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Yes, I believe in evolution. In my religion, science and the Bible are not mutually exclusive.

I believe in evolution through science.

I'm a Christian and I believe in evolution. God created the Earth in 6 "days," but who's to say those "days" were 24 hours?! (Dinosaurs!)

I believe in evolution and I believe the Earth is billions of years old.

@BlueWolverine: this exactly.

Definitely!

I had a housemate in college that told me in one of our first conversations that she was having problems in Geology class because she didn't believe that the world was more than 6000 years old... Quite a shocked moment for me!

I am also Christian and I also believe in evolution. I don't think it's one or the other.

I'm a Christian, I believe in evolution, and to be honest I don't really think about it all that much.

Nope! Total creationist here! I also believe in dinosaurs per the book of Job! I also believe it's a one or the other thing & you can't believe in both.

@lilteacherbee: <<God created the Earth in 6 "days," but who's to say those "days" were 24 hours?>>

Biblical speaking, any place that "day & night" or "morning & night" are mentioned in scripture it was referring to a 24 hour day period, while there are a couple of places that refer to a "day" being like "a thousand in God's courts/house".

Absolutely.

100% believe in evolution.

I never really understood how evolution and Christianity were incompatible. Jesus spoke in parables so I never considered the Bible to be a book that should be completely literally interpreted. I go with science to nail down details though.

I am Christian, I believe in creation because I believe the bible. I believe we were created in His image. I believe the earth was created in 6 days less than 10 thousand years ago. I just can't believe that all of this happened by accident, it just seems like everything was so perfectly planned and designed for there not to be a creator.

Absolutely. Believe in evolution and that the earth is billions of years old. It baffles me how people can believe otherwise!

@jmarionsmith: I didn't articulate that very well, did I? I agree that a theory as about as close to scientific fact as you can get (as opposed to a hypothesis or a model) but the thing I really love about science is that theories are open to adaptation as and when new evidence is discovered.... the book is never closed. Plus, the thing about scientific theories is this: you can *never* prove a theory, only disprove it. To prove something, you would need to test it an infinite number of times, under every possible condition and that simply isn't possible. In law, we might say that something is "beyond reasonable doubt". In science, that isn't good enough - so we always keep that in the back of our minds and remember that a theory is just that. That's what I think, anyway. It's why I love science!

Yes, absolutely!

<-- Agnostic here and I believe in evolution and that the Earth is billions of years old!

Yup! I believe the bible is a metaphor full of good teachings and moral lessons.

@Maysprout: Jesus did speak in parables, at times, but there is only one "parable" in the OT & it's in Isaiah concerning the Church & Jesus... parables also have physical, literal meanings, and spiritual, or metaphorical meanings so speaking in a parable doesn't mean for it to not be taken literally.

Evolution all the way!