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Some proponents of evolution make tricky statements like, "Evolution is a fact." This statement is deceptive, because it uses ''evolution'' to mean "any change", such as a minor change in coloration. The process of [[breeding]], known since Biblical times, allows us to select characteristics we wish by mating animals with these characteristics (see [[inheritance]]). These minor changes are not evolution.

Some proponents of evolution make tricky statements like, "Evolution is a fact." This statement is deceptive, because it uses ''evolution'' to mean "any change", such as a minor change in coloration. The process of [[breeding]], known since Biblical times, allows us to select characteristics we wish by mating animals with these characteristics (see [[inheritance]]). These minor changes are not evolution.

Proponents of evolution also sometimes say that God might have used "evolution" to create the various species of life. However, this is another trick of words. The [[theory of evolution]] refers only to [[unguided evolution]], with no supernatural forces or miracles. There is no way that God could intervene with His supernatural power without guiding the process. If God used intermediate forms of life in His process of creation, then this is not evolution but a creative act (see [[Creationism]]).

Proponents of evolution also sometimes say that God might have used "evolution" to create the various species of life. However, this is another trick of words. The [[theory of evolution]] refers only to [[unguided evolution]], with no supernatural forces or miracles. Scientists, adhering to a strict methodological naturalism, agree with theologians that anything God does is by definition supernatural or miraculous. If God were to guide evolution, then it would not be an entirely natural process.

 

There is no way that God could intervene with His supernatural power without guiding the process. If God used intermediate forms of life in His process of creation, then this is not evolution but a creative act (see [[Creationism]]).