[ArGee]

Also, the official position of the Catholic Church is that evolution does not conflict with scripture, IIRC.

I do not believe in theistic evolution, but I have always accepted it as a valid Christian position. But I recently had a question about it that I am unable to answer. Perhaps someone else can.

Mark 10:6 quotes Jesus as saying:

But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'
-English Standard Version

Jesus clearly states that the man and the woman existed "from the beginnign of creation." I believe He could have stated it differently if the Genesis account were not essentially correct. Since I believe Jesus does not lie, this gives me pause in accepting the possibility of theistic evolution.

I am open to any thoughts on the subject.

Shalom.

[orionblamblam]

> Mark 10:6 quotes Jesus as saying:

>But from the beginning of creation, 'God made them male and female.'
-English Standard Version

That's *certainly* true for the hermaphrodites.

> I am open to any thoughts on the subject.

Consider trying to explain 15 billion years of cosmic evolution and two billion years of biological evolution, most of which was spent in the single-cell phase, to people who think the world is flat, the sun goes around the Earth, and that herding sheep is the highest they can aspire to.