- If we believe God used evolution, then do we believe we evolved from some sort of ape-like creature?
- Did morality evolve along with the evolving creature? And why wouldn't God then just let us evolve further to a state similar to what Heaven would be? Why would God send His Son, Jesus, to die for our sins ...if we could have just evolved to a new and improved package? And who did Jesus die for ...so they could go to Heaven? What would be the supposed cut off point ...would it include the ape-like creature going to Heaven, or would it only include all creatures that came after the supposed (not yet found) missing link? And when did accountability come into play ...if we believe in Heaven, do we believe also in Hell?
Of course, there is an increasing group of people who don't really believe in Jesus ...or minimize who He is, a mere good man, or perhaps a nominal prophet. All this contrary thinking does not seem to improve my faith, but instead works to diminish it. It becomes a progression of diminishing beliefs, with me elevating my own intelligence of choice of what I believe in, and to what extent with my interpretation ...instead of merely choosing Him, and believing that God wants us to know Him, not be further confused.
In no way do I believe it is not healthy to question things, or that it is dangerous to think things through. I've thought many of these things through myself, but it was with the primary desire to seek God's truth, of what He chose to reveal to us ...the Bible, much of what Jesus referred to.
But I do understand the nature of confusion, having spent much of my life in various versions of it. What I have experienced, in one form or another, I attempted to share in a book I wrote, entitled, "The Evolution of Confusion". Of course, many of you really value your time, and would find it difficult to follow me through just this rather short discourse. That's understandable, and also supports the fact that I've had few read the book I wrote, let alone show interest or comment constructively on it.
Maybe your kindness compels you not to. How does it go, as mama always said, "If you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all."
Perhaps your mind's eye sees things differently, and you conclude that I am the disillusioned one. Anyway, that doesn't bother me at all. If someone has any time at all in this busy world "we've" created, I would hope in those short valued moments, they would spend reading the Bible, not some post like this. But thank you very much for reading this also.
Each of us have to clear it up so it's not so vague. For those who believe in God and evolution, do you believe the earth and everything in it evolved, inclusive of humans? Or are you commenting on a belief that the earth as we know it, came about over millions of years, then God intervened at some point in time and created Adam and Eve? Answer yourself that, then go back and honestly try to contemplate the above questions I think we all have to ask ourselves.
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