Talk:Acceptance of evolution by religious groups

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• Note: Most of the content here was moved from Theistic evolution isd June 2013. Johnbod (talk) 18:28, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Useful non-RS source of leads

• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_Christian_denominations_acknowledge_evolution Johnbod (talk) 18:28, 20 June 2013 (UTC)

Creating a category for all religions who believe in creationism

I've been trying to get the ball rolling on creating a category for all religions that believe in creationism. This would, of course, include for example the seventh day adventists. Please contribute to this discussion here Would_there_be_a_way_of_categorising_religions_which_believe_in_creationism and if you are able, help bring this about. Thank you. In Citer (talk) 13:01, 18 June 2015 (UTC)

I would agree to this. The chart states that 8% of Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in evolution, which basically contradicts what they stand for. You cannot be a Jehovah’s Witness and at the same time accept evolution. See discussion “Jehovah’s Witnesses.” Wisdom In Understanding (talk) 07:30, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Additional External link proposal

http://www.pewforum.org/2009/02/04/religious-groups-views-on-evolution Yaakovaryeh (talk) 04:29, 6 January 2018 (UTC)

Jehovah’s Witnesses

The chart states that 8% of Jehovah’s Witnesses accept evolution. The reference that is used to create the chart doesn’t even mention Jehovah’s Witnesses. Central to Jehovah’s Witnesses belief system is that the first man Adam, along with his wife Eve, both created by God, rebelled against God and in doing so alienated themselves and their future offspring from God’s universal family. In doing so they became imperfect and subject to death. To counteract this situation, God provided his only begotten son to come to earth as a human and through his sacrificial death, provide a ransom that would eventually restore humans to perfection along with associated blessings including eternal life (not immortality) on an earth restored to paradise conditions. Thus no one can claim to be a Jehovah’s Witness whilst at the same time believing in evolution which they claim is a pseudo scientific theory with no foundation. All the above information is readily available at jw.org. To claim that 8% of Jehovah’s Witnesses believe in evolution is the same as claiming that 8% of scientists believe that the earth is at the centre of the solar system with the sun and planets orbiting. Clearly ridiculous. I would advise that the chart reference to Jehovah’s Witnesses be removed as it amounts to what they would view as libel. Wisdom In Understanding (talk) 07:27, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

The reference [1] VERY CLEARLY mentions Jehovah’s Witnesses. Your removal of content is disruptive, please stop. Theroadislong (talk) 08:35, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

Please also see WP:NOLEGALTHREATS. —PaleoNeonate – 10:54, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

And WP:SOAPBOXING... —PaleoNeonate – 10:56, 17 July 2018 (UTC)

External links

These links have been tagged as of concern since 2012. None of them appear to meet the requirements at WP:EL, failing WP:ELNO#1 at least. However, they may be of use to editors wishing to work on the article so they have been moved here. If, after examination, a link is found not to be useful it can be removed from this list. If the link does prove useful, appropriate information can be summarised in the article, using the link as a reliable source if it meets the WP:RELIABLE criteria, and then the link can be removed from this list. Be aware that, per WP:ELBURDEN, none of these links should be returned to the article without first gaining consensus. SilkTork (talk) 15:36, 29 May 2021 (UTC)

• Evolutionary Creation: A Christian Approach to Evolution by Denis Lamoureux (St. Joseph's College, Edmonton)
• About: Agnosticism/Atheism on 'Theistic Evolution & Evolutionary Creationism' by Austin Cline; overview of various viewpoints
• Creationism: What's a Catholic to Do? by Michael D. Guinan, O.F.M.; critical assessment of creationism and intelligent design from a Roman Catholic perspective.
• What is Creationism? by Mark Isaak, presents various forms of creationism
• What is Evolution? by Laurence Moran, presents a standard definition for evolution
• Answers In Creation Old Earth Creationism, with section on theistic evolution
• Evolution & Creation: A Theosophic Synthesis Surveys critical problems in Darwinist explanations and common theistic views; explores ancient and modern "excluded middle" alternatives
• The Vatican's View of Evolution: The Story of Two Popes by Doug Linder (2004)
• Nobel Prize winner Charles Townes on evolution and "intelligent design"
• Spectrum of Creation Beliefs From Flat Earthism to Atheistic Evolutionism, including Theistic Evolution
• OrthodoxWiki article on Evolution.
• Thank God for Evolution Michael Dowd's evolutionary ministry

Proponents of theistic evolution

• Nothing in Biology Makes Sense Except in the Light of Evolution by Theodosius Dobzhansky
• Kenneth R Miller's homepage
• God and Evolution at the TalkOrigins Archive
• Evolutionary Creationist Ghinamo Corrado's homepage
• Message to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences: On Evolution subtitled "Truth Cannot Contradict Truth", by Pope John Paul II, 22 October 1996.
• On Cosmology and Fundamental Physics, by Pope John Paul II, 3 October 1981.
• Communion and Stewardship: Human Persons Created in the Image of God Statement on creation and evolution from the International Theological Commission headed by Cardinal Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI), 23 July 2004.
• Science Does Not Need God, or Does It? A Catholic Scientist Looks at Evolution transcript of talk by astronomer George V. Coyne, S.J.
• Perspectives on Theistic Evolution An examination of both the theological and scientific aspects of theistic evolution.
• The "Clergy Letter" Project signed by thousands of clergy supporting evolution and faith
• DMD Publishing Co. home page Essays arguing that even a literal treatment of Genesis requires theistic evolution.
• Thomas Jay Oord Science of Love: The Wisdom of Well-Being, Templeton, 2003.
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Le Milieu Divin (Tome 4: Essai de vie intérieure), Seuil (1 January 1998) ISBN 2-02-020136-4
• Denis R Alexander, Can a Christian believe in evolution?, The Evangelical Alliance, 12 May 2006
• Let There Be Light: An Orthodox Theory of Human Evolution For the 21st Century, John P. Maletis, Theandros, Vol. 5 No.3
• Norman Hughes, Professor Emeritus of Biology, Pepperdine University. See his letter to the Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation and the response by Apologetics Press.

Other

• Attitudes by denomination (mainly American) - long list from "Old Earth Ministries"