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Originally posted by Beestie
Personally, I don't see the two ideas at odds and I very comfortably accept both. Evolution makes perfect sense and you don't have to look too hard to see it everywhere. But there is nothing in the theory of evolution that disproves (to me) God or divine creation.
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For me, its far from "either-or" but it IS either or for some folks and some institutions (e.g., the Kansas Board of Education).
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The people who see a contradiction are the people who believe in the literal word-for-word truth of the Bible. Science has one order for the creation of various forms of life, which doesn't exactly match the one in Genesis.
The concept of a divinely directed path for evolution is logically possible, and any honest scientist will grant that. Unfortunately, the creationists are quick to try to take advantage of that honesty in order to get "Intelligent Design" put into science textbooks. The problem there is that intelligent design is not science. It is no more scientific than saying "warlocks did it." It is certainly POSSIBLE that warlocks are responsible for life on Earth, but it doesn't belong in a science book.