Theistic Evolution, in my mind, has got to be one of the most ridculous propositions I have ever heard. None-the-less, there are some people who seem like they have done thorough research on the topic and have the right answers, like http://www.theistic-evolution.com/. However, I am still not satisfied. Theistic evolutionists generally believe that the creation account took place over billions of years rather than only 6 normal (24-hour) days.

I got carried away and wrote the author a letter that I thought you might be interested in reading and it might give you some things to think about. I think my 3 questions below are quite challenging to this theory.

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Dear Carl,

I stumbled upon your site and found it quite interesting.  You seem to
have spent much time trying to resolve various difficult issues.

I consider myself to be a Creationist in a sort of traditional sense, but
I have not very seriously challenged this myself to the extent that you
have.  However, I also realize that this persuit of the origin of man is
ultimately a fruitless and worthless endeavor, because even if we did know
for sure what happened, I don't see that it would particularly influence
my life anyway.  None of us were there at the beginning to actually see
what happened.

Although I think you did a fair job evaluating possibilities, I definitely
challenge many of your arguments, but I will refrain from indulging in
such endless argumentative conversation for the reasons mentioned in the
preceding paragraph.  I have three major questions.

I openly admit that I did not read your site thoroughly by any means and,
quite possibly, you have provided answers to my questions therein.
However, I thought it might be worthwhile to ask you directly.


1. If death had not entered the world until Adam and Eve had sinned, then
there should be billion year-old half-ape-half-men walking around with
Adam and Eve (possibly with disfigured bodies!). To go 6 billion years
with no death would surely overfill the earth with animals. How did they
evolve unless there were suitable males and females of the right species
(not to mention perfectly functioning reproductive systems!)? On the other
hand, if only one organism evolved without dying over 6-billion years and
went though all the stages of  being a worm and a fish and an a bird and
an ape and finally man, where did the other animals come from that Adam
named?  (maybe they co-evolved somehow?) Where did Eve "evolve" from if
she was taken from man and how can science explain this?

2. At what point did this evolving beast suddenly get his soul and have a
sense of morality? I believe that animals have no sense of morality (they
can't tell right from wrong) and have no soul - hence they will neither be
saved nor condemned.  Or how did the soul "evolve"?

3. Do you believe that man will eventually evolve to be God?  If you can
claim that all of Creation can be explained by science, then maybe science
should also be able to explain angels and God.  If science CAN'T explain
angels and God, science is not complete (inadequate) and its strict
validity during the Creation process can freely be challenged.  If it CAN
explain angels and God, then it sounds to me like Science is your god.



Thanks,
  Colin

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