Were We Created or Did We Evolve?
How did it all begin? That is, where did we come from? Let’s go back to the beginning.
I don’t intend to end the debate over the beginning of life and our reality. This won’t change anyone’s mind. But I do want to offer something to think about.
As you know, there are two schools of thought on our origin: in the beginning we evolved out of nothing or we were created by enteral God.
Either point of view requires a degree of faith to accept—and for me, evolution actually requires more. Here’s why:
Follow the theory of evolution backwards, starting with people. Follow them to land animals, to water animals, to plants, to single cell organisms, to amino acids, to a mixture of gases, and so forth.
No matter how far back you go, the nagging question is always there: where did that come from?
At some point, there is the inescapable conclusion that something had to come from nothing.
For me, that takes a great deal of faith to accept—seemingly more faith than to simply say that an ever-existing God, living outside of time-space, just made it all.
If the use of the word faith is a bit off-putting, then consider Occam’s Razor, the principle that says the simplest solution is usually the correct one. To me, being created by eternal God who always existed is simpler than having evolved out of nothing.
I’ll go with that: In the beginning God created us, our world, and our reality.
[Read through the Bible with us this year. Today’s reading is Genesis 1-2, and today’s post is on Genesis 1:27.]
Peter DeHaan writes about biblical Christianity to confront status quo religion and live a life that matters. He seeks a fresh approach to following Jesus through the lens of Scripture, without the baggage of made-up traditions and meaningless practices.
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