Another reason to accept evolution.....

[Whateverist]

There are many theists who ''accept'' evolution, but of those I know who believe the Bible to be entirely literal, and Genesis to be anything but an allegory, they don't accept evolution. But, a Creationist will be hard pressed to accept it. I believe in God, but don't follow religion. I have no problem accepting evolution.

I'm reading (well, mostly skimming now past the first chapter) a book by cell biologist Kenneth R. Miller called The Human Instinct. He apparently subscribes to old earth creationism or theistic evolution. So he/they accept everything science has to say about evolution, speciation and all. But they to varying degrees think God tosses in a 'random' mutation here or there. So one can argue that they don't actually accept 'natural' selection. But some seem to believe that God could have cooked the inorganic materials to ensure they would, under the right conditions, cross the organic threshold. I suppose, though I don't know anyone who says it, that such a believer might consistently believe that God didn't really care what we looked like - Adam didn't have to be an ape. Being 'made' in God's image just means possessed of reason, sentience, self-awareness and so on. Not sure if any nominally Christian would believe that though.

Please don't feel you need to repeat yourself yet again in response to this, Rik. Not addressed to you or your spiritual evolution shtick.