Can a Bible Believing Christian Believe in Evolution?

It is becoming increasingly common in the Christian community today for people to claim that they believe in what the Bible has to say about creation and also believe in the theory of Evolution. It seems as though many people feel that evolution is a "fact" rather than a theory and in turn they feel pressed to try to reconcile belief in both God and evolution. Many people will ask "Why couldn't God have just created things with ability to evolve and then let it go from there?" While this question may hold weight among other faiths, those claiming to believe in the Bible can not accept such a proposal.

Let us start by defining our terms. When we are speaking about the theory of evolution we are referring to the idea that one kind of animal can evolve into a different kind of animal over time as a result of mutation and adaptation. Unfortunately we observe no such thing in the world today. We observe each kind of animal producing the same kind. Many try to say that we can not observe this because it takes so much time to evolve from one kind to another kind, however this simply makes proving such a theory impossible. In order to prove something we need to be able to test, repeat, and also observe it.

Now as we look around us we can see that animals certainly do evolve to some extent, but always within their kind. For example, we see many types of dogs such as Great Danes and Chihuahuas. However, they are all still dogs. This type of "micro-evolution" is observable, testable, repeatable and is an established fact. Making the jump from micro-evolution to macro-evolution is where the true error lies, and it is why it is still called the "THEORY of evolution."

With that said, we can also turn to the Bible and see that God has created animals to "bring forth after their kind" just as Genesis chapter 1 verse 24 states. It is for this very reason that anyone claiming to believe in the Bible can not possibly accept the theory of evolution. The Bible knows nothing of evolution from one kind of animal to another, and in fact the Bible holds true to the reality we observe around us by stating clearly that each animal will bring forth after its kind.

The most ironic thing about this topic is the fact that the entire reason for the existence of the theory of evolution is an attempt to explain the origin of life without God. Therefore to attempt to combine the two is totally contradictory and vain. With the way so many people today push evolution as fact it can be understandable how Christians might feel pressured to believe it in order to not seem like crazy people. However, it must be recognized that the theory of evolution is no where near being proven as fact, and therefore sticking with belief in observable reality should not be looked at as such a bad thing.