Does Evolution Require Atheism? Options

[Tung]

Well does it? Most religious people and hardcore scientists today are often incline to believe that atheism and evolution are rigorously intertwined. According to the majority (us), we are thought to believe that if one is to accept evolution as the explanation for life on Earth, it usually leads that person to become an atheist.

The problem I have with this assumption is that I don’t agree with it. Contrary to popular belief, evolution actually doesn’t explain anything about the origins of the universe, the world, or life in general. You can say Evolution is more of an explanation on the development of life.

I personally believe a person can accept evolution as an explanation for the advancement of life, and the diversity, while still being able to believe that the Earth and life were first caused by God. Therefore, there’s no reason why a person can’t be a theist and at the same time accept the theory of evolution.

Thoughts?

[CelestialAbyss]

No it doesn't... because you could think of it like this.

The bible says that God created man in his image... a friggin long time ago. So long infact that for all we know, God looks like what evolutionist's believe our early ancestors looked like... and that's what Adam and Eve looked like... and then after a really long time... and a huge flood covering the whole entire earth... we turned out like this...

the only upside to the evolution only theory is that we don't have to assume that we are all spawns of incest... one little stipuation of the genesis story that still gives me the creeps.