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==Theistic Evolution==

==Theistic Evolution==

[[Theistic Evolution]]ists believe that God created the universe and did not intervene directly in the evolutionary process. In general, theistic evolutionists accept the evolutionist ideas of the age of the earth and common descent. Theistic evolutionists believe that at some point God intervened in a metaphysical fashion to give souls to some small group of human ancestors. The Catholic Church holds that this is consistent with the Catholic faith.<ref>Brumley, Mark (January/February 1997). [http://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/0102-97/Article3.html "Evolution and the pope"].  ''Catholic Dossier''.  Retrieved from Catholic.net as archived at Internet Archive on September 14, 2014.</ref>

[[Theistic Evolution]]ists believe that God created the universe and did not intervene directly in the evolutionary process. In general, theistic evolutionists accept the evolutionist ideas of the age of the earth and common descent. Theistic evolutionists believe that at some point God intervened in a metaphysical fashion to give souls to some small group of human ancestors. The Catholic Church holds that this is consistent with the Catholic faith.<ref>Brumley, Mark (January/February 1997). [https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.catholic.net/RCC/Periodicals/Dossier/0102-97/Article3.html "Evolution and the pope"].  ''Catholic Dossier''.  Retrieved from Catholic.net as archived at Internet Archive on September 14, 2014.</ref>

Roughly twice as many people in the U.S. believe in this type of evolution (30%), as opposed to godless evolution that most atheists believe in (just a mere 13% of people). However both of these combined is still fewer people than the amount of people who believe in Young Earth Creation (48%), as told by the Bible.<ref>College politico (2008).  [http://hubpages.com/hub/Poll-Most-Americans-Dont-Believe-Evolution "Poll: Most Americans don't believe evolution"].  ''HubPages''.  Retrieved on September 14, 2014.</ref>

Roughly twice as many people in the U.S. believe in this type of evolution (30%), as opposed to godless evolution that most atheists believe in (just a mere 13% of people). However both of these combined is still fewer people than the amount of people who believe in Young Earth Creation (48%), as told by the Bible.<ref>College politico (2008).  [http://hubpages.com/hub/Poll-Most-Americans-Dont-Believe-Evolution "Poll: Most Americans don't believe evolution"].  ''HubPages''.  Retrieved on September 14, 2014.</ref>

===Biblical Young Earth Creationist's problem with a Biblical Old Earth===

===Biblical Young Earth Creationist's problem with a Biblical Old Earth===

Taking the Bible literally, there are no gaps permitting an undocumented period of time between the creation week and the fall of the temple in Jerusalem in 587 BC,<ref>Redinger, Ruby (2007). [http://web.archive.org/web/20070701035655/http://web.newsguy.com/rubyredinger/age.html "Biblical age of the Earth"].  Biblical Age of the Earth.  Retrieved on September 15, 2014 from July 1, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> which is well established by archaeology and secular history.  Accordingly, the creation of Adam can be placed at approximately 4,163 BC and the initial creation of the universe six days prior.

Taking the Bible literally, there are no gaps permitting an undocumented period of time between the creation week and the fall of the temple in Jerusalem in 587 BC,<ref>Redinger, Ruby (2007). [https://web.archive.org/web/20070701035655/http://web.newsguy.com/rubyredinger/age.html "Biblical age of the Earth"].  Biblical Age of the Earth.  Retrieved on September 15, 2014 from July 1, 2007 archive at Internet Archive.</ref> which is well established by archaeology and secular history.  Accordingly, the creation of Adam can be placed at approximately 4,163 BC and the initial creation of the universe six days prior.

==Quotes supporting the position that evolutionism requires faith<ref>[http://www.nwcreation.net/evolutionquotes.html "Evolutionism quotes"] (2004).  Northwest Creation Network.  Retrieved on September 15, 2014.</ref>==

==Quotes supporting the position that evolutionism requires faith<ref>[http://www.nwcreation.net/evolutionquotes.html "Evolutionism quotes"] (2004).  Northwest Creation Network.  Retrieved on September 15, 2014.</ref>==

*[http://creationwiki.org/%28Talk.Origins%29_Evolution_is_a_religion Evolution is a religion] - Rebuttal of TalkOrigins Archive

*[http://creationwiki.org/%28Talk.Origins%29_Evolution_is_a_religion Evolution is a religion] - Rebuttal of TalkOrigins Archive

'''Institute for Creation Research'''

'''Institute for Creation Research'''

* [http://www.icr.org/article/201/ Evolution is Religion, not Science (1)], [http://www.icr.org/article/455/ (2)]

* [https://www.icr.org/article/201/ Evolution is Religion, not Science (1)], [https://www.icr.org/article/455/ (2)]

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[[Category:Naturalism]]

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