Arguments for Theistic Evolution: Difference between revisions
Created page with "Theistic evolution believes evolution is the scientific process of how life changed over time through descent with modification. They believe God guided this evolution. ==God Commands Creation== ===Day 3 Creation=== {{Bible quote|And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so. And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after hi..." |
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Theistic | Theistic evolution is the belief that God guided evolution, This article presents arguments used to support theistic evolution. | ||
==God Commands Creation== | |||
===Day 3 | ==God Commands Evolution During 6 Day Creation== | ||
===Creation during Day 3=== | |||
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God did not say, “Let there be grass.” He told the land to produce vegetation. The earth brought it forth, In essence, This shows God let land evolve. | God did not say, “Let there be grass.” He told the land to produce vegetation. The earth brought it forth, In essence, This shows God let land evolve. | ||
===Day 5 | ===Creation during Day 5=== | ||
{{Bible quote|And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. | {{Bible quote|And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. | ||
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.|book=Genesis|chap=1|verses=20-21|version=KJV}} | And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.|book=Genesis|chap=1|verses=20-21|version=KJV}} | ||
In this passage where God creates ocean life, He tells the ocean to bring forth the creatures. He does not say, "Let there be whales;" or "let there be sharks." Verse 21 shows the result, that "God created great whales." Verse 20 gives the process God used to create..."Let the waters bring forth..." Again, this seems to support evolution. | In this passage where God creates ocean life, He tells the ocean to bring forth the creatures. He does not say, "Let there be whales;" or "let there be sharks." Verse 21 shows the result, that "God created great whales." Verse 20 gives the process God used to create..."Let the waters bring forth..." Again, this seems to support evolution. | ||
===Day 6 | ===Creation during Day 6=== | ||
{{Bible quote|And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. | {{Bible quote|And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so. | ||
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. | And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good. | ||