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Evolution Confusion vs. Creator God

Physically, apes may have the closest similarities to humans than any other animals out there, but we are still, two very different primates. While they walk on all fours, we walk on only two legs. And they still haven't evolved! We also have larger brains, longer legs compared to our arms, much less hair, a wider pelvis, and last but not least, impressive prowess at straightening our knees. We can utilize tools more efficiently and can communicate through written words. These are only a few of the many differences, mind you.

Genesis 2:7 says: "The Lord God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul."

Humans come from the breath of life breathed into man by the Lord God. Jesus died for humans—specifically for human souls—not for horses, dogs, or monkeys; though all of these have brains. Man originated from God's creation of him.

If man has evolved from some apelike creature, then where did that creature come from? To find the origin of something, you need to go all the way back to the starting point. How many times do you find the word "created" in Genesis 1:27? How many times do you find the word "evolved" in this verse? God created man, in His image, not animals. To rule OVER creation, and to reproduce godly offspring. But man messed that up when he chose to sin.

If man came from apes, why can't apes talk like people, by now? How is it humans were smart enough to learn and know how to talk, but not apes or chimpanzees? And if we evolved from apes or monkeys, why haven't they evolved into humans after all these centuries? Why did THEY stop evolving? I think to believe evolution, is an insult to our own intelligence.

According to Genesis 2:7, man was made from the dust of the ground.

According to Psalm 139:14, man has been fearfully and wonderfully made by a marvelous Maker whom we should praise and thank.

According to Isaiah 45:11-12, the Lord is responsible for man being upon the earth.

The evolutionists say that apelike creatures came along thousands of years before man, but God says that men and apes were both created on Day SIX. Notice He didn't make "Ape Men" and just get it over with. He meant them to be distinct from each other, and the best Authority on this subject is the Lord Jesus Christ.

How can life come from non-life? Even a one-celled organism is highly complex and could not have evolved by chance. How can there be so many wonderful and amazing creatures, without an intelligent Creator to make them?

Would it make a difference if a person realized that an all-wise, loving, eternal, all-powerful God, created the first man and woman? Recognizing a personal Creator makes man much more than an animal or an accident of nature. God had a reason for our creation. There's a purpose for why we are here, and if we'll take the time to look, it's all in God's Word. [/c][/b]
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Since you asked, I think it is rather wonderful to think of a loving wise God making apes and human beings and everything else through evolution, and I don't see any contradiction between that and the Bible. By the way: "created" in Genesis is the Hebrew verb bara' ברא which is only used in the Bible for something God does. So we don't know if "created" is the best translation or not. Maybe this is Scripture's way of saying "brought forth through evolution".
@SW-User Well, there's a huge contradiction. God wanted us to know exactly who created man, animals, oceans, stars, etc. It's His account of Creation. Man has his own and it doesn't line up with God's. He didn't want science to take credit for His genius or stunning creativity. HE created. He didn't need to use evolution to do it. He just said the Word, and it was there. He gave us all the explanation of things, in His Word. We don't need man and his ego butting in, with his very finite understanding and thinking, to take credit for it. If anyone is an authority on creation, it is God. Not man. God made man...not the other way around. Though he would like to think so, man will never be smarter nor wiser than God, his Creator.

By the way: "created" in Genesis is the Hebrew verbbara'ברא which isonlyused in the Bible for something God does.

That's exactly right, and as it should be, given He knows better than man. God was there! All these other theories come from man. Not reliable at all. That why the true and accurate account of creation, belongs solely to the Lord. We need to give credit where credit is due. God's Word deliberately didn't leave mankind to guess. If it was "brought forth through evolution", I'm certain God would've used that terminology. But being perfect, precise, and being God, he said it exactly as he meant it to be and knew it to be and it's not up to man to twist His words around to suit himself. There's no room for guessing or "maybes", when God speaks. If He had meant to say evolution, that's the precise word He would have used. I'm glad you pointed out that the Hebrew verbbara'ברא, for created is used only in the Bible, as that only confirms God as Creator. It is God who told man where he came from....not the other way around.
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@LadyGrace Given that the Bible was revealed to humans thousands of years ago when people had no concept of evolution, how could it have mentioned evolution in those words? A divine text still has to communicate with human beings in a language and concepts that they can understand in their own time and place.
@SW-User Because it was written by God, not man. The Bible was inspired by the Holy Spirit, to holy men of old, giving them what to write. It is God giving an account of himself and who He is.
SW-User
@LadyGrace but in a language that human beings at the time could understand, no?
@SW-User God's Word was not handed down just to anyone. The Holy Spirit gave holy men of old, Christian men, what to write. Not unbelievers, as they do not receive the Holy Spirit until they are saved. So yes, they understood what the Holy Spirit was inspiring them to write, under the direction of the Holy Spirit.
TheWildEcho · 61-69, M
@SW-User if God used evolution to create man then there was no original sin because evolution needs killing, fighting , greed etc to happen. If no original sin then no need for a Saviour!
SW-User
@TheWildEcho Evolution does not need any of those things. It needs living organisms, slight genetic changes, and different environments.
TheWildEcho · 61-69, M
@SW-User evolution needs death and the Bible makes it clear there was no death before original sin
@TheWildEcho Definitely correct!! That's something I hadn't really thought about. Brilliant. And so true. 🙏🙏🙏🙌 ☝️