No you havnt, you never did, and you failed at comprehending that I want YOU to answer the question, and not your ignorant lolreligion links.
I understand what you want, and those links explain why Evolution is not contrary to a Non-literal interpretation of Creation in Genesis....The links were not ignorant either, they were all derived from eminent, intelligent and informed people, including a Biologist. I answered the question you asked with supporting evidence of what the majority of Christians believe, that was the question you asked.
However in the interest of conciliation I will try again giving my solely own opinion.
Simply put.....Most Christian denominations (those with a non-literal interpretation of Scripture) hold that there is a God that created the Material Universe and by association all life within (including Mankind), and that Evolution is a natural process within that overall divine creation and as such Evolution is a mechanism employed by God to develop life on Earth, including that of Man.
This view is accepted by Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, the major Protestant denominations, Judaism and the independent Free Churches that do not ascribe to a literal view of specific Scripture, namely Genesis....as I pointed out earlier there is another group of Christians that ascribe to an interpretation known as Biblical Literalism and they generally hold a literal view of scripture including Genesis and they oppose Evolution, preferring Creationism or Intelligent Design. The latter is a minority viewpoint not held by the mainstream Christian or Jewish Faiths.
I hope this answers your question Bhavv.
Why do you feel the need to keep on defending something that you yourself dont even believe in? If religion wasnt BS, then you wouldnt have chosen not to believe it.
Christianity doesn't fit within my world-view for a whole raft of reasons, most notably that I find any singular definition of God to be contradictory to other definitions of God and as such I cannot reconcile any religious belief until I can reconcile a universally accepted and falsifiable definition of God with that of my world-view.
As for defending Christianity, I am not, I am pointing out that your statements are not supported by the facts, either by the religions themselves and their doctrines, interpretations and stated beliefs regarding evolution.
There are some Christians participating in this thread who have been on the other side of my opinion on their belief and interpretations, notably kedge and jmc007 at one time or another. I approach this entirely from an academic perspective and not one biased by an agenda to either prove or disprove any particular belief.
; guilty and convicted conscience on my behalf?
Maybe you just fell into the wrong crowd or wanted to flirt with the dark side?
