I think that evolution definitely happens! I don’t think that the Earth was created in 7 days, I think that it has taken billions of years for the Earth to become what it is today.
However some people think that these two ideas are compatible, that it doesn’t have to be one or the other. I think its something that everyone should make their own minds up about by finding out as much information about it as they can and then seeing what they think it means.
There is now so much evidence, mountains of it, that to have doubts about evolution is to deny the evidence of our own eyes and brains. Some people refuse to accept these facts.The story about the creation is a myth.
However it seems to me that this in no way need affect your belief in God if you so wish. Remember that religious beliefs have had to be modified many times by science. I suppose the big one was the idea that the earth is at the centre of the solar system. Changing this could be easily, well relatively easily, accepted by religion. Having women vicars is another. Changing the myth about how the universe started should also be easily accepted by people of belief.I do not see how any of this should change the fundamental foundation of religion. So, if you are a person who believes, then that’s great, but you should also be an intelligent person who is able to understand that to wilfully ignore proven facts is not the best way to regulate your life.
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There is now so much evidence, mountains of it, that to have doubts about evolution is to deny the evidence of our own eyes and brains. Some people refuse to accept these facts.The story about the creation is a myth.
However it seems to me that this in no way need affect your belief in God if you so wish. Remember that religious beliefs have had to be modified many times by science. I suppose the big one was the idea that the earth is at the centre of the solar system. Changing this could be easily, well relatively easily, accepted by religion. Having women vicars is another. Changing the myth about how the universe started should also be easily accepted by people of belief.I do not see how any of this should change the fundamental foundation of religion. So, if you are a person who believes, then that’s great, but you should also be an intelligent person who is able to understand that to wilfully ignore proven facts is not the best way to regulate your life.