Originally Posted By goodgirl Category: God and the World Question: Do you believe we are descendants of Adam and Eve? Or, do you believe in evolution?
Originally Posted By peeaanuut I believe in neither as neither theory has really proven true in either way to me. I do not have a theory as of yet though. Still working on it.
Originally Posted By u k fan I've never thought that the two theories were mutually exclusive. If we believe that Adam and Eve were created as stated in the Bible who's to say that Evolution wasn't the method used? And taking it from the other side, if Evolution is correct there must have been a first pair of "Home Sapiens" so why can't these be Adam and Eve?!!!
Originally Posted By wahooskipper I have similar feelings at u k fan. I do think there is room for both theories which is contradictory to my faith AND to my belief in the sciences.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I don't think one theory excludes the other. There are a surprising number of scientists who are deeply religious. In fact, there have been a number of magazine articles about it that I have read. I took a biology class a couple of years ago, and I had a conversation with the professor about this very thing. I remember him saying, (I'm paraphrasing here) "When you look at how life is actually created, there's a miracle in there. So many things have to be just right. There must be a higher power that makes that miracle happen."
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Combination of both. The Bible says God created the world in 7 days. People tend to translate that into our concept of time, 24 hours constituting 1 day. We have no clue what 7 days is to God. Probably sounds far out but I think anything is possible with God's hand in it.
Originally Posted By LPFan22 ~~~Probably sounds far out but I think anything is possible with God's hand in it.~~~ Amen to that! Such a simple and beautiful way to look at it.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Suzie said it best for me in #7. I don't see one precluding the other. How God creates and shapes life is according to His plan and not ours. I have always been frustrated by the arguments that say that these two ideas can't exist together.
Originally Posted By Ursula I believe in evolution. But who knows, maybe one starting family that led to homo sapiens was named Adam and Eve? Of course, that wasn't really their names. They didn't speak English, so it was probably Hunnuh and Huguni or something.
Originally Posted By Autopia Deb FYI don't know about Eve but I believe Adam is Hebraic (or Arimaic) for "man".
Originally Posted By EdisYoda I agree with many here. I don't think that one elimanates the other. I think it was a combination. Also looking at the major religions of the world, they all have a similiar story about Adam and Eve taking place at various places around the globe. Who's to say which is right?
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Interesting side note, well maybe it won't be interesting to you...LOL! Almost all Native American creation stories start with the animals and man coming later with a higher power being involved. My peoples creation story is that red-tail hawk dove into the ocean and brought the people to land as a gift to the Creator. I won't go into it in depth as these are oral tradition and not to be shared in this way. It really struck me the first time I heard it as it has similar tones to Noah and the Ark after the great flood.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo I beleive in Evolution and read the bible in a similar way that I read mythology - good teachings brought to life by example narrative (or perhaps chronicaling some events). I definately do not believe it to be the word of god.
Originally Posted By mele No clue. It's another one of those things I try not to worry much about because there really is NO way to know the answer. I usually think more about the "why" than the "how". I believe in science but science doesn't have all of the answers. Maybe they will one day. Maybe not. But I believe that God would use science to create the Earth and the animals and humans who live on it. So for me, evolution and creationism can exist together.
