• Question: Is evolution true because I was told God made people?

    Asked by preshous333 to Faye, Martin, Mus, Pete on 1 May 2012.
    • Photo: Pete Etchells

      Pete Etchells answered on 1 May 2012:

      Different people believe in different explanations of how people came into existence. The scientifically accepted explanation is that of evolution, and there is lots of evidence to suggest that it is true. That doesn’t mean that you can’t believe in God; indeed, many scientists accept the theory of evolution whilst still holding on to their beliefs of some sort of God-like being.

      As for the Biblical story of how God came to make people, some think that this isn’t intended to be a factual story, rather a metaphor for how humans came into existence.

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