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Author Topic:   How Do Scientists Believe in God and Evolution?
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Message 4 of 145 (465350)
05-05-2008 10:36 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Wumpini
05-04-2008 6:26 PM


Is it their belief that God existed before the origin of the universe?
Yes.
What part does God play in their theory regarding the origin of the universe?
What part does God play in their theory regarding the origin of our solar system, and the planet earth?
What part does God play in their theory regarding the origin of life on the planet earth?
What part does God play in their theory regarding the origin of man on the planet earth?
I don't know.
I don't think that there as to be any distinction betweeen the origin of the universe and the origin of man. God could have set the whole thing up from the beginning so that the universe evolves in a way to bring about mankind. Or he could have started it up and then later jumped in and fudged some things so that man would become.
I don't know how we'd tell one way or the other.
Is it their belief that God has intervened in the evolutionary process at any time (dramatic changes, complex organs, etc.)?
I don't know. It is possible but not necessary. Again, he could have initiated it when he created the universe or he could have stepped in after life began, but I have know way to tell.
Is it their belief that God has intervened in the development of man to introduce an eternal spiritual presence that does not exist in other organisms?
I don't know. I believe that I have a soul but I don't know and have no way of telling if a dog does.
The soul could be like intellegence, where some species seem to have more intellegence than others and humans are off the chart. Or the soul could be reserved for humans only.
If its the former, then the soul could have evolved like intellegence did. If it is the latter, then it seems like God must have 'put it in' at some point. Maybe he watched man evolve from the other apes until we got to a point where we were able to withstand having a soul and then he 'injected' it into us like the jelly in a doughnut.
Is it their belief that the miracles recorded in the Bible that contradict the physical laws of nature are true including the resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Yes.

Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence.
Letting the reigns go to the unfolding is faith, faith, faith, faith.
Science has failed our world.
Science has failed our Mother Earth.
-System of a Down, "Science"
He who makes a beast out of himself, gets rid of the pain of being a man.
-Avenged Sevenfold, "Bat Country"

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