Just say No to ignorance

[weaktwos]

scarcrest brought this to my attention.

Evolution happens before our eyes, people. And as for taking the Bible literally...wow, what an adventure that will be. The folks who wrote the Bible were not in it for the consistency.

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[darness.livejournal.com]

"I do not know why people think that evolution and creation are mutually exclusive."

I would make an educated guess that a majority of people who believe the two are mutually exclusive do so because they believe that God created Man (=creationism). This belief does not comfortably co-exist with the belief that Man evolved from another non-human species (=evolution).

Or, it could be that people just love to argue =)

[moxiesocks.livejournal.com]

But, couldn't God create man in an evolutionary way since the Bible states that our idea of time is not the same as God's time??

[darness.livejournal.com]

That's absolutely plausible.

I just don't think it's a part of the debate most people have when they discuss the fundamentals of creationism vs. evolution. The issue wants to be black or white and always hot-button, whereas you recognize shades of grey.

I think both ideas can comfortably co-exist together - i.e. God can have created Man and Man -- as well as other species -- has potential to evolve.

[moxiesocks.livejournal.com]

exactly :) I've always found this debate pretty interesting. My father, who is a minister, went to Willam Jennings Bryan for undergrad school. He presented a paper on that very possibility, stating that the two did not have to be mutually exclusive. Needless to say, it was not a well received paper in that community!