Do you accept Evolution? Why or Why not

[sguy78]

RockSmith372 said:

FootballFan said:

sguy78 said:
I was just Baptized and Confirmed Catholic this past Easter, and nothing I was taught indicated that the Church could not agree with evolution; just that evolution has been done under the direction of God. Adam and Eve were not taught to me as two actual people, but as a representation of early mankind's falling from God's given perfection. People want to question why God does this or that. That's part of the point of God being God. We are not Gods, and cannot possibly be able to comprehend even a sliver of his consciousness.

Ok. So does that mean if God conducts evolution, he has developed homosexuality?

 

Can of worms. Impossible life question towards religion in regards to evolution.

Well, what i think sguy is saying that God created the earth and natural selection did it's thing, but God at the same time ensured human evolution. This is known as Theistic Evolution. Most Catholics fall under this category, and I am fine with that belief because there is no evidence against or for God's existence so faith is fine in that category. However, there is plenty of evidence against creationism so believing in that is ignorance, which I am happy to show the evidence for evolution.

I still believe that God always knew what species would develop into what though. I don't think any species existed without his will. I don't think everyone necessarily believes that the Earth was created in six of our days either. Much of the First Testament was written not to be a factual dictionary, but a means to get the Hebrew people to understand the word of God, and their relationship with said.