How should a Christian respond to a question over evolution?

What
would you say to someone who believes in evolution? Can a Christian
believe in evolution and be saved?
How Should a Christian Respond To a Question Over Evolution?
I have been asked many times by Christians and non-believers about
evolution. They asked me what I think about it. Did I believe that
evolution was true? What about all the evidence for evolution? How
can I not believe in evolution with all the facts that science has
proven? Why do you believe in creation when there is real, hard
evidence for evolution?
These are all great questions and I always answer in a loving, kind, but
intelligent (I hope) way. Peter told us to Always be prepared to give an
answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you
have. But do this with gentleness and respect for (I Peter 3:15). The point
of emphasis to me is to answer them with gentleness and respect.
Nobody has ever been argued into heaven and no one has won a soul to
Christ by winning a debate. I have had experiences with other Christians
who get into heated arguments with evolutionists and the debate turns
into an all out ght. The debate lowers itself into name calling, vehement
exchanges, and behavior very unbecoming of a believer in Christ.
Jesus apparently did not believe in evolution for when He answered the
Pharisees about divorce, He quoted Genesis 5:2, He created them male
and female and blessed them. And when they were created, he called
them man. First of all, Jesus believed in Creation (see the Gospel of
John, chapter one). And He made reference to the rst male and female
being created. He did not say that they evolved or that God created the
amoeba after the amoeba kind and they evolved into humans male and
female.
In the Gospel of John (1:1-3) Jesus is referred to as creator:: In the
beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through
Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. The key point
is that without Him nothing was made that was made. The word
made in the Greek has the same meaning as the word created so this
obviously refers to a creation. The Word of God plainly says that nothing
was made that He did not create (John 1:3).
What Would You Say To Someone Who Believes in Evolution?
I would explain that Scientic Theories and Scientic Laws are not the
same thing. Newtons Three Laws of Motion have been conrmed and
validate to be true. They are:
I. Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of
motion unless an external force is applied to it.
II. The relationship between an objects mass m, its acceleration a, and
the applied force F is F = ma. Acceleration and force are vectors. In this
law the direction of the force vector is the same as the direction of the
acceleration vector.
III. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.
These three laws have been conrmed and validated as true and thus
they are not held to be theoretical. They are objective, scientic facts.
On the other hand, the theory of evolution remains a theory, even after
more than 150 years when it was rst theorized by Charles Darwin. A
theory by denition is basically a supposition and is hypothetical. Further
it is dened as an idea of or a belief about something arrived at through
speculation or conjecture. Conjecture and speculation are highly
subjective as opposed to laws which can be shown to be true and thus
can be stated as objective. Subjective is speculative, objective is factual.
Merriam-Webster describes a theory as an analysis of a set of facts in
their relation to one another based upon general or abstract principles.
Conversely, Scientic Laws are quantiable, measurable, repeatable, and
can be falsied.
Evolution is a Scientic Theory which is comprised of a collection of
concepts, including abstractions of observable phenomena expressed as
quantiable properties. It expresses relationships between observations
of such concepts. It is constructed to conform to available empirical data
about these observations but is only put forth as a principle or body of
principles for explaining a class of phenomena. The key words here are
that it is a principle for explaining and not for making objective
statements of facts. A theory is always subjective and without complete
objectivity. If a given theory were able to be proven, then it would cease
to be a subjective theory and become an objective scientic fact or law.
The origins of life or the universe can never be tested or repeated in any
laboratory. The fact is that the origins of the universe and of life are
outside of the parameters of the theory of evolution. In the rst place,
there could have been no supposed evolution without matter and without
the rst appearance of life. Evolutionists have no explanation for these
origins only vague theories. Evolution is an easy-out for atheists and
agnostics who do not want to believe in God. Then, they do not have to
worry about heaven, hell or sin. They have no moral ethics or mores to
have to be concerned about. The person who does not believe in God
has no one to be accountable to. Evolutionists atly deny the need for a
God and thus a Creator, even though the laws of physics and the rst
cause (causality) demand that for ever e"ect there must be a cause. The
universe had to have been caused by something (or Someone).
Can a Christian Believe In Evolution and Be Saved?
A person that believes in Christ and believes in evolution can still be
saved. This is good news to many Christians who do believe in evolution
and in God. A person is saved by their faith in Christ and that believer
can not lose their salvation or not be saved despite their belief in
evolution. Even though a Christian has imperfect understanding about
the universe and the origin of life, I see no reason why they can not still be
saved according to Scripture (Rom 9:10, John 3:16, etc.). A persons
salvation is not based upon false reasoning or faulty assumptions. A
persons salvation is based upon a secure, rm, foundational principle
that those who are Christs will remain as Christs (John 6:37, 10:2829).


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