Reply #28: Without devolving to much into a evo/cre argument [View All]

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First, ID as such is not a scientific theory. At best it is a hypthosis trying to disprove both evolution and aborigonis. The science on aborigonis is weaker than that on evolution.

Evolution is one of the best thought out theories in existiance. It has fewer holes in it and more proof than much of relativity, etc.

Now, as for religious reconciliation, every christian I know believes in biblical allegory. The question is how much? Most fundies don't believe in a flat earth, the extinction of mankind 2000 years ago, or any number of biblically inspired impossibilities.

They do however continue to believe in creation and ID in direct contravention to every piece of science ever done on evolution. So only the most fundamentalist person can believe in evolution assuming they have full knowledge of the science. The rest of religion believes in the creation story as an allegory. Generally they believe that G-d setup the "rules" of the world, and provided the divine spark neccessary to push the world into existance.

Religions that support evolution, or who have issued statements to the effect that evolution does not conflicet with their theology:

Catholics
Jewish -- All denominations inc. Orthodox
Muslims (varied, but most accept it)
Orthodox Christian
Mainline Protestants -- Methodist, Episcapal, ECLA, UUC, etc.