Evolution vs. Creationism

The Pew Foundation today released a wonderful collection of the views on the issue of Creationism vs. Evolution. Most of the religious traditions represented in the U.S.A. are in the listing with a synopsis of their official perspective.

You can read it here

Personally, I have never had a problem with Darwin’s theory. We have to remember that the authors of the book of Genesis (yes - clearly there was more than one) were not trying to tell a literal history of how God did it. They were expressing their believe that the LORD was the most powerful of gods. That the LORD was responsible for all of creation.

I will simply illustrate this point by reminding us all that there are two completely different stories of creation in Genesis.

Genesis 1:1-2:4; Which describes creation in terms of six days of God’s activities and a seventh day of rest.

And

Genesis 2:5-25; Which begins with the creation of humanity, continues with Adam naming the creatures and ends with the statement of why man and woman become one.

It seems obvious to me that we cannot possibly look at these sacred stories and make the mistake of viewing them as literal accounts, they are mutually contradictory. However, we can recognize the expression of faith in God and the spiritual insight that God has provided all things that we encounter in this world. What mechanism God used (how God did it) is another matter.

Einstein’s theory of relatively was (in part) his attempt to answer this question in the broad scale of physics. Darwin’s theory gives us another piece of the puzzle. By the way, both theories have been substantiated by tremendous volumes of hard scientific research. So do not waste time listening to people who clam otherwise.

What are your thoughts?