Do religious Christians believe in evolution?

A Catholic monk, Brother Gregor Mendel, who first proposed the theory of genetics that supplied the mechanism which explained Darwin's natural selection.

Some may. We do not truly know the precise formation of the earth and its beings. It may have developed gradually, or at once.

I believe it developed gradually.

On a side note, it is often widely assumed that the Creation of the earth happened within several days. The Hebrew word for 'day', is also the word for 'a length of time'.

One must study the Bible very carefully and with thought to understand its meaning.

"and if you do believe it, aren't you calling your god a liar?"

God never said "evolution doesn't happen".

The bible accounts for creation differently, but the bible is hardly God…

The bible is a book written by a couple of guys 1700 years ago… The bible has nothing to do with God.

Evolution has plenty to stand on it's own two feet… if your religious texts say otherwise, your religious text is most likely mistaken...

Being "religious" doesn't matter. It's whether or not you see the Bible as truth that makes you a part of the faith.

The Bible and evolution are absolutely incompatible. The Bible is clear than humanity is a unique species and did not evolve from anything. We were made in God's image not that of a monkey or ancient primate.

So while someone who is "Christian" can believe in evolution, they are not really believing the Bible so they are misinformed or just not really a believer at all.

Do you realize that evolution science is the study of a process?

Even the Catholic church supports evolution theory.

Most Christians accept evolution as a good theory about how things change.

Evolution speaks nothing of origin which is a different subject.

Here's a letter signed by 12,760 Christian clergy members who do:

http://www.theclergyletterproject.org/Christian_Cl...

I think clergy members would qualify as "religious Christians". Don't you?

>"I'm just curious if any of you guys believe it,"

I'm a Catholic, and while I would not say I "believe" evolution any more than I "believe" in atoms or gravity ... I ACCEPT evolution as a scientific principle every bit as much as I accept atoms or gravity.

>"and if you do believe it, aren't you calling your god a liar?"

No, I am not calling God a liar. I think that people who take the Bible *literally* are turning both the Bible, and God, into a cartoon.

The Bible becomes a far greater source of profound Truth, when read as allegory. When taken *literally* it dissolves into incoherency and self-contradiction.

Example 1: a strictly literal interpretation of Genesis 1 contradicts a strictly literal interpretation of Genesis 2. (Were males and females created *together* as a *single* act of creation on one literal day, as in Genesis 1, or created separately as two separate acts of creation as retold in Genesis 2? Were humans created as a *species* right from the beginning and told (on the same day they were created) to "be fruitful and increase in numbers" as in Genesis 1, or as two single individuals as in Genesis 2, and only allowed to procreate after the expulsion from the Garden?)

Example 2: In Gen. 2:17 God warns Adam (before Eve was created) not to eat from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil with the warning "for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die." But then in Gen. 3:17, upon eating from the tree, Adam does NOT die "in the day" that he ate. In fact, he lives to the ripe old age of 930 years old (again, when taken *literally*.) So either words like "die" or "day" are not to be taken literally ... or this is calling God a liar.

So to me, to accept the Bible as *literal*, and then attribute that literal story to God, is to call God inconsistent, or a deliberate liar.

in ordinary terms an rather small minority of Christians believe the "Adam and Eve" tale actually. nearly all of Christians do believe in evolution. this does not undermine in any way God's ingenious act. It in simple terms factors to what maximum Christians believe is the physique of suggestions via which God's chosen to advance life. study heavily Genesis financial disaster a million rather is of a similar opinion with no longer in ordinary terms evolution, yet in addition "the super Bang", abiogenesis, and Pangea. None of those recommendations have been remotely extensive-unfold on the time, so that's rather exciting that it would desire to additionally be remotely relating those. huge Bang: "in the commencing up...." asserting, like the super Bang concept, the universe had a commencing up. "Now the Earth grew to become right into a formless void". asserting, using fact the super Bang does, that the planets weren't zapped into being, yet have been slowly condensing area airborne dirt and dust/moisture clouds. "God pronounced 'enable there be easy".. This grew to become into in "day" a million, however the sunlight and moon do no longer look until eventually "day 4". it rather is precisely the way it had to be. in case you have been on the planet on the time, looking by a dense airborne dirt and dust/moisture cloud you does no longer have the skill to work out the sunlight and moon.... in simple terms easy and darkness. Pangea: The ancients had no seen this. they only knew that there have been distinctive bodies of water, and distinctive land a lot. yet Genesis states: "enable the waters under the dome come jointly and charm a single mass." of course if the sea grew to become into in ordinary terms one mass, then so grew to become into the land. Abiogenesis: Scientists say that life began in the primordial soup. So does Genesis. It does no longer state that God zapped life into being, yet rather He pronounced: "enable the EARTH deliver approximately flowers.... enable the EARTH deliver approximately all varieties of residing creatures...." Evolution: in case you look on the order of visual charm of the distinctive species in Genesis, it genuinely parallels that of evolution. extra convenient creatures first, mammals, then guy. no longer undesirable for a 4000-6000 12 months old rfile.

Many do. Not every branch of Christianity teaches that Genesis is supposed to be taken literally. It's mostly a fringe group of American fundamentalists who believe in a literal six-day creation.

I think it just depends on the person and how much of the Bible they take literally. Many Catholics believe in evolution but they aren't big Bible thumpers either.

The evidence for evolution is and has been interpreted from a Philosophical and ideological Bias, THAT alone destroys it, They employ a False Dichotomy, meaning the evidence HAS to be this or that But IT cannot be God,

In The series of Below Listed Videos, Lee Stroble a FORMER ATHEIST Honestly and Objectively did his own research without the influence of a pre-set world view and Contaminated by a Hostile anti christian Philosophy and ideology.

I suggest watching them from an Unemotional Objective point of view and consider the Possibility of the fact that Evolution teachers have lied to you for More Philosophical reasons than for Pure truth of Science, Ohh I know, some people will answer with all these Long winded answers trying to sound all smart with walls of texts and links and think if they sound intelligent it has Validity, Fact is it doesn't, Don't be fooled by high-sounding words from Fools,

Eternity is a Long Time to be wrong about this

The Case for a Creator

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6881114962...

What Hath Darwin Wrought?

http://www.whathathdarwinwrought.com/

Darwin's Deadly Legacy (1 of 7)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mxXICZ9mXo

Creation In The 21st Century - Fossils Galore Part 1 (1 of 3)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4iT8QH5JQI

Creation In The 21st Century - Why The Difference 1 of 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hJxs6sOmO0I

Creation In The 21st Century - Planet Earth Is Special 1 of 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk8xtXRI6OE

Creation In The 21st Century - Lets Talk to An Evolutionist About Creation 1 of 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qekUYQubus

Creation in the 21st Century - Overwhelming Evidence 1 of 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o226umqLdsU&feature...

The Privileged Planet

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6308516608...

More than 600 Scientist with PHD’s who have Signed A SCIENTIFIC DISSENT FROM DARWINISM

“We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life.

Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.”

http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/filesDB-do...