Genesis 1 is much more friendly to the idea of plant evolution than it is animal/human evolution. God said "Let THE EARTH bring forth....(three main plant types in order of ascending complexity)". When the animals are created it says God MADE them, then it says He Created man. It seems like there was far less involvement in plants than people.
Genesis 1 is much more friendly to the idea of plant evolution than it is animal/human evolution. God said "Let THE EARTH bring forth....(three main plant types in order of ascending complexity)". When the animals are created it says God MADE them, then it says He Created man. It seems like there was far less involvement in plants than people.Really? Interesting. Immediately I think of how early man would know, from seeing directly, how baby animals come directly from older animals. But he wouldn't necessarily realize that baby plants come from seeds which came from older plants. Well, once agriculture got started, I guess it would be common knowledge. But before then, during the hunter-gatherer stage, I bet most people assumed that plants just arose spontaneously from dirt.