Why isn't evolution in the Bible?

[Jayhawker Soule]

How so?? this ought to be good

Go through the six days of creation and tell me where the sequence is wrong. There is one obvious case -- nor bad for a document of that period.

(Whether or not you find that 'good' is wholly irrelevant to me.)

 

[sojourner]

There are three possible answers you're gonna get; one is that the ancient people who wrote it didn't have the level of scientific understanding that we have today, and second is that evolution is a lie and never happened, and the last is that genesis is allegorical and non literal.

The first is not germane to the topic of Biblical literature. The second is a falsehood and the third is more-or-less correct.

 

[outhouse]

Go through the six days of creation and tell me where the sequence is wrong. There is one obvious case -- nor bad for a document of that period.

(Whether or not you find that 'good' is wholly irrelevant to me.)

"POOF" instant creation of everything in a week with two contradicting story's compiled is somehow related to evolution, how??

If there was a real hint of evolution within its pages the folks who literally interpret the pages would not be fighting science so hard to retain their religious values.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

"POOF" instant creation of everything in a week with two contradicting story's compiled is somehow related to evolution, how??

I was clearly commenting on sequence. Your response is dishonest.

 

[outhouse]

I was clearly commenting on sequence. Your response is dishonest.

Im not a mind reader brother

i cant be dishonest, if i couldnt read your mind.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

With one minor exception they got the sequence remarkably close ...

How so?? this ought to be good

Go through the six days of creation and tell me where the sequence is wrong. There is one obvious case -- nor bad for a document of that period.

(Whether or not you find that 'good' is wholly irrelevant to me.)

"POOF" instant creation of everything in a week with two contradicting story's compiled is somehow related to evolution, how??

If there was a real hint of evolution within its pages the folks who literally interpret the pages would not be fighting science so hard to retain their religious values.

I was clearly commenting on sequence. Your response is dishonest.

Im not a mind reader brother
i cant be dishonest, if i couldnt read your mind.

You clearly have a reading deficiency.

 

[Richard J. Charles]

The Bible is a book written by humans, for humans. There is no evidence of divinity there. Therefore, you can not expect people from centuries past to know about evolution when it was only discovered years later.

 

[outhouse]

You clearly have a reading deficiency.

Im not the one trying to play connect imaginary dots either.

im not a mind reader

 

[methylatedghosts]

Im not the one trying to play connect imaginary dots either.

im not a mind reader

On the first day, God created light. I imagine this could be a hint at the big bang, and light being among the first things to exist in the moments after the big bang happened.
On the second day, water appeared and separated into water on the ground and in the sky. As the early earth cooled, I imagine water would have pooled and evaporated into the sky, forming out of the ball of molten rock and what-have-you.
On the third day, God commands the earth to bring forth grass, plants and fruit-bearing trees. Somewhere between day 2 and 3, life happened and simple organisms evolved into the plants and trees.
On the fourth day, God makes 2 lights in the sky, (sun and moon) and the stars. I imagine this is the place where they got the sequence out of order - the sun, moon and stars would have appeared before this.
On the fifth, the sea is populated by sea creatures and birds appear.
On the sixth, land animals appeared - reptiles, livestock, humans etc.

Not bad for an estimate on the sequence in which things evolved from a bunch of nomadic tribes, no? Just imagine that a "day" wasn't really a day, but an unspecified amount of time, and that 6 days really meant "a really, really long time".

 

[idav]

Go through the six days of creation and tell me where the sequence is wrong. There is one obvious case -- nor bad for a document of that period.

(Whether or not you find that 'good' is wholly irrelevant to me.)

One thing I notice, which I'm not sure is minor, is that there is plants before there is light on the earth. Would you mind kindly referrring to the one minor out of sequence event?

 

[sojourner]

One thing I notice, which I'm not sure is minor, is that there is plants before there is light on the earth. Would you mind kindly referrring to the one minor out of sequence event?

Light is created first. What are you talking about?

 

[ChristineES]

If the Bible's story Genesis was about how God created mankind, why isn't Evolution in the Bible?

The books in the Bible are not meant to be science books. They are meant for spiritual teachings. You wouldn't find any kind of religious talk in a science book, it wouldn't belong. Science and religion are two totally different subjects. The creation story is symbolic, not scientific.

 

[Many Sages One Truth]

If the Bible's story Genesis was about how God created mankind, why isn't Evolution in the Bible?

Genesis is not a story about how God created mankind, it is the traditional work of the ancient Jews, and their particular myth of creation. Two myths to be specific. They didn't know about evolution anymore then any other ancient people could have.

 

[outhouse]

The books in the Bible are not meant to be science books. They are meant for spiritual teachings. You wouldn't find any kind of religious talk in a science book, it wouldn't belong. Science and religion are two totally different subjects. The creation story is symbolic, not scientific.

excellent post ChristineES

and that really sums it up

 

[Runewolf1973]

On the first day, God created light. I imagine this could be a hint at the big bang, and light being among the first things to exist in the moments after the big bang happened.
On the second day, water appeared and separated into water on the ground and in the sky. As the early earth cooled, I imagine water would have pooled and evaporated into the sky, forming out of the ball of molten rock and what-have-you.
On the third day, God commands the earth to bring forth grass, plants and fruit-bearing trees. Somewhere between day 2 and 3, life happened and simple organisms evolved into the plants and trees.
On the fourth day, God makes 2 lights in the sky, (sun and moon) and the stars. I imagine this is the place where they got the sequence out of order - the sun, moon and stars would have appeared before this.
On the fifth, the sea is populated by sea creatures and birds appear.
On the sixth, land animals appeared - reptiles, livestock, humans etc.

Not bad for an estimate on the sequence in which things evolved from a bunch of nomadic tribes, no? Just imagine that a "day" wasn't really a day, but an unspecified amount of time, and that 6 days really meant "a really, really long time".

Perhaps 6 billion years. Makes sense to me. Actually, this first part in the Bible is about the only thing in the whole book that makes any sense to me whatsoever. Take the "God" out of it and it makes even more sense.

 

[Landerage]

I am not quite sure about the Bible, but evolution was said in the holy Quran, and im sure i read a verse saying that God is changing creatures (animal, plants and humans) ability, attributes etc.. during their living. Which meant evolution for me

 

[Breathe]

I am not quite sure about the Bible, but evolution was said in the holy Quran, and im sure i read a verse saying that God is changing creatures (animal, plants and humans) ability, attributes etc.. during their living. Which meant evolution for me

Surah and aayah please.

 

[Many Sages One Truth]

The Koran does call Allah the evolver and bestower of forms:

"He is Allah the Creator, the Evolver, the Bestower of Forms (or colors). To Him belong the Most Beautiful Names: Whatever is in the heavens and on earth doth declare His Praises and Glory: and He is the exalted in Might, the Wise." (Qur'an: 59:24)

 

[methylatedghosts]

Perhaps 6 billion years. Makes sense to me. Actually, this first part in the Bible is about the only thing in the whole book that makes any sense to me whatsoever. Take the "God" out of it and it makes even more sense.

I think there's a whole lot of truth in the bible. The problem is, I feel I need to go hunting for it, and it's rarely obvious.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Would you mind kindly referrring to the one minor out of sequence event?

Gen 1:22 -- Gen 1:24