The Horrors of Evolution (Evolution)

by edinburgh4 , Friday, August 29, 2008, 23:07 (5728 days ago) @ Carl
edited by unknown, Friday, August 29, 2008, 23:16

Hi Carl, I am a Christian I'll try to explain what I think the Bible teaches on this subject because I think it does address the issue. I'm not here making the the case you should believe it, just trying to give a Biblical perspective. - Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned. Rom 5:12 - The Bible claims that death entered the world through human sin. In the early chapters of Genesis it says that only plants were given to humans and animals for food. Without death you can't have evolution so saying there was no death before Adam sinned puts the Bible at odds with the theory of evolution. When Adam broke God's command and obeyed Satan he effectively gave control of the Earth over to Satan. Because God had previously given rule of the Earth to Man: - Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, in our likeness, and let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air, over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." Genesis 1:26 - The world would be a very different place if it was now us ruling over them as God intended. Each of us is now weak when it comes to fighting temptation and by exploiting our selfish desires Satan is able make sure that what ends up happening is what he wants. We still rule but he dictates what we do: - Jesus replied, "I tell you the truth, everyone who sins is a slave to sin. John 8:34
 - We get angry when we see people in power telling lies with great consequence, but which of us never lies? The people in power are people just like us. - God was angry that Man rejected his rule and chose Satan rather than him and he let Man reap the consequences. God is waiting for us to make a move, he says "call to me and I will answer you" Jesus told us to pray that "God's will would be done on Earth as it is in Heaven" this tells us that this is not the current default. So it is wrong to look at the world and say God is not good. I think what we see is something that was very good and is now broken and not something that was chaos and is now life and semi-order. It is too good to be chance and too bad to God's perfect will. If man was in charge of the animals, but he became obedient to Satan then it follows that Satan's order has been established in nature:

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; John 10:10 - Survival of the fittest is brutal. It explains why we have left what we have left but not how it got there. - What is needed to re-establish good order on the Earth is humans who have been broken free from Satan's rule and have accepted God's rule. So in conclusion the world was made to be ruled by humans. If the humans submit to God it runs they way God intends if they submit to Satan we will see much evil. - The creation waits in eager expectation for the sons of God to be revealed. For the creation was subjected to frustration, not by its own choice, but by the will of the one who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself will be liberated from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. We know that the whole creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up to the present time. Romans 8:19:22 - Imagine if your parent's gave you a car and you drove it irresponsibly and smashed it up. Was it wrong of them to give it to you? No it is a good gift. Is it their responsibility to repair it? No they if they step in to help, it should only be when you realise what you have done. God is in the same position he created the Earth for us, he has the ability to help us and change things but if our attitude does not change he would be wasting his time. - To find out what I think about the origin of the Theory of Evolution and the truth of it you may want to watch the video below:

http://vimeo.com/1581246