I believe in theistic evolution, which is the most rational and self-consistent theory supported by scientific observation

Can you explain this further?

Essentially, theistic evolution is the idea that evolution is real, but it has been directed by God's divine "hand"

In a nutshell, evolution is the statistical consequence of the laws of physics & their propagation forward in time, but God created the laws of physics themselves, ergo evolution is directed by God (or the "creator" if you will)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theistic_evolution#:~:text=Theistic%20evolution%20(also%20known%20as,of%20modern%20science%2C%20including%20evolution.

This post was edited by El1te on Jun 9 2023 03:46pm

But what are the "scientific observations" that "rationally" support that idea?

your among the most complex and interdependent systems know to man. light years more complex than anything man has ever made. but just the result of some kind of naturalistic accidental process and your ancestor was maybe some kind of monkey creature?



a mighty faith



lol is a waifu 'evolutionary progress?

all of physics, and that the discovery of physical law was the consequence of holy men studying God's creation

Also that the scientific observation/deduction of the origin of the universe (Big Bang theory) is self-consistent with the book of Genesis "God created the universe in an instant"

to add: the scientific observation of the living cell & other biological molecular machinery is direct proof of a form of intelligent design. Given that the age of the universe is fairly precisely known, and if you were to attempt the daunting task of running the numbers to see how long it would take for a mixture of C, O, N, S, P etc. atoms to spontaneously form genetic machinery or a living cell, the timescale is orders of magnitude longer than the age of the universe

I wouldn't describe evolution as accidental, so much as it is adaptive.



As an Atheist, even I gave the most charitable take on the idea of theistic evolution, wouldn't such observations (at their absolute most) lend themselves to the possibility of simply "a creator". The leap from that to a specific God seems insurmountable from a scientific perspective.

they are bullchiting you. life is a complete mystery. thats the real trip of the whole thing.

Yes, absolutely, the evidence all points to there being some form of a creator. God is just a name for the great creator or "Father" if you will, in monotheistic thought. Atleast in my view, God is not a specific God, God refers to the great creator. I believe this is the same for all monotheists including Judaism, Islam etc.

Even in Atheist France they recognized this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cult_of_the_Supreme_Being