Can Christians believe in evolution? [Spirituality & Religion]

@Carver nonsense. The old testament was a book of stories to explain the unexplainable to ordinary people.

The seven days of creation are actually the seven steps of turning thought into form.

It is stories, not to be taken literally.

So a Christian can know evolution happened, know the creation story refers to spiritual mysteries that are too difficult for us to fathom and also believe Jesus is the saviour of mankind.

@Paliglass That's a modern interpretation of it. I say if one's true to their religion, they can't pick and choose which rules to follow.

@Carver 😂😂😂😂😂 er no it's not modern. The Jews had 2 books. 1 for preists and the second book which is now known as the old testament to explain the priests book in simple stories.

Unfortunately we are all so collectively stupid that alot of now believe the old testament is literal.

So infact it's your way of seeing it that is modern.

@Paliglass I could argue against that, but I'd rather not. Let's agree to disagree instead.

@Carver yes please, I'm really not in the mood either.

@Paliglass You were the one who engaged me, but whatever.

@Carver I know. And as I wrote it I really didn't want to and I was thinking oh no, don't do it, but I did.

And then Thank God or Goddess or whatever you subscribe to you didn't want to engage. So thank you.

@Carver

Christians need only believe that Jesus is god and accept his sacrifice. They don't have to believe that Genesis is a literal account of creation.

Saying that god actually created life using evolution as the tool presents no problem.

@Pikachu I disagree.

@Carver

On what basis do you disagree? Can you explain why a literal interpretation of Genesis is necessary to be a Christian?

@Pikachu I can, but again, I'd rather not. I'm not interested in any debate. You're ingrained in your views and so am I, so let's skip to the part where we agree to disagree.

@Carver

lol well that's boring.
But ok.

P.S. I'm actually not unmoving on my position here. I've gone back and forth on it, as a matter of fact...based on arguments.

@Carver “True Christians” defined by who?

@LeopoldBloom By their religion?

@Carver

Their religion is accepting Jesus Christ as their personal saviour. Nothing in their religion demands that they take Genesis as a literal history of creation.

@Pikachu Again, modern interpretation. Also again, agree to disagree.

@Carver

lol nah.
I don't agree to disagree because you keep asserting your claim and then refusing to make a case for it.
If you're not up to discussing it then just stop.

@Pikachu Asserting my claim? It's my opinion. Just because I state my opinion doesn't mean I have to humor anyone who challenges it. "just stop", lol. Grow up.

@Carver

You don't have to do anything, i'm sure.😏
But you keep repeating it and then backing away from validating in any way so don't be surprised that people don't respect this behaviour.

lol yes yes, you don't care, i know.

@Pikachu Validating, lol. It's not any surprise, especially when I'm all too familiar with the type of people who just can't handle someone standing by an opinion they don't like. However, I'm not going to stop asserting my views on this subject nor am I going to humor you or anyone else with some pointless debate. All else I can say is I hope for your sake that one day you understand that not everyone is going to agree with you and not everyone owes you an explanation for why they think the way they do.

@Carver

lol If you think this is about you not agreeing with me then you're not paying attention.😉

You do you. But again, don't be surprised that people don't respect this behaviour.
Enjoy your day🙂

@Pikachu And if you think it isn't, then you're actually not. See, this is why you should've just left it. I suppose you still got some quarrel out of it, so I hope you're satisfied, at least.

@Carver


Agree to disagree😁

@Carver With deepest respect, you are making an interpretation of one part of Genesis an article of faith. If you read what the new testament says about what is required for salvation, it isn't there. You've created it by what you said. I'm referring to your term, 'true Christians'. Have you read Romans 14:4? Do you understand the context? It was people - sincere like you - trying to make an article of faith about food sacrificed to idols based on their reading of the old testament. The principle Paul speaks of in romans 14:1-4 seems rather pertinent. What do you think?

@Abstraction I think I’m not too interested in anything new about the religion and want to stick to the source material.