No. When I first became a Christian I was a believer in evolution. It did not affect my salvation. However, as I learned more and more about the God who created me and who became flesh and dwelt among us and who died on the cross for my sins, the more I realized that evolution was simply not compatible with the God of the Bible.
Many on these CREVO threads, do indeed, tell those who support evolution, that by doing so, they are risking their souls, they will surely go to Hell and burn forever(and to my chagrin, they actually seem to delight in this notion)...
I'm not sure I've actually seen that. I do believe, however, that those who mock God and who insist that he did not do as he himself claimed and who trivialize the creation are standing on sandy soil. I would not want to be in their shoes when I stand before God. We will all stand before God and make an accounting of our lives. If we spend our days ridiculing God and making light of his work, we should not be surprised when we are visited by God's wrath.
Now I may be as wrong as rain on this whole God thing. My belief in creation is based upon faith. While I see evidence of the majesty of God's creation, the evidence I have for my beliefs is admittedly not empirical, it is the evidence of things unseen.
There seems to be a split among those who do not support evolution, as to whether or not, support of evolution leads one to damnation...
Ultimately "sin" is what leads to damnation. We all do it. We all will continue to do it.
For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23 KJV)
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23 KJV)
Thanks for your reply...
Tho you may not have seen those who delight in the damnation of others, because of their support of evolution, I can assure you that it does occur...perhaps, and I could be wrong about this, it does not occur as often as it used to, because the posters who have done so, have been singled out for having acted in such a way...but it still continues to happen on these threads...
You say, that you were a believer in evolution, but that as you learned more about God, the more you came to the conclusion, that evolution was not compatible with God...and thats fine...but for many, having a firm belief in God, and in Christ does not bring about an incompatiblity with God....I dont really know, what brings one person to one conclusion, and another person to another conclusion, but there we have it...
Yes, indeed, if one reads the Bible, it is 'sin' which leads to damnation, and as you state, we all sin...
However, sometimes I get the feeling that those of us who support evolution, are sometimes seen by many, as committing a 'greater sin', by supporting evolution...
On these threads, there seems to be very few things that can be considered as 'sinful', as supporting evolution...
If people do mock God, that is a separate issue from supporting evolution...they are not the same issue...
On the matter of creation...no one knows the HOW of creation...I have asked this time and again, yet have never received an answer, but of course, I know, this is because the Bible does not give the answer...Did God speak Creation into existence?...Did He think it into existence?...Did He have a vision materialize?...I mean, no one can tell me HOW exactly God did create...
Many prefer to believe that God created evolution and used it to create...that may not be to everyones liking, and yet, since the Bible does not give the HOW of creation, we dont really know...