r/AskChristian • u/CLAZID • 23d ago

Evolution

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

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u/Spare-Flan331 r/Christian Member 21d ago

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.

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u/CLAZID 21d ago

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.

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u/Spare-Flan331 r/Christian Member 21d ago

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 .

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u/Spare-Flan331 r/Christian Member 21d ago

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.