I follow the New Testament Of Jesus Christ. Much of the Old Testament are tales and morality plays. What is the difference between Noah’s Arc and the epic of Gilgamesh? Yes science has discussed a possible flood. It was caused possibly by the overflow of the Mediterranean through the Bosporus into the Black Sea 8000-10000 years ago from ice age melt water. Something like that is a theory. No solid evidence. Yet.
Evolution (no not early Darwinism as his theories were raw and lacked the kinds of evidence available today) as it stands today, Evolution is not a theory but a proven fact. Many small aspects of evolution ARE theories. The basic concept of Evolution is a fact.
God set the universe into motion. He allowed man to develop a brain. He expects man to use the intelligence he was endowed with to learn and understand…from learning how to use fire, invent the wheel and leverage to understanding the species on the planet and what they evolved from.
“The basic concept of Evolution is a fact.”
Please explain.
No, you do not follow the New Testament Of Jesus Christ if you think that much of the Old Testament are tales. Such as in predominate modern RC scholarship , the days of creation, Eve and the Serpent, the Flood, the Tower of Babel, the extreme ages of the patriarchs, the crossing of the Red Sea, Balaam and the donkey, Jonah and the Fish, Joshua's Long Day, etc.
For in the NT the Holy Spirit refers to such stories as being literal historical events (Adam and Eve: Mt. 19:4; Abraham, Issac, Exodus and Moses: Acts 7; Rm. 4; Heb. 11; Jonah and the fish: Mt. 12:39-41; Balaam and the donkey: 2Pt. 2:15; Jude. 1:1; Rev. 2:14). Indeed “the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety” (2Cor. 11:3; Rev. 12:9), and if such an account as that of Jonah and the whale is rejected as literally true, then so can the resurrection which the Lord likened to the story of Jonah: For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. (Matthew 12:40) And Israel's history is always and inclusively treated as literal.
A great flood is referenced in a number of religions and cultures throughout the world. It most likely was not a localized event.
Christ referred to Noah in Matthew (twice) as a person, Noah is listed in Luke’s genealogy, Noah is mentioned in Hebrews as an example of great faith, and Peter mentions Noah in both of his letters. So to deny the existence of a great flood is to deny what other cultures have reported, what Christ had to say, and what other writers in the New Testament confirms. So I’m not sure how you can make the statement that you follow the New Testament.
Life does not evolve. It devoles.
You mean the fella that supposedly created ALL things??
Oh?
ALL of my teachers made me show my work on any project I handed in.