[Theo]

Miller does not believe that Charles Darwin's theory of evolution contradicts the creation passages in the Bible

The Bible is incompatible with evolution, from the very beginning and throughout its entirety.

The Bible says, for example, that death followed sin -- that death did not take place before Adam sinned. But evolution says that death preceeded sin, and that it was a necessary element of evolution.

[WildTurkey]

The Bible says, for example, that death followed sin -- that death did not take place before Adam sinned. But evolution says that death preceeded sin, and that it was a necessary element of evolution.

You mean no animals or plants died before Adam sinned? Why then did Adam's sin thus set mortality on the animals when they were without sin?

[curiosity]

The Bible says, for example, that death followed sin -- that death did not take place before Adam sinned. But evolution says that death preceeded sin, and that it was a necessary element of evolution.

Romans 5 is clearly talking about human death. Evolution does not rule out the possibility that there was no human death before the fall. On the other hand, nothing in the Bible rules out animal death before the fall. It explicitly mentions plant death.

Besides, you've got to reject more science than just evolution if you want to believe there was no animal death before human sin.