In the past few months there have been a few blogs on Creationism vs. Evolution. I believe that one can be a Christian and still believe in Evolution.
The universe has a mind-boggling complexity and diversity. Life overwhelms us with the appearance of design. A design that evolved over millions of years to life as we know it today on Earth. A life that no other planet (that we know of) has. It is not unreasonable to say that this design had a "master designer" (God). Accepting that an intelligent Creator designed the universe by evolution can lead us to investigate the nature of his intelligent manifestation.
For those of you who like Bible quotes, (Job 38:18) the Creator asks Job, "Have you intelligently considered the broad spaces of the earth"? Actually, that whole Chapter 38 of Job is God telling Job , for quite a few pages, how he created the earth and how hard it is for Job to understand the breadth of this task. God does not say how long this took. These passages certainly do not suggest any stifling of scientific investigation. On the contrary, God invites a study of his handiwork.
Isaiah, in Chapter 40, says that the Lord is the creator of the ends of the earth - he does not faint or grow weary. So how can we prove that God did NOT create the universe by evolution?
Acceptance of the existence of a Creator does NOT hinder scientific process. The quest for more comprehensive knowledge in both physical and spiritual matters is open-ended and eternal. Ecclesiastes, Chapter 3, states, "Man cannot fully understand the work God has done from the beginning to the end". God created the physical laws that govern matter and energy, laws which scientists are still studying.
Finally, we need to consider the question of common sense. Commenting on the validity of scientifc theories, science writer John Horgan observes: "When the evidence is tentative, we should not be embarrassed to call on common sense for guidance." Common sense tells us that science has factual proof of the age of the earth and how it evolved. I do not find it incompatible within my faith to believe that God created the universe through evolution, that he created the physical laws of the universe that caused the universe to evolve over millions of years. The same physical laws that hold our universe together to this day.
I was appalled when I heard this story from my sister-in-law. She is a Breast Cancer survivor and decided to walk in the "3 Day Breast Cancer Walk" this year. When she called up to register, she was told that she would have to get donations totaling $2,000 in order to participate. When she inquired if she could walk even if she couldn't collect the whole amount, she was told "No". Is this insane or what?! What charity would not be glad to get $500 or $1000 or $1500?? What a sad state of affairs! I've seen many commercials for this Breast Walk, but they fail to mention that you need to collect $2000 to be a part of it!
