Re:The Angry Evolutionist
by amichail on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @11:15PM
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Evolution and Christianity are in conflict in the sense that it is possible but unlikely that evolution went through a bottleneck where Adam and Eve were the first two humans and all other humans are their descendents. This makes the concept of original sin problematic -- and thus introduces a problem with Christianity.
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Re:The Angry Evolutionist
by jswinghammer on Wednesday September 30, 2009 @11:20PM
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Unless that's not a literal description but rather a story that demonstrates that our parents rebelled against God and now we're under their curse.
Almost any religious belief can be spun in a way so that believers stop questioning their faith.
Almost any secular belief can be spun in a way so that believers stop questioning their faith. Religion has rather little to do with it.
I disagree that evolution and Christianity, as broad concepts, are in conflict. The whole Adam and Eve thing is (obviously, to those that look at science as providing facts) not to be taken at face value. Original sin is not a central theme to many if not most Christian sects, and it's not exactly necessary in those sects where it does play a role.
Christianity was invented by men, so certainly every flavor got a few things wrong. It's when people on either side are unwilling to admit that there might be flaws in their own thinking that we get these poisonous and unproductive debates.