Theistic Evolution -- Should Christians consider Evolutionary Creationism?

Remember there is no "proof" of the Theory of Evolution. It's rather that all of the evidence is consistent with it, and predictions made with it are highly successful.

Elroch just out of curiosity are you an atheist? Or would you consider yourself an agnostic or a believer? 

Like Darwin being able to predict what transitional fossils we will find, before we find them. 

And not only that, but predict where in the geologic ladder such fossil will be found.

Unless he had Doctor Browns time machine, I think the only explanation is Darwin theory holds water.

Wait, so you weren't showed both sides of it? You were just taught that evolution was true and everything else was a lie?

I was taught that there is tons of evidence for evolution, and my secular school did not show me evidence for anything else.

Sounds kinda like brainwashing, doesn't it? 

Well public schools are not allowed to teach religion in science class, simply because not everyone there is Christian (or of any other religion they could teach). I would only consider it brainwashing if they taught us explicitly that Christianity or some other religion was wrong, but the class did the right thing and stayed away from the topic of religion all together.

It's the same with maths. Schools don't teach the controversy by providing alternative times tables. It's pure brainwashing.

And I bet you can't find a school that uses the correct value of 3 for pi (I Kings 7: 23).

Well, all atheists believe in evolution, and schools teach evolution as true in science class, and atheism is a form of religion. BTW I like your profile pic. 

Thanks, yours is nice too. I definitely see what you mean, which is why I made the post you originally responded to. While being atheist often means believing in evolution, believing in evolution does not have to mean being an atheist.

Because there are so-called Christians who believe in evolution. 

Palpatine is making a comeback XD

If you're referring to Episode 9 I'm not too hyped for that one. Quite the opposite, I was one of those people who really hated the Last Jedi.  Feel like Palpatine would be humiliated in that movie no matter what happens.

Well now you know there are, as I happen to be one of them.

Well George Lucas is helping with it, so I have high hopes for it. In my opinion TLJ didn't do much for Star Wars, it was just some awesome battles. TFA did a lot for the storyline of Star Wars, and J J directed it, and he'll be directing this one, with George's help, so it should be good. 

Yeah, well, I just don't think evolution is possible, because God made everything in 6, 24 hour days. He made everything, even the extinct dinosaurs we find fossilized.

I just don't see where in the timeline of the Bible evolution could happen. Micro evolution can and has happened, but that's it.

Lol don't make me go on a rant about TLJ battles. It's not only the only Star Wars movie that actually bothers me, but it's one of the worst movies ever made in my opinion. George Lucas helping is nice, but as long as Disney controls it the movies have become mostly childish and less enjoyable. I'm one of those people who actually likes the Prequels and the Original Trilogy. I also really like the Clone Wars. In summary, things made before Disney laid their greedy hands on my favorite movie franchise I think are cool.

So your main problem with evolution is that you believe in a young earth. One of the reasons I find that questionable is that science has hardly found any evidence that supports this claim. I think before you dig deeper into what science tells us about the matter (carbon dating, fossils, fossil fuels which formed millions of years ago.) It might be a good idea to ask yourself if you're taking the Bible a bit too literally. Yes, it is a sacred text, but sometimes it's ok to agree with scientific findings and accept that we may not know the whole truth just yet. Even some of the most religious priests acknowledge that the Bible is filled with analogies and metaphors. The seven day week has left such an impact that it is still used, 2019 years later, in a completely different world technology-wise. In fact, it was our Christian calendar  that became universally accepted among people of all religions (Even the atheist regimes of the 20th century).

If you change your mind about the earth being about 4.5 billion years old., you will no doubt see why evolution is a very probable theory.

Here are some things to consider:

Carbon and other isotope dating: allows us to calculate via the half life of the isotope when the earth formed. (As well as when living things like Dinosaurs lived.)

Fossil Fuels: Made up of organic matter that could only have formed over millions and millions of years.

98% of our DNA coincides with chimps, suggesting that we are very likely to have a common ancestor.

Fossils: take a very long time to form and can also be dated with isotopes and rock layers. Some of them are over 500 million years old.

Other stars, planets, and galaxies: We have learned from space travel that it is insanely difficult to for a planet to form that can sustain life. Nobody has ever witnessed a planet being formed in a matter of thousands of years.

The Universe: Considering we now know that the universe started with some sort of an explosion (often referred to as the big bang) it's reasonable to assume that this was the Beginning mentioned int the Bible. The sudden birth of matter, space, and time all at the same time which allowed all actions that we know of in this universe to even be possible.