Evolution v. Religion
Perhaps this is my naivete, but I still haven't figured out why evolution and religion are mutually exclusive.
I understand why religion doesn't agree with the notion that humans evolved from some four-legged creature. That theory is a bit tough to swallow whether you are religious or not.
But what about the differences in races? If we are all descended from god's original two human creations, Adam and Eve, how are there so many races and genetic differences in human beings? Survey a Scandinavian and a sub-Saharan African and the immediate thought is not that they are from the same family. Straight hair v. curly hair, dark hair v. light hair.
If religion answers this question, please let me know. Otherwise, it seems that evolution is the most useful tool to explain the vast physical differences among human beings.
posted by Intellectual Insurgent @ 8:41 AM
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Yes, but how did they develop the characteristics of Scandinavians is the question.
About the fish thing, I think the Bible says that god gave man dominion over the earth and all the plants and animals on it. Or something like that.
Humans are most definitely in a different category than other beings, which is why I find it hard to believe we descended from lizards or something.
A religious friend of mine once told me he believes in evolution. His caveat is that Adam and Eve didn't necessarily look like We (the collective humanity "we") look today. I suppose that's where the analysis lies.
Isn't that evolution? Adapting genetic characteristics to environment.
I can't speak on behalf of all religion. I do know, however, that the Christian faith does not contradict the notion that after life on earth was created, it evolved.
Christians do not believe that evolution explains the origin of man, as Darwin may have. The origin of man can be explained in the 6-day creation account in Genisis. The extinction of "pre-historic" species can be explained in the flood. The divirsity of life after the flood can be explained in minor evolutionary changes since that time.
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