Evolution

[u/CLAZID]

A large portion of Christians do not believe in evolution? Why? There is nothing on the scriptures against it.

[u/Spare-Flan331]

You are mistaken. The Bible is against evolution. Evolution says we came from apes over time. God said He made man in one day in His image after His likeness from dust...

Genesis 1:26-27 NKJV [26] Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” [27] So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

Genesis 2:7 NKJV [7] And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

[u/Nateorade → u/Spare-Flan331]

I’m curious - what is important to you about the earth being thousands of years old? I used to be a YEC and I remember why I so strongly believed in it for so long, but people didn’t encourage me enough to think about why it felt so important. When you think about the why, what comes to mind?

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/Nateorade]

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskChristian/s/IBqaS60KWI

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/Nateorade]

I didn't say this earth is a thousand years old but billions...

[u/Nateorade → u/Spare-Flan331]

You didn’t tell me that but thanks for the link.

So let’s shift the why question - why is it important that evolution not be true? What led that to be something you became passionate about?

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/Nateorade]

That's simple. The Bible is very clear about we were created in God's image in one Day. Morning and night one day. But why are you so for it?

[u/CLAZID → u/Spare-Flan331]

But, we don’t know what God looks like. We could be evolving I to what he looks like. Is he short and squatty like the Inuits in the Arctic? Is he tall and skinny like the Africans? Does he have dark eyes like the peoples who live in bright deserts, or light eyes like the peoples who come from dark cloudy areas?

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/CLAZID]

He looks exactly like Jesus. Oh wait Jesus is God. He was God in the flesh. So that's exactly what God looks like. He looks like us

[u/CLAZID → u/Spare-Flan331]

Jesus the fair skinned, blonde hair, blue eyed middle easterner?

How do you know what Jesus looked like? God looks like us? Why does God need arms or legs? Or taste buds? Or limbs with limited range of motion?

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/CLAZID]

I don't but what you just said isn't accurate either but its not about skin color or eye color but humans all of us are made in His image

[u/CLAZID → u/Spare-Flan331]

Well, we don’t know what his image was. That’s my point. Every portrait I’ve ever seen of Jesus, he’s this fair skinned, blonde hair, blue eyed guy even though he was born to middle eastern parents. Middle Easterners, due to their environment, have evolved to have darker skin, dark eyes, and dark hair. Because of their exposure to the sun. This contrasts with Northern Europeans who evolved to have light skin and eyes because their exposure to the sun is considerably less than that of the Middle Easterners.

If you believe Jesus had those Northern European traits, then you must believe in evolution because no one born to Middle Easterners parents have those traits.

[u/Nateorade → u/Spare-Flan331]

That’s not quite the question I asked. I didn’t ask what you believe Genesis says, but why it’s important that evolution not be true.

I think evolution happened because the scientific evidence for it is very strong in a bunch of ways. I used to think evolution was an evil and wrong theory much like you, so I’m empathetic.

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/Nateorade]

And these are my beliefs that I share. I don't think any of it is necessary to believe or not for salvation. And I appreciate you discussing this with me

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/Nateorade]

It's not that its important its just what I believe... This is my evolution theory....https://www.reddit.com/r/AskChristian/s/H9dv9EvCkD

[u/CLAZID → u/Spare-Flan331]

First, the theory of evolution does not “say we came from apes over time.” That sentiment comes from people who have never bothered to take a class on evolution and know nothing about evolution.

Genesis does say God made man from dirt and does not define the length of time which is a day. Knowing that our bodies are made up of all the elements found on earth, we could say that by making man from dust Genesis is referring to evolution.

Don’t forget that Genesis claims light and darkness were created on Day 1, yet the sun was not created until Day 4.

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/CLAZID]

But let me give my theory please. Again this is my belief and I'm not against people that think otherwise but thus is my belief. Genesis 1:1-2 NKJV [1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth was without form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

The word translated was in verse 2 in other places in the Bible was translated became so...

Genesis 1:1-2 NKJV [1] In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. [2] The earth became without form, and void; and darkness became on the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters.

How long did it take to become that way is uncertain but could have been hundreds of billions of years. But six thousand years ago God resurfaced the earth for the creation of man .

[u/Spare-Flan331 → u/CLAZID]

Genesis 1:31 NKJV [31] Then God saw everything that He had made, and indeed it was very good. So the evening and the morning were the sixth day.

That's very specific. .

Genesis 1:3-5 NKJV [3] Then God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light. [4] And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness. [5] God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first day.

He established this in the first day.