The Vatican is planning a conference in 2009 to honor the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's book The Origin of Species. Cardinal Paul Poupard, former president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, says Darwinian evolution and the book of Genesis are "perfectly compatible" so long as one reads the Bible correctly, also stating, "The fundamentalists want to give a scientific meaning to words that had no scientific aim," and that the true meaning of the Genesis account was in fact quite simply that "the universe didn't make itself and had a creator."Are the Bible and Darwinian evolution compatible? Let's examine the facts...
1. According to the Bible, man brought death into the world through his sin. According to evolution, death brought man into the world through natural selection.
2. According to the Bible, the oceans were created before the dry land. According to evolution, the dry land came first, then the oceans.
3. According to the Bible, light was created before the sun. According to evolution, the sun came first, then the light.
4. According to the Bible, plants were created before the sun. According to evolution, the sun came first, then the plants.
5. According to the Bible, birds were created before reptiles. According to evolution, reptiles came before birds.
Does that sound compatible to you? Somewhere along the line, some brilliant genius came up with the idea of "Theistic Evolution," easily one of the most absurd theories ever introduced. In an attempt to please everyone by saying that God created the universe over billions of years through evolution and the Big Bang, ultimately no one is pleased as it leaves evolutionists having to believe in God and Christians completely throwing out the Genesis account of creation.
Let me leave you with one last chilling thought: The Bible says man was created in God's image. If you say man evolved from apes and that he was created in God's image, then what are you saying about God? This is a dangerous theory to try and reconcile your faith with...
In Christ's Love,
Matthew
