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NASB | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God (Elohim) created [by forming from nothing] the heavens and the earth. [Heb 11:3] |
Subject: Bible and evolution both? |
Bible Note: Hi. If I may say so, I do respect your opinion, but would like to offer some clarification concerning the "evolution" to which I believe we are speaking. It's a distinction I think is important for any and all Christians to understand when expressing beliefs. I could write that I too believe in evolution, but my understanding of that word and the reader's understanding of it may be two VERY different things! Hank can correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe his original question refers to "macro-evolution," not "micro-evolution" aka "speciation". Micro-evolution is the theory that certain things alter slightly to form a new species of the same kind of animal or plant, such as a coyote, wolf, and poodle being different species of the same dog-kind, or even Darwin's famous finches. I do believe that's the evolution you were addressing, but I think the topic is actually macro-evolution, which is the total leap from one thing to another... one kind evolving into a totally different kind (a dinosaur to a bird, a rodent-like fox to a horse, a "missing link" to a monkey and a man) and even one non-living thing suddenly springing to life, aka "spontaneous generation"... gas, liquid, and stone suddenly turning into living plants and breathing beings. This giant leap from non-living to living known as macro-evolution, it is theorized, happened through "purely natural selection and totally by chance"--albeit fortunately enough for us who are here! :) ... But please note that it is totally exclusive of a Creator; NO God allowed! And, wouldn't you know it, people accept this theory even though there is not one shred of scientific evidence to support it ever happening today, or in the past (no matter how many millions of years are included in the equation). One scientist even theorized that highly intelligent "aliens" provided the means of life on this planet from which "(macro-)evolved" all other living things! While the creation theory (and the Bible) allows (quite readily) for micro-evolution, for which there is some scientific evidence to substantiate it, the theory does not allow at all for the possibility of macro-evolution. Can Christians believe in "micro-evolution" better known as speciation? Sure. Macro-evolution? Not if they accept God's Word as true, which states absolutely that "In the beginning GOD CREATED..." Prayerfully, Brandi |