[tflabo]

"Then God said, "Let us make man in our image, according to our likeness, let them have dominion over the over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. So God created man in His own image, in the image of GodHe created him, male and female". Genesis 1: 26,27

God did not start with an ameoba or reptile in making man. So for us believers of God how can we believe the tenets of evolution concerning the origins of mankind.

[mnehring]

Depends on what makes ‘man’ human.. is this referring to the physical flesh body or is this a pesher describing the spirit?

After all, what makes ‘man’, man? Is it our flesh or is it the Spirit God put in us?

The interesting thing about Genesis 1:26, is, in Genesis 2:4, it says God created man ‘before any shrub appeared or any plant sprung up’. This seems to indicate that ‘man’ in some way, preceded the Genesis 1 creation (at least the vegetation steps.) Could this be reflecting on our true selves, our Spirit? All through the Bible, it says that we are not our body, we are our Spirit.

[Stingray51]

The article also ignores the Christian belief that humans, unlike animals, are not just a body, but instead are made up of both a body and a soul. I think this is pretty critical to understanding the perspective of a lot of the people attempting to respond to the poll.

Also, I think the questions would have been more interesting without the 10,000 year figure, as it is very possible to reject human evolution without believing that the approximately 10,000 year age of mankind is literal or even having an opinion on that issue.