I was just wondering if any religious people would be willing to try to explain what you think evolution is?
I know religious people that do not believe evolution and I know religious people that do believe evolution and there is a big difference between the 2. Most of the time the ones that do believe in evolution are actually able to describe what evolution actually is. And the ones that do no believe in evolution have assumptions about what they think evolution is but they are always wrong.
I think what they fail to understand is that evolution has nothing to do with religious, it is not, never has been and never will be used as an argument against gods existence, it does however prove the bible wrong, but at this point everything proves the bible wrong, so that does not matter.
So I am curious, if you are religious and you disagree with evolution, without looking it up online somewhere, just off the top of you head can you please explain what you think evolution is?
Questioner2018-06-01T17:53:00Z
First of all, it depends on what kind of "evolution" you are referring to (the word simply means "change over time"): -Cosmic evolution (the Big Bang)—including things like galactic, stellar, and planetary evolution. -Chemical evolution (or Abiogenesis)—life from non-life. -Biological evolution (Darwinism)—universal common descent through mutation and natural selection. -Or minor changes within individual species that occur over short periods of time (sometimes called micro-evolution)—which isn't controversial at all.
Most of the time, people just give examples of natural selection or genetic drift and assume it points to undirected microbes-to-man evolution. Even young-earth creationists believe in natural selection and "speciation." Take a look at these: http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/nab/is-natural-selection-evolution http://www.answersingenesis.org/articles/cfl/species-kind http://creation.com/refuting-evolution-2-chapter-4-argument-natural-selection-leads-to-speciation
Evolution is science and like all science it is not a matter of belief but of evidence and the evidence for evolution is overwhelming. This is why it is accepted by theists and atheists alike including all the mainstream Christian religions.
I'm a spiritual person, but not a religious person. And I do indeed accept evolution. As for my definition of it, right here and now..? I guess it would be something like: change accumulating over time, due to random mutations followed by natural selection. Changes that are NOT beneficial for the survival of those organisms..? Are naturally weeded out. But the ones that ARE beneficial..? Are usually passed on to newer generations. Which, over yet more time, can eventually lead to different populations evolving into different species, or different branches on the tree of life.. If for instance they are separated by a geological obstacle of some kind.
..Also, just a few points: a number of people on here DO like to use it as an argument against God/divinity. But I personally agree with you, at least for the most part. I think it can serve as a legit argument against a certain TYPE of God! So as for people who believe in that sort of God..? Like for instance most Biblical literalist Christians..? I can see why they might find it rather threatening. But for people like me, whose concept of Source/divinity is just SO much f*cking bigger and more expansive than that..? It doesn't really matter. :)
Also: for Christians that are NOT Biblical literalists, evolution can still be combined with the Bible! They just need to NOT take a purely literal view of the Genesis account. :-P