Evolution is Creation
I had an interesting conversation over Sunday roast with a friend about the “Creation vs. Evolution” debate.
Most people have a basic understanding about “Darwin’s Theory of Evolution” and the “missing link” and most people are aware of the teachings of Christianity. I have listened to the view of the “creationist” and the “evolutionist” and I have marvelled at how blind to a compromise these people are. “Evolutionists” seem to think all Christians are “creationist” and therefore gullible and unaware and all so called “creationists” seem to label “evolutionists” as atheist. I think people have gotten so caught up in the debate and desperate to prove themselves right they have lost the ability to be “open minded.”
I wonder how many of these people realise that Darwin was a devout Christian and that these theories he developed went against everything he believed and rocked the very foundations of his faith. Yet as a scientist he could not dispute the facts and proof that seemed to present itself to him. He was a Christian and a scientist and despite his inner conflicts he continued to try proving or disproving his theory. Can you imagine this man’s frustrations at not been able to complete something of this magnitude; he was not to know that almost two centuries after his death there would still be that “missing link.” A two hundred year old debate!
Most people readily accept that dinosaurs once walked on earth, no-one seems to dispute the fact that most animal life has evolved over millions of years. Most people seem to realise that the Bible was written thousands of years ago and that the people then had a very basic understanding of the world around them. The story of creation and Adam and Eve is just that, a story. It was written to explain in simple terms how the world began to people whose lives and way of life was simple. The creation of the world is so much more complicated than that, science has proved that.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am a Christian and how ever shaky my faith may get I believe beyond doubt that God created earth. I believe too that the world as we know it has evolved to what it is today. There is undisputable scientific proof that plant and animal life has been evolving for millenniums. It can be scientifically proven that we as humans share ninety six percent of our DNA with chimpanzees. So why do some people find it so hard to accept that we are descendent from primates, that we have evolved into humans. It’s obvious we do evolve, think about it, how many of us have had our “wisdom” teeth removed. Some people go without ever “cutting” their wisdoms. I come across a lot of people that have no idea why we have wisdom teeth in the first place. So just in case you are one of those people I’ll show off and explain. Early man would eat their meat and most other foods raw, as they did not have a means to cook it so they needed stronger jaws and more teeth to enable them to chew their food. As the years have progressed and foods have become more and more processed humans jaws have evolved (there’s that word again) and gotten smaller leaving little or no space in the mouth for the wisdom teeth. Eventually the wisdom tooth will disappear all together and that evolution will have ended.
I have come to realise that I am both a “creationist” and an “evolutionist.” How’s that for compromise? I believe that God is the Creator, and I am in no doubt that evolution is at work every day. How do I make both beliefs work together? That’s easy; I believe that God, in His infinite wisdom, created evolution.
Most people have a basic understanding about “Darwin’s Theory of Evolution” and the “missing link” and most people are aware of the teachings of Christianity. I have listened to the view of the “creationist” and the “evolutionist” and I have marvelled at how blind to a compromise these people are. “Evolutionists” seem to think all Christians are “creationist” and therefore gullible and unaware and all so called “creationists” seem to label “evolutionists” as atheist. I think people have gotten so caught up in the debate and desperate to prove themselves right they have lost the ability to be “open minded.”
I wonder how many of these people realise that Darwin was a devout Christian and that these theories he developed went against everything he believed and rocked the very foundations of his faith. Yet as a scientist he could not dispute the facts and proof that seemed to present itself to him. He was a Christian and a scientist and despite his inner conflicts he continued to try proving or disproving his theory. Can you imagine this man’s frustrations at not been able to complete something of this magnitude; he was not to know that almost two centuries after his death there would still be that “missing link.” A two hundred year old debate!
Most people readily accept that dinosaurs once walked on earth, no-one seems to dispute the fact that most animal life has evolved over millions of years. Most people seem to realise that the Bible was written thousands of years ago and that the people then had a very basic understanding of the world around them. The story of creation and Adam and Eve is just that, a story. It was written to explain in simple terms how the world began to people whose lives and way of life was simple. The creation of the world is so much more complicated than that, science has proved that.
Now don’t get me wrong, I am a Christian and how ever shaky my faith may get I believe beyond doubt that God created earth. I believe too that the world as we know it has evolved to what it is today. There is undisputable scientific proof that plant and animal life has been evolving for millenniums. It can be scientifically proven that we as humans share ninety six percent of our DNA with chimpanzees. So why do some people find it so hard to accept that we are descendent from primates, that we have evolved into humans. It’s obvious we do evolve, think about it, how many of us have had our “wisdom” teeth removed. Some people go without ever “cutting” their wisdoms. I come across a lot of people that have no idea why we have wisdom teeth in the first place. So just in case you are one of those people I’ll show off and explain. Early man would eat their meat and most other foods raw, as they did not have a means to cook it so they needed stronger jaws and more teeth to enable them to chew their food. As the years have progressed and foods have become more and more processed humans jaws have evolved (there’s that word again) and gotten smaller leaving little or no space in the mouth for the wisdom teeth. Eventually the wisdom tooth will disappear all together and that evolution will have ended.
I have come to realise that I am both a “creationist” and an “evolutionist.” How’s that for compromise? I believe that God is the Creator, and I am in no doubt that evolution is at work every day. How do I make both beliefs work together? That’s easy; I believe that God, in His infinite wisdom, created evolution.
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