is made by creation scientists on this issue is that science itself does not actually demand an old earth and there are many scientific problems with evolution and the evolutionary ages. They thus see that evolution is tied not just to a false belief about origins but to false science, or at least many who espouse it ignore the serious problems with the data.

Those who support a non-literal interpretation would argue that much incontrovertible science supports the evolutionary argument and so it is necessary to change or reinterpret Genesis to match what science has discovered. They would also argue that this 'infallible' evidence of science makes those who believe the Bible into a laughingstock.

In the end, it would seem that the question boils down to one of authority (even though others may disagree and hold that there is no contradiction at all between what the Bible says and what science says). One camp regards the Bible as the ultimate authority and that science must come into line behind it. The other would argue that scientific understanding must determine how the Bible is viewed.

Answer:

Evolution is not science. Empirical science is

  1. observable
  2. repeatable
  3. measurable

Evolution is not observable, it is not repeatable, nor is it measurable. It contradicts the 1st and 2nd laws of thermodynamics.

  1. matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed
  2. everything goes from order to disorder

Life only comes from life. That is the only observable, repeatable, and measurable know way of life being created. It has never been observed to come from non-living substances.

Refer to the chart below to more fully see why Christians would disagree with the theory of evolution.

Creation

Evolution

Cause

God was the Cause

For every effect, there is a cause (observable)

There was not cause - 15 billion years ago for no know reason, the universe exploded itself into existence. Time, chance, and natural process created all things.

The creation of the universe is an effect with no cause (not observable).

Origin

The universe was spoken into existence by God's Word.

Matter cannot be created or destroyed by natural processes (observable).

Began with 'singularity', a tiny infinitely hot and dense point

Matter was created by a natural process (not observable).

Energy

We are devolving

Energy goes from a state of usable energy to less usable energy (observable).

We are evolving

Energy goes from a state of less usable energy to more usable energy (not observable).

Space

Earth created first (day 1)

Stars came afterwards (day 4) with the sun and moon.

Stars formed first

Earth formed afterwards

Earths

Covering

Water

Fire

Time Constraints

6 Days - The creation of the World was FINISHED in six day and is no longer taking place (observable).

Infinite Time - 4.6 billion years ago the earth evolved by natural processes. The world is in a continuous process of creation evolution (not observable).

Quality

Very Good

Primitive, Violent

Planning of

Life

By design

Accident

Origin of

Life

God

Life comes from life (observable), no known exceptions.

Forces of Nature

It is possible for life to come from non-life (not observable).

Time needed

for Life

2 Days (Faith based) - all animal/human life was created on day 5 and 6.

Millions of years (Faith based) - They don't know how it happened but given enough time they BELIEVE it will.

Species

Kind begets kind (observable).

Kind begets some other kind (not observable).

Animal Life

Birds first, then

Reptiles

Reptiles first, then

Birds

Human Life

Man was created on day six

Man is made in the image of God.

3.5 billion years ago life evolved

Humans evolved from ape-like creatures.

Beginning

of Death

After Adam sinned, not a process of creation - it is a product of man's sin.

Always been present, part of the creation process - the means by which man evolves into a higher being.

Cause of

Death

Sin, there was no death before Adam sinned (plant life not included), the breath of life was breathed into animals but not plants.

Natural process, existed from the beginning of life

Spiritual

Death

Both physical and spiritual, you will give an account of your life after you die.

Physical only, no accountability after death.

Sediment Layers,

Canyons

Form rapidly (liquefaction). Witnessed during Mt. St. Helen (observable).

Form slowly. No evidence witnessed (not observable).

Fossil Creation

Catastrophic event, rapid burial in water, (observable).

Buried by dust over long periods of time (not observable).

Marine fossils on

Mountains

Global flood, Genesis account

Rapid 40 day/night event

Springs of the deep broken up

All creation perished

All mountains covered by at least 20 ft.

About 200 legends from cultures all over the world.

Local floods, earth sinking into the ocean and rising again.

No written record or legend

Trees through

layers

Fossilized trees spanning many layers indicates rapid burial by water, observable with Mt. St. Helen. Can be created in one week (observable).

Over many years plant life died, sank into the earth, and coal formed (not observable).

Coal, Oil,

Petrified

Wood

Coal, Oil, Petrified Wood, can all be made in a matter of weeks, (observable).

Coal, Oil, Petrified Wood take millions of years to form (not observable).

Biblical Day

Recognize that the Biblical day means 24 hours and accept it as fact

Hebrew word "Yom", in all cases, means short period of time

defined to be evening and morning

days are distinguished between seasons and years (Genesis 1:14)

God's own word (Exodus 10:11)

writing style of Genesis is narrative, not poetic

genealogy of human race given

Some, recognize that the Biblical day means 24 hours but reject the account as a myth.

Others, interpret the Biblical definition of day to mean millions of years.

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