For Creationists and Darwinists alike . . .?

The Pope has already acknowledged that the theory of evolution is correct. I'd consider him more of an authority on Christian doctrines than Mr. Cunningham. But, whatever works, I guess.

In any case, the theory of evolution can be compatible with a belief in God. Evolution only describes changes in organisms between successive generations. It does not suggest how the first organism developed, leaving room for some people to speculate that the first organisms were created by their favorite deity.

I've not seen it, but it sounds like rationalization at its finest.

There are a lot of people who try to mix the two together in a feeble attempt to maintain their delusions.

Reality gets a little too real for them and they rush to find a way that their particular deity can be compatible with it, at least in their mind. If it works well, then others use it.

It's nothing new.

It's expected.

Religious people do this with every breath, every single day of their lives, not only in every interaction with others to justify their ridiculous claims, but also in their own minds in order to maintain their delusional belief system.

There is nothing compatible between real science and creationism.

The world was not made in 7 days, a couple of thousand years ago. Science states that it was a few billion. The evidence support this. The two ideas are incompatible. They cannot both be right.

The bible says man was created in your god's image. First of all, which version of man? The current one? Cro-magnon man? Neanderthal man? The simple organisms which eventually became all of these?

If it means the current version, then you can wipe your a$$ with the pages of the bible, because the current version was something else entirely not too long ago.

I could go on for chapters, but it's pointless.

The religious version of creation and the scientific facts are completely and totally incompatible.

Any attempt to reconcile the two is simply pathetic rationalization BY DEFINITION...

It's hardly news that religion and science can coexist. I think I came independently to this conclusion around the age of 12 or so.

However, the literal interpretation of genesis as postulated by Creationists is incompatible with science as was the claim by Christians at some time that the earth must be the center of the universe.

But there is currently no problem with regarding a supernatural entity as a first cause or an inventor of natural laws and thus the originator of what we know. This is not testable, and therefore not in the realm of science, so science does not have a problem with it.

I'm a Deist/Pantheist with a B.A. in Anthropology. I accept Evolution because of all the fact surrounding it. My belief in a God doesn't negate a hand in evolution, but I believe God is all the laws of the universe including probabilities. So there is a probability we never evolved in an alternate reality. On another note, my sister is Roman Catholic and going for her Masters in Anthropology.

Keep in mind that I keep my personal beliefs OUT when studying science.

And no, I haven't seen the documentary.

first of all, i wont quote the bible but i do need to point out the importance of the bible, as it where we get our knowledge of God from... right?

well, creationism says that God made the universe and everything in it, and darwinism says that we don't know who made us, but this is what we are and this is how we got here...

the bible says 6,000 years, evolutionists say billions of years...

the bible says God put us here the way we are now, evolution says we've been constantly changing over billions of years...

the bible says to worship God, evolution has nothing even related to a deity...

the bible says when we die we go to heaven or hell, evolution doesn't address the 'afterlife'...

these comparisons are starkly different... how could they be compatible? i find these documentaries (although i haven't seen this one) fascinating.

The two ideas are compatible, because a belief in a literal interpretation of the Bible is not necessary for a belief in God.

No,I don't think the concept of a god is incompatible with a god/creator but it doesn't help those who think we come from Adam and Eve.

There's just too much scientific proof not to believe that evolution happens.

(Do you call people who accept gravity "Newtonists"?)

The bible states man was created full formed, one day after animals and three days after plants, and suggests death and disease did not exist before mankind. It is wrong about these things. It's that simple.

They aren't fully. If you think talking snakes and dust men make more sense than common descent, you're insane.