Where did we come from?
Recently, i was fortunate enough to be engaged in a deeply religious conversation with fellow Christian Union member "Smudge". Don't ask why, but we some how managed to get onto the topic of evolution, and where mans existence really came from. However, the slight catch is: both me and Smudge take different opinions on this matter! Ater engaging in hours of conversation...neither of us could decide which of our theories were right....we just agreed to disagree. But..........which do you (the reader) feel is the best argument for the creation of man? Our arguments are listed below.
Smudges verdict
Smudge completely believes in the verdict of Genesis (ie: that man was created solely by God, and the story of Adam and Eve is true). God is solely and completely liable for the creation of man...nothing else.
The Pope of Pontypools verdict
I on the other hand take a different approach. I have (in the past) read in the bible that "a God who would prove himself would be an idol"........which is quite right! After all, if God proved himself to us, where would the need for faith occur?....everyone would now know of God's existence, so where would our faith and belief in his existence come into play?
And this is my ideology behind the creation theory. By just simply creating Adam and Eve, God is technically proving himself (because we all know it takes "two people to tango" to create another human). Hence, by creating Adam and Eve without any form of biological elements, the only solution to their existence would be God.
Charles Darwin however provided his famous account of "Evolution"....and this i believe to be true.......why? Because its the only way God can create humans without directly proving himself. By using evolution, God is now testing our faith, as we either accept the religious approach (ie: that he created mankind)...or we take the scientific approach (that everything in the Universe was created through science, and mankind formed solely from evolving).
Basically, what im trying to say is: God would never prove himself to us, because where would the element of faith come in? With this in mind, he created evolution to conceal his existence...leading to the development of man, and the choice that mankind faces today about the creation thoery.
So there you have it.......both me and Smudge have put our arguments across, but which do you believe in........the choice is yours: Genesis or Evolution?
Genesis or Evolution?
Smudges verdict
Smudge completely believes in the verdict of Genesis (ie: that man was created solely by God, and the story of Adam and Eve is true). God is solely and completely liable for the creation of man...nothing else.
The Pope of Pontypools verdict
I on the other hand take a different approach. I have (in the past) read in the bible that "a God who would prove himself would be an idol"........which is quite right! After all, if God proved himself to us, where would the need for faith occur?....everyone would now know of God's existence, so where would our faith and belief in his existence come into play?
And this is my ideology behind the creation theory. By just simply creating Adam and Eve, God is technically proving himself (because we all know it takes "two people to tango" to create another human). Hence, by creating Adam and Eve without any form of biological elements, the only solution to their existence would be God.
Charles Darwin however provided his famous account of "Evolution"....and this i believe to be true.......why? Because its the only way God can create humans without directly proving himself. By using evolution, God is now testing our faith, as we either accept the religious approach (ie: that he created mankind)...or we take the scientific approach (that everything in the Universe was created through science, and mankind formed solely from evolving).
Basically, what im trying to say is: God would never prove himself to us, because where would the element of faith come in? With this in mind, he created evolution to conceal his existence...leading to the development of man, and the choice that mankind faces today about the creation thoery.
So there you have it.......both me and Smudge have put our arguments across, but which do you believe in........the choice is yours: Genesis or Evolution?
Genesis or Evolution?
It's evolution everytime for me, though i have wondered...where did it all come from to evolve too? Maybe there is room for both theories.
Posted by
Kathryn |
9:09 PM
precisely what i believe
Posted by
The Pope of Pontypool |
7:33 PM