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Some of the world's leading evolutionary biologist are Christians or theistic. (I know this is an argument from authority, but just bear with me) Here is a sample; Francis Collins, The Language of God: A Scientist Presents Evidence for Belief [BARGAIN PRICE] (Hardcover) http://www.amazon.com/Language-God-Scientist-Presents-Evidence/dp/B0012F7VFE/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205083746&sr=1-1Kenneth Miller, Finding Darwin's God: A Scientist's Search for Common Ground Between God and Evolution (P.S.) (Paperback) http://www.amazon.com/Finding-Darwins-God-Scientists-Evolution/dp/0061233501/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205083695&sr=1-1Watch Ken Miller explain the theory and successes of evolution; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5qZ9g4VHL4http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlqkcZJtCjQ&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtOgeIyNREQ&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vw2t1dHQtA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vw2t1dHQtA&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50_i0QibHI8&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwX-yUh5qo8&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpbjHjLncH0&feature=relatedhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nG5CHaUh_sk&feature=relatedDaniel Fairbank, Relics of Eden: The Powerful Evidence of Evolution in Human DNA (Hardcover) http://www.amazon.com/Relics-Eden-Powerful-Evidence-Evolution/dp/1591025648/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1205083583&sr=1-1Even the ID proponent Michael Behe does not refute evolution. 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Sure. The One who puts the evolution to occur, in stages is God Almighty Himself. Afterall, there is always a causer to bring effectiveness. This is what you may call cause and effect. Take human for example: before there is a fetus, there was just a sperm (the organism) and egg, both fusing together. The outcome, after all the stages, is completely different from these two beginning elements, sperm and egg!
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Sure. The One who puts the evolution to occur, in stages is God Almighty Himself. Afterall, there is always a causer to bring effectiveness. This is what you may call cause and effect. Take human for example: before there is a fetus, there was just a sperm (the organism) and egg, both fusing together. The outcome, after all the stages, is completely different from these two beginning elements, sperm and egg!
What then do you make of the Adam & Eve story of Abrahamic tradition? |
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@Tpaine: As I have said there is a causer. The Original Causer is God. Hence it is no surprising that God, the Causer, caused the bringing of Adam and Eve, into form/shape first, and to living breathing thing, which is known as human. Afterall, Adam and Eve are the first male and female from what is known as human.
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@Tpaine: As I have said there is a causer. The Original Causer is God. Hence it is no surprising that God, the Causer, caused the bringing of Adam and Eve, into form/shape first, and to living breathing thing, which is known as human. Afterall, Adam and Eve are the first male and female from what is known as human.
If you accept evolution, this necessarily contradicts the Adam&Eve story. At what point in the evolutionary process did Adam&Eve first appear. Where they housed in a garden ? Did they commit original sin? |
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