Since it is Easter I thought about this and I beleive in evoloution and I would like to hear others point of view?
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I believe in God and I believe that He created everything in 6 literal 24 hour days.. \n\nI believe in evolution in the sense that I know things change within a species.  Very small changes over time.  Changes from one species to another are degenerative, so I don't believe in macro evolution.\n\nI've not read the Da Vinci code, but if it differs from the Bible (and from what I've heard it differs greatly), I don't believe in it.\n\nI've studied evolution.  I've doubted my Christian upbringing in the past. I've had life experiences that almost cost me my faith.  My faith in God is not born of convenience or lack of will, but it's also too hard to answer in this little box in any kind of way that would likely make sense to you.\n\nThe simplest reason I have for believing in God, is that if He does not exist, where does love come from?  I don't mean attraction, but sacrificial love.  The love a parent feels for a child.  Beyond instinct.  Where does love come from?
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To be brief to your overall point I am finding it hard to believe the entire God-incarnate thing. I'm all for the Jesus but not the details of fundamentalist Christianity.\n\nI believe I am wrong, and seek more facts.\n\nI don't think about Jesus coming back, on any serious intellectual level.\n\nI try and not think about a second coming of Jesus, yes.\n\nI was born again and had a baptism. A few months later I was told to choose between beliving in Jesus or that man evolved from an ape.  I left and am not sure I went back.  I don't want this to be a debate on evolution.
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You know...when I saw the DaVinci Code and it reveals the girl is Jesus' descendant...I knew there was something special about ME!\n\nI think I am Jesus reincarnated...and I'm a woman.  So my response to your theory is I agree it's entirely feasible.
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While it's certainly nice to want to embrace some of the tenets of Christianity the cost of actually believing is far too great.\n\nI could never put aside my belief in reason and embrace intolerance just because some book has levied a threat against disbelief.\n\nEvolution is undeniable. We see it at work every day. Dog breeds, anti-biotic resistant strains of germs are both evidence in favor of evolution. I know, I know microevolution versus macroevolution. However, seeing it in any capacity lends credence to the greater argument. \n\nOur knowledge base is still in its infancy. Six-hundred years ago the Earth was flat and the center of the universe. Now we know better. What will we discover in the next six-hundred years?
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oh definately, you are so right! I feel I can add to this...I also believe that, if Jesus had nothing to say on the subject, and if his disciples too, had nothing to say on the subject...if nothing can be found in the collected mythology of the nomadic tribes that form Jesus's ancestry, and noone can be found to say anything that sounds like Jesus or his disciples or his nomadic ancestors could have said it, and if we cannot imagine ourselves what he might have done.........we should look to the Easter bunny for inspiration.
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I think it's just a random fact that neither proves nor disproves anything.  I do, however, believe in creationism (intelligent design) based on the fact that believing in evolution is the equivalent of watching a tornado rip through a junkyard and expecting a perfectly assembled 747 ready for takeoff.
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its easter for me. im russian orthodox:)
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I'm not really sure about the evolution thing.  Evolution as a theory has pretty much been proven on a limited scale---as in a single species.  I'm not really sure that its been proven on a cross species basis.  For example, I believe there are 17 different species of finch on the Galapagos Islands that Darwin studied.  Each had evolved a different style of beak in order to specialize in a food source, be it berries, nuts or blood.  Yes, there are blood eating finches in the Galapagos.  They have sharp bill and will peck the legs of cattle, sheep, goats, etc and drink the blood that comes out.\n\nBut I'm not sure that evolution has ever been proven on a cross-species basis---for example, the monkey to man theory.  However, I think its estimated that we as humans have 99.5% identical genetic makeup as the great apes.  That's pretty significant.  It's also a sobering thought, only a half a percent difference in genetic makeup is the difference between us and the great apes!\n\nFinally, I believe the Bible and I believe in God and Jesus.  As far as God creating the world and all that's in it---I believe that.  As far as how he created it, I have no idea.\n\nI believe it would be rather foolish of me to dictate to the Lord that he could not create man by having man evolve from the great apes.  Actually, I think it would be pretty foolish of me to try to dictate or limit the Lord in any way---so I won't do it.  I'll just believe what the Bible says and leave the details to the Lord.
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It is thought that man came from ape like ancestors, not quite monkey's.  \n\nIt could take hundreds of thousands of years for macro evolution to occur.  Wait around that long, and i guarantee there will be NEW species.  So it is still happening.\n\nThe fossil record is not complete because fossils are hard to come by, not everything fossilises despite contrary belief.  In fact it's amazing we have as much info as we do.\n\nHow on earth does it take less belief to believe in a god, there is no evidence whatsoever for this!  At least evolution has enough evidence to fill several hundred warehouses, what do you have, testimony.. Yeah right, thanks, i'll keep to evidence, not faith to inform my decisions about the world around me.
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The dinosaurs fit right in. What I don't get is how more people don't see how it fits but let me give you my humble opinion. This is not doctrine, this is one man's opinion. This is what I believe. On things of God we have a couple a sacred texts or scripture, in the oldest book about God written by the hands of prophets on stone, papyrii and what not we have accounts of the creation, in Genesis the first of even the pentetauch we are given such as slim or incomplete description that it is possible that 1 billion years could pass by as we read in a matter of one stanza. It has been said that 1 day in God's time is 1000 of our years in our reckoning. So lets take the first 6 days of the creation, or in particuliar the the 5th day after he had made some grass and light and stuff. In Gen 1:20 it say that He said" Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21. And God created great whales, and every living vreature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful and Multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 32. And the evening and the morning were the fifth day. 24 And God said, let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind; and it was so. " So that 5th day was very busy and at 1000yr /day reckoning its possible that it took 365,000 years to complete but cant know precisely yet . The beast of the earth that is referred to, also the great whales that are referred to, also refences to unicorns and all manner of beasts now extinct, isn't it possible that although not specifically mentioned that and on the 5th day about the 6th and 1/2 hour God made the T-rex and he blessed them and saw that they were ferocious. No . We only have this small wordage to assemble together the whole of creation. I dont see a problem with 17 billion year universe age and putting it into Gods plan at all. Bless you and have a pleasant tomorrow.
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I believe in God, so I believe that when we were created the origin of consciousness was planted in us. That's my opinion.
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I completely see your point.  It seems like you have really put some thought into this, and you seem very intelligent.  If everyone in the world survives, no evolution will take place for sure.  So at the very least we will be at a standstill.  You sound like someone with good genes though, we should meet and maybe we could improve the gene pool together.
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Excellent!!!!!!!!!!! I agree with you entirely. It is refreshing to find a Christian who is willing to accept that other people can have different beliefs. You have restored my faith in people. Thank You
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I am a believer in reincarnation. It would explain why children come into the world with such distinct personalities, and also why people have such odd phobias. There is scientific evidence (none of it conclusive) that reinforces my belief as well. I also believe that there are many places in the Universe where one may incarnate, and that a lot of beings from other places are choosing to live lives here now. I'm flirting with the idea that I'm from one of those other places, because I'm so drawn to the idea of extraterrestrial life.
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simple: humans didn't evolve from monkeys!!! :D yeah, I believe in creation too-- and the God who made it.
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Even though I dont subscribe to the whole theory of evolution, I do believe that we do evolve and grow and learn as the human race and become more enlightened over time also. However, we are not very enlightened right now, but might be in a 100 years or 1000 but I'll never see it. For me to toss out my faith and hope for peace in eternity is for me to have to accept that this life, for me, is as good as it gets. My life doesnt truely suck but it's not great.. and I know there are people far more worse off. How could they even survive if they believed "this is all there is... it will get better but you wont ever see it"\n\nThats not "feel good" its downright sad.
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Well, I'm a Christian biologist, and I know many others who are.  I accept that evolution occured, but I do think it was necessary for God to direct it.  There are too many irreducibly complex systems at the cellular level, and too many astronomically unlikely coincidences that would have had to take place, if natural selection were completely responsible for the phenomenon.  Even a time span of billions of years is just not enough to account for it, statistically speaking.  That's my professional opinion, and I'm far from the only one who thinks so.