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Check out this fantastic article on Christianity and evolution. It\u2019s sort of a shameless plug as it was written by a good friend of the family, but Karl Giberson is a great scientist and a devout Christian who is doing fantastic work in the conversation between faith and science.<\/p>\n

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My Take: Jesus would believe in evolution and so should you<\/h1>\n
By\u00a0Karl W. Giberson<\/strong>, Special to CNN<\/p>\n
Jesus once famously said, \u201cI am the Truth.\u201d<\/p>\n
Christianity at its best embodies this provocative idea and has long been committed to preserving, expanding and sharing truth. Most of the great universities of the world were founded by Christians committed to the truth\u2014in all its forms\u2014and to training new generations to carry it forward.<\/p>\n
When science began in the 17th century, Christians eagerly applied the new knowledge to alleviate suffering and improve living conditions.<\/p>\n
But when it comes to the truth of evolution, many Christians feel compelled to look the other way. They hold on to a particular interpretation of an ancient story in Genesis that they have fashioned into a modern account of origins \u2013 a story that began as an oral tradition for a wandering tribe of Jews thousands of years ago.<\/p>\n
This is the view on display in a $27 million dollar Creation Museum in Kentucky. It inspired the Institute for Creation Research, which purports to offer scientific support for creationism.<\/p>\n
And it\u2019s hardly a fringe view. A 2010 Gallup poll<\/a> indicated that 4 in 10 Americans think that \u201cGod created human beings pretty much in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years or so.\u201d<\/p>\n
While Genesis contains wonderful insights into the relationship between God and the creation, it simply does not contain scientific ideas about the origin of the universe, the age of the earth or the development of life.<\/p>\n
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