Is evolution compatible with the bible?
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The debate is about is evolution compatible with the bible. I am someone who will take the pro position which states that it is compatible while the con will argue against. I hope to have a great discussion, and I hope that this debate finds value with someone. The main goal of this debate is to have values dialogue that individuals from different walks of life can enjoy.
CON obviously FF
Convincing arguments Pro,
Pro made arguments that were within reason,
Con made no arguments.
Sources,
Pro used sources for some claims,
Con didn't use sources.
Legibility,
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Even with a Google search, does not come up as anything commonly recognized as a word that I saw.
Conduct,
It's bad conduct to accept a debate, but not debate,
Even if Mharman realizes they 'ought not do this.
More details,
Numerology, seeing symbolism 'everywhere,
Seems a risky method of truth to me.
Not that cultures don't 'have symbolism throughout their history,
But to me the recorded 'historical reasons, are more important than doing math and switching of numbers years after.
I'm not aware of the connection between the number 7 and evolution.
Ah, there it is,
"church fathers often had different ideas about the creation account mentioned in the first chapter of Genesis"
- TheAcademicChristian R1
And goes on to mention Augustine as an example.
Well, I suppose time 'might be different for God,
Though TheAcademicChristian mentions the 'vastness of time, rather than perspective,
I mention perspective, as what 'is a day?
Different planets turn at different rates I assume,
Different sizes, different days,
Or with the moon, we only ever see it's one face (Though at night) But something could always face the sun.
Are 24 hours assumed 'before the Earth was created? (I ramble here)
Polytheism and Idol Worship,
What concerns me about this argument,
Is how much of the Bible and Christianity then, becomes symbolic?
Not that one 'can't be a symbolic Atheistic Christian,
Or that only 'some parts are symbolic,
Just the line of thought I go down with this argument.
De novo is a Latin term that means "anew," "from the beginning," or "afresh."
I suppose God 'could have done evolution outside of the Eden the Bible mentions,
Yet created Adam and Eve inside it, for some purpose,
Though Atheists would think it unlikely, it 'does sidestep the argument that evolution means the creation of Adam and Eve 'cannot be.
The debate being whether evolution is 'compatible with the Bible, not whether the Bible is true or false.
Yes. Evolution eventually resulted in some dudes probably writing the bible, meaning it is plausible, meaning it is compatible.
Evolution and God are quite simple here it is: At the beginning of life a human is a single cell, imagine the size you are now and know that science says you where once a single cell, so small a microscope was required to view you. Now within that single cell is a Nucleus surrounding a single strand of DNA. That single strand of DNA, which is barely visible on a microscope contains a blueprint, the blueprint is for how to build a full size human being. Its an 18 year build project, that creates your body, organs, 5 senses and a brain to interpret them with that allows you to experience the world around you and all of its joys and pains.
If the Arrow of time is followed backwards to the beginning of life itself, you find that same single cell that started it all, the ability of the single cell to produce a human is conducted via a process of duplication known as mitosis. During this process the cell can produce and exact duplicate of it self including the DNA strand with the blueprint to build a lifeform. Within all living cells there is a DNA strand, All living cells had to have a start point, that start point had to be the first living cell to ever exist. That first living cells first decision was to build a wall around it self known as a cell wall, a wall is for protection so this would have been a decision for survivability, the second was to replicate itself the third was to replicate it self again we know this is truth as mitosis is the method by which all living organisms build copies of themselves. It is by this process we all exist. Like everything in existence we all have a start point and its always a lot smaller than it ends up being.
From that first cell came all of life, every single cell of life today has a copy of that original DNA strand as via mitosis an exact copy was made, sure its evolved different traits and forms over time but its still the shape of a DNA helix it still functions in the same way. The first ever conscious decision was to survive the second was to thrive, and this is imprinted upon every DNA in existence, every single living life form follows these instructions. That first cell expanded itself in to every form of life we see today, if we imagine life as a single organism we begin to find God, God is all of life, God is that source cell, whether we survive or not life goes on God is eternal because life is eternal
A its a miracle in it self that something as small as a single cell evolves in to a human being, let alone that all of life evolved from a single source cell. If we truly believe as many religious texts preach that God is within us, then the evidence for this is the shear creative power and prowess of a single strand of source DNA, we have that single source to thank for every thing we see and experience around us, that single decision to survive. Before the earth existed, before life existed... it didn't exist! Before existence existed ... It didn't exist, To Spring in to existence randomly is meaningless, to choose existence is GOD. If everything can come from nothing miracle has occurred, we are part of everything, if you believe in nothing you still believe in God because everything came from nothing, before everything there was nothing, if Nothing is Alpha and Something is Omega God is both the Alpha and the Omega as that first cell defeated nothing to give us everything.
What kind of evolution? Surely allele frequency’s changes along a population inside an ecosystem violates nothing in the Bible does it!
It’s fine. I don’t think you can do related debates yet anyways (site requires 3 unrated debates first, I think)
Hey, I am new to this so I just clicked one. I will publish an argument by tomorrow. Thanks in advance for taking the debate and if you want to run it back we can do it based on the format you mentioned.
Wish it was rated but sure