Darwin

I used to be a biology major, and I love studying Darwin. He is seriously one of my favorite characters from history.  I would definitely classify Darwin with creation. I know that might not make a ton of sense to some people, but let me explain.

So most conservative christians, like myself, are raised to believe every word the Bible has in it as pretty literal, and that evolution is of the devil (that might be a slight exaggeration, but it’s pretty close).  But if every word in the Bible is completely literal then the world is even more confusing because the Bible contradicts itself. For example, the gospels have differing versions of the same stories.

With this wonderful knowledge in mind, I started reading about Darwin’s life. That’s when I first learned he was a Christian and even went to Seminary at one point. Now armed with the knowledge that Darwin was a Christian and the Bible (in it’s entirety)  wasn’t meant to be taken literally I took a closer look at evolution.  I now view creation much like a progressive creationist, which is what allows me to classify Darwin with Creation.

I choose to believe both science and the Bible, in that I believe God created the world, but I believe he used evolution to do it. There fore, Darwin and his theories belong under the Creation heading.

Then again an argument can definitely be made that Darwin belongs under the fall. I think it all depends on what period in his life you analyze. I would say that earlier in life he belonged in the Fall category but ended his life more in the creation category. Earlier in his life however, he was credited with many anti-biblical/anti-christian quotes, that make it quite obvious he did not put much stock in religion.