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by uncleDale on April 5th, 2007

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Is it true that darwins "theory" of evolution is mans attempt to explain biblical creation or is the bible mans first attempt to explain evolution?

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  • by iwnit on March 7th, 2009

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    1) Darwin's theory of evolution is man's quite successful attempt to describe how life developed on Earth to reach the point that we now today. It does not base at all on the Bible, neither does it try to explain anything described in the Bible.


    2) The Bible contains a creation account which is another way of explaining the present situation (like: it appeared all at the same time and has stayed the same since then). However, it fails at explaining the observed facts in paleontology.

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  • by DiSTurBiA on January 30th, 2008

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    the bible is mans attempt at his own ignorance of his surroundings. Thus using faith in a age before science, and discovery. Evolution is proven true versus the bible which only brings up myths, and contradictions.

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  • by fallore on April 5th, 2007

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    I'm pretty sure the Bible says nothing about evolution, just offers an explanation as to how life was started. Darwin's theory of evolution is an alternate theory that explains how life (meaning actual life, not the universe like in creationism) came to be.

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  • by Chaoticgood on May 24th, 2009

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    The bible is a collection of stories from oral traditions, allegorical writings and mythologies from a time where many religions were vying for believers in a convergence of cultures. These stories took creation myths from the Hebrew tradition (which were themselves were derived from earlier myths)and mixed them with edited writings from the multiplicity of "prophets" and scholars. These stories were not accepted for their factual content as much as their simplistic explanations that were supposed to come from those who were wise and "talked" with a god on the behalf of the common people, who were thought unworthy.

    Science and definitely the body of evidence we are able to produce today was unknown to these "wise men.". Evolutionary theory is in no way a means to explain biblical creationism. It is simply the most reasonable explanation we have for the gradual transitions we see in the fossil record. In no way does evolution attempt to explain the origin of the universe (see Big Bang) or the origin of life (such as Abiogenisis.)The evidence is available to anyone who wishes to review it and the scientific community thrives on peer review and debate of any newer explanation that can better fit the evidence. Science simply uses evidence and reason to come up with the best possible explanations that fit their observations whereas those who created the bible and other such religious texts used their imaginations and allegory to create explanations that would fit their faiths. The key difference here is that true scientists should be impartial and make no claims about a god since one is not needed to explain the evidence.

    I would like to point out though that, eventually compounded lack of evidence of existence can logically infer evidence of absence. The explanation for the lack of an example of EVERY transitional specieation can be explained by probability over time but leads us to new discoveries if we accept the theory. The lack of evidence for the existence of a super complex divine creator leads us to no new information or better understanding of our world if we accept it. I would certainly say that evolutionary theory gives us a better understanding of our world than any religious text.

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  • by ummanda on September 18th, 2008

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    # FACT: The Bible is unique. It was written by more than 40 authors over a period of 1,600 years (more than 60 generations), on three continents and in 3 languages. The authors, though from different backgrounds and stations in life, held to identical themes. F.F. Bruce wrote: "... the bible is not simply an anthology; there is a unity which binds the whole together. An anthology is compiled by an anthologist, but no anthologist compiled the Bible." (The Books and Parchments, Fleming H. Revell)

    # FACT: The Bible is reliable. What I mean by this is that the Bible is historically reliable. We can put the Bible through the same tests that all historical docents are tested. Three major tests of historiography are: (1) the bibliographical test, (2) the internal evidence test, and (3) the external evidence test.

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  • by jin jang on April 5th, 2007

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    They are both opposites,and with this subject there will never be agreement,if people are on opposite sides of the fence.So the bible and Darwin,s theory will remain separate.

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  • by FadingxSmiles on April 5th, 2007

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    In my opinion, it's the latter.

    Religious people would say it was the previous.

    It all depends on who you're talking to.

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  • by HappinessInSlavery on May 26th, 2009

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    Neither. Man who wrote the Bible did not have the understanding to grasp evolution as a mechanism and I don't think they even had that in mind when it was written. It's simply a social document, as made obvious by most of the content and the "borrowing" of myths that came before it from other cultures.

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  • by MrJosh on May 24th, 2009

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    No, I don't think either of those is correct. The bible doesn't say anything about the process of creating the diversity we have and evolution doesn't say anything about the beginning of life.

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  • by 23Skidoo on May 19th, 2009

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    The two don't have much to do with each other beyond both being attempts to describe how life got to be so diverse and mostly- how people got here..

    One is a scientific theory based on observation, evidence and deduction while to other is based on fantasy and fiction.

    BTW - Why is theory in quotes?

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  • by sandwiches on May 18th, 2009

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    The Bible was simply some men's way of trying to explain the origin of life with the limited knowledge they possessed. Same with evolution. Except we posses a lot more knowledge, nowadays.

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  • by dichosa on March 7th, 2009

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    Evolution explains the diversity of life on earth. It says nothing at all about how life arose on earth.
    The Genesis account of creation is a synthesis of several stories of creation written by different authors over time. It's in contradiction to itself and to evidence. Evolution is scientific fact. Genesis is believed in based on faith, despite the evidence that it is allegory at best.

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  • by The Galaxy Hitchhiker on February 19th, 2009

    The Galaxy Hitchhiker

    Darwin's theory is man's attempt at explaining Biblical creation. In all actuality, man has been attempting to explain our origins (without God), since the time of Socrates. Despite the fact that the Darwinian view of the world was swiftly embraced by scientists, as much as half of the population in the United States still today doesn’t buy it, because it seems to undermine their view of who we are, where we came from, and what we are here for. I find that interesting.

    Unknown to the majority of the public, evolutionary theory has already passed through three major modifications since Darwin, and is in the midst of a fourth stage of its evolution. I find this to be interesting as well because the Biblical account of Creation has remained unchanged for thousands of years while the Evolutionary theory has undergone several changes. That in and of itself speaks volumes about this supposed proven and established "fact" of science.

    Mankind has attempted to explain and do things his way since Adam and Eve. Evolution is yet another attempt at it and so far, has failed on a monumental scale. Each time it fails to have the desired effect, science overhauls it, as I mentioned above. How many overhauls can one theory withstand before it is completely discarded? The demise of Darwin's precious theory is just a matter of time. My opinion only but I'm sure that I'll receive negative ratings from the resident Darwinians in AB.

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  • by Christine on March 17th, 2011

    Christine

    Darwin's theory was never meant to explain Biblical creation which in his mind was never in doubt. Like most good scientists, he did not have an agenda, he simply developed a theory that explained his observations on the Galápagos Islands.

    The Bible did not and does not need to explain evolution as nothing about evolution contradicts it. The Bible discusses eternal realities in temporal terms, just as it discusses God in anthropomorphic terms. Evolution describes the shape of life over time and its beginning within time. Do not confuse temporal beginning with ultimate origin. All reality originates with God who is eternal.

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  • by Nrthn1 on May 19th, 2009

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    http://post-darwinist.blogspot.com/2009/05/theistic-evolutionists-what-they-can.html

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