Did God Use Evolution to Create the Different Types of Life?

 The Bible's answer

No. The Bible clearly states that  God created humans as well as different "kinds" of animal and plant life.  (Genesis 1:12, 21, 25, 27; Revelation 4:11)  It says that the entire human family descended from Adam and Eve, our first parents.  (Genesis 3:20; 4:1) The Bible account does not support the theory that God used evolution to bring about the different kinds of life, sometimes called theistic evolution. The fact is, though, that nothing in the Bible conflicts with scientific observations that variations occur within each kind of life.

Did God use evolution?

The term "theistic evolution" refers to a broad variety of ideas. According the Encyclopedia Britannica, the term promotes the idea that "natural selection is one of  the mechanisms with which God directs the natural world." 

Theistic evolution can also include the following ideas:

. All living organisms descended from common ancestors in the distant past.

.  One kind of life-form can evolve into a completely different kind of life-form, a concept that is sometimes referred to as macroevolution. 

. God is somehow ultimately responsible for these processes. 

Next time: Did God Use Evolution to Create the Different Types of Life? - Is evolution compatible with the Bible? 

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