a christian is a theist and a theist is a creationist BUT a creationist is not necessarily a theist or a christian
But I am a theist and not a creationist. I also accept that evolution occurred. Therefore even if evolution opposes and contradicts the Christian religion (which I don't think it does, but that's irrelevant), it is not atheism, it does not explicitly contradict the divine.
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These two beliefs are contrary to one another, thus making theism contrary to naturalism.
I'd like to expand on that though. First - I don't believe that has to be the case at all - whilst it seems contradictory there are theistic naturalists out there. But that's beside the point. This thread isn't whether naturalism is atheistic, but whether the theory of evolution is. Since I am a theist and an 'evolutionist', I stand as evidence that this is not the case.
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As I understand, evolutionary theory either denies the existance of a supernatural cause in general or specifically rules out the God of the bible.
Evolutionary theory does not deny the existence of a supernatural cause in general. It simply doesn't include one, the same way other modern scientific theories don't. I don't see the problem with a theory that doesn't end in "but ultimately, God is the first cause of all".