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Question: Why do Bible believers fear evolution? Yes, God did indeed create man, but we should not pretend to know how. If we evolved from life's creation itself, does that deny the power of God? Man cannot create life from nonliving material, but the fossil, geological and biological records are clear. Instead of fearing evolution, why don't Christians embrace it?
If Christians display aversion to evolution, it is because it contradicts the revelation of Scripture, which is the basis of Christian beliefs. Genesis does tell us how God formed Adam and Eve, and it clearly does not explain it in evolutionary terms.
In recent times some have tried to harmonize the biblical account
of creation with evolution, theorizing that God used evolution
as the means to bring about life, including human life.
This perspective, called theistic evolution, is attractive
to some because it supposedly allows one to believe in both God and evolution.
In reality, however, evolution cannot be harmonized with the biblical account
of creation.
Jesus reinforced the Genesis account when He stated in Matthew 19:4, "Have you not read that He who made them at the
beginning 'made them male and female' . . . ?" Jesus clearly
taught His followers that the Old Testament writings were true,
and He is obviously referring to the account as
it is written in Genesis 1.
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