can christians accept evolution?

i dont think thats the "real" creationism that is trying to be tought in our schools... the real creationism is the idea that adam and eve were the first people on the planet created by god and they reproduced from that. evolution says that people were found all over, and that there could be a possibility that they all came from one place.. you know?

Yes I know, fightingistheonlyway!, I have studied evolution for many years now. As I said that my idea is that it is possible that GOD created some species out of nothing, like Adam and Eve and he used evolution process for some other species which may be different than the Darwin's idea of evolution.

so your saying that everything BUT man was part of evolution?

we are apes.

ape does not mean monkey... this is grade 6 science..

um, we are not apes....

I am a bit confused. I have done research on the code of Hammurabi and it is remarkable but I can not find the teachings of Jesus in it. Perhaps I am a bit thick headed. Could you be so kind as to point out what I am missing?

there are about 300 (about 60 missing) laws in the code, and it is not the oldest of its kind.. there is the code of Eshnunna, and the code of Nammu... these principles of these laws and moral obligations in society are still held today.. except, in some cases, instead of chopping ones hand off for stealing, we throw him in jail and ask for bail..

i consider the teachings of jesus to be in the bible. this includes noah, 6000 year old earth etc. i think that IS what the teachings of jesus are, because, other than those, his moral teachings have been around since the code of Hammurabi, so i dont consider that to be his teaching.. his teachings are in the bible, and even though he may have not said anything about judgment day or anything like that, its still supposedly the book of god..

That's the beauty of faith.

you cant prove a negative. i cant prove that the dodo is extinct. however, there is evidence that it does not exist. + a good debater would know both sides of the argument

A point can be made here that Christ was present at the dawn of creation. See John 1:1-5. That would mean that the creation is not merely an old testament concept. I agree that God did set the laws of the world in motion. Much of what the Bible teaches is that God has placed certain laws in motion, and that to live a truly happy and fulfilling life we are to live by those laws. Living apart from those laws is living in sin, which is separate from God.

yes, that IS the definition of a christian one who follows the teachings of jesus.. his teachings are in the bible... so.. you must READ and believe in the bible to be a true christian.

god is a "who"? did jesus cause the big bang? so the bible is not literal..

because, what you said is faulty... what you said could apply to muslims and pantheists as well.. what you said is the basis for all modern theists.

No, what I meant was, when G♥d spoke, it could cause something like that and I do mean the G♥d, the creator, not any god..And I am talking about the creation of the world. Now if you are talking about evolution as in evolving from another species, NO. Adam was made just like we are today. Sorry for not making it clear..

yes, i understand where your comming from and you gave a very good answer.. however, can you really pick and choose beliefs from the bible? it is either god's word or it isn't, right? you can't say well, god wrote a bit of it, then some people added to it..etc... because that would still be "gods word" because of "gods plan" right? god wanted these people to add or take away things from it.. do you know what i mean?

I am not picking and choosing whatever I want and leaving the rest. My point is that does the text demand me to interpret this way or that way? If Genesis 1 and 2 is a semite-Poetic literature then the texts demand me to interpret it not as a narrative text. The point then is are Genesis 1 and 2 narrative text or semite- poetic text? You might say it is a narrative text, and I would say it is a semite-poetic text. I am not a liberal who would pick and choose. I believe Scripture is inspired, but we must use proper interpreting principle to get the meaning of the texts. I think one who imposes one's own way of interpreting the text does more injustice to the text...let us go by what the text demands. Regards, Headhunter525

Something I notice no one ever seems to bring into any discussion about how Creator created man and woman. If we look around...everything is a creation...and/or in the Creative process of transformational change. With creation...we must have a Creator..in one form or another. Within the foundation of of all that is...there is energy..even our bodies that appear solid...when broken done to finite examination...reveals that the molcules are infiite...and energetic. So it is beyond me why the simple equation cannot be made that we are all created from an energetic Source...in that image..from a spiritual perspective. The outworking of our physical form in my view is no different that the idea that every human being...and everything else within Creation..orgininated from the spark of Divinity and continues to 'evolve' within every level of Creation...and that is why all great religions make references to Eternal Life. Look up at the stars...they are millions of light years away from us...when were they created...eons ago my friends. The essence of who we are...is..a spiritual being going through human experiences on an evolutionary path of enlightement. Does it really matter so much what form our Creator originally gave us a spirit to live within a form? If Creator made us..we will forever remain 'in that image' because energy can never be destoyed. You think? Now this is way beyond my personal perspective...especially the energy part...do you own research and form your own opinions...all within respectful dialogue...and acceptance of differences of course. That is part of a religious code of ethics...right?

i think a true christian is one who follows christ and his teachings, and his teachings are found in the bible written in the gospels. they are literal or they are false, because they are gods words.

We ARE apes.. a theory is based on facts. the idea that "everything has a creator" is at fault because the creator must have a creator.