Theists: What is your stance on evolution?

[Pat Mustard]

Hello,

 I am a believer in the Big Bang and in evolution. Maybe this question has been asked (many times?) before, but I am new. I have watched tons and tons of TV shows and YouTube videos on evolution and read many books. It is accepted as fact by many (most) scientists. What do you believe with regards to evolution? Do you believe that modern humans have only been on the planet for a few thousand years? That all animals on the earth have only been here a few thousand years? What about dinosaurs? Do you believe that the Earth has only been here a few thousand years? To me, it is impossible to dispute the age of the earth (billions of years) or the reality of evolution but, again, I want to hear what you have to say. Thanks, in advance.

When scientists speak of evolution, they are speaking of how man evolved over time from a primate to modern man.  I remember being taught this in school. The question that always comes up is “If we slowly changed from apes to man, why do we still have apes?”

There are other theories around the origin of humanity such as Creation Theory, comprised of old-earth creationists and young earth creationists, and Intelligent Design Theory. More recently, there is another theory called Dual Revelation Theory. You heard of it?

I'm sorry to say that your teacher was either an idiot or a creationist lying to you. The truth is that humans and modern apes both evolved from earlier, now extinct, ape-like primates (humans are, after all, a species of ape themselves, just evolved differently from gorillas and chimpanzees). Both groups are as evolved as the other, just in different ways to suit different environments.

The stuff you bring up is all bullshit invented by people who cannot exist in the real world.