Christian responses to non-religious accounts
I can explain Christian teachings on the origins of human life and how they interact with scientific views.
Christian responses to non-religious accounts
I can explain Christian teachings on the origins of human life and how they interact with scientific views.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- Evolution, proposed by Darwin, explains how species develop through natural selection over millions of years.
- The Bible teaches that God created mankind in his image and breathed life into Adam.
- Many Christians accept theistic evolution, believing God used evolution to create life.
- Some Christians, like creationists, take Genesis literally, although most see evolution as compatible with faith.
- Humanists view evolution as a natural process based on science, not faith.
Keywords
Creationism - the belief that God created life exactly as described in Genesis
Evolution - the scientific theory of the development of species which involves a process of natural selection and survival of the fittest
Natural selection - the process where the fittest organisms survive and reproduce
Theistic evolution - the belief that God works through the process of evolution
Common misconception
Christianity and evolution are completely incompatible.
Many Christian denominations accept evolution as part of God's creative process, including the Catholic Church and the Church of England.
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the belief that God created life as described in Genesis
the scientific theory that species change over time
the process where the fittest organisms survive and reproduce
the belief that God works through evolution