Comparision - Theistic Evolution, Progressive Creation

Creating Confusion - Theistic Evolution and Progressive Creation

A comparison of beliefs

Key
Green	Agrees with Creation
Yellow	Agrees with Evolution
Red	Doesn't agree with either -Evolution or Creation

	Biblical Creation	Evolution (Neo-Darwinism)		Theistic Evolution		Progressive Creation
Origin of the Universe	Special Creation by an Immaterial, Timeless, omnipresent God; in a method that does not accord with the Big Bang	An unexplained, laws-of-physics breaking singularity exploded uncaused into existence creating space, time and matter (the Big Bang)		An unexplained, laws-of-physics breaking singularity exploded uncaused into existence creating space, time and matter (the Big Bang)		God created the universe...	...using the Big Bang¹²
Order of Creation	Follows Gen 1 order (Earth, Water, Light, Stars...)⁹	Follows Big Bang order (Singularity, Light, Stars, Sun...) ¹⁰		Follows Big Bang (Singularity, Light, Stars , Sun...)		Follows Big Bang (Singularity, Light, Stars , Sun...)
Age of the Earth/Universe/Life	Everything (Universe, earth, life) was created in 6 days; Universe, Earth, Life has existed 6 - 10,000 years	Universe is 13.7 billion years old; Earth: 4.5 billion years; Life: 3 - 4 Billion yearss		Universe is 13.7 billion years old; Earth: 4.5 billion years; Life: 3 - 4 Billion years		Universe is 13.7 billion years old; Earth: 4.5 billion years; Life: 3 - 4 Billion years
God's Intervention during creation	The creation event was a direct act of God (Gen 1.1)	God does not exist		God created the framework for evolution, and uses evolution as a means of creation		God creates...	...in small increments over million year time periods
Means of Speciation	God created kinds with all information for speciation; normal processes (natural selection; natural reproduction processes) allows manifestation of species	Natural selection working on...	...Undirected mutations	Natural selection working on...	...undirected mutations	God creates...	...new species over million year time periods of yeas as old species die out
Spirit of Man	Imparted to Man (Adam and Eve) at Creation	Denies spiritual realities; there is no spirit		Does not believe the Genesis account; evolution has no soul...	...so arbitrary assigns time when souls were first created.¹¹	Pre-human hominids were used by God,...	...God modified them & breathed spirit into them¹³
Literal Adam and Eve?	Yes	No		No		Yes, but...	...believe God used pre-human hominids¹⁴ to create Adam & Eve
When death begins	Entered the world as a result of Adam's sin; No death previously (Rom 5.1, Gen 2.17)	Death existed for millions of years before Adam		Death existed for millions of years before Adam		Death existed for millions of years before Adam
Was Noah's Flood Global?	Yes - water covered the whole earth (Gen 8.17-24)	No, the flood was local		No, the flood was local		No, the flood was local
Believes evolution is a valid theory of origins	False	True		True		False but...	...Uses evolutionary time scale & Big bang evolution of the universe
If Science and the Bible conflict, which is authoritative?	The Bible	Science		Science		Science

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Notes

9 For more on the Biblical order of creation see:

John G. Hartnett, "The Big Bang is not a Reason to Believe", CMI, 5/20/2014 http://creation.com/big-bang-not-a-reason
or
Jason Lisle, "Does the Big Bang Fit with the Bible?", Answers In Genesis, 4/5/2010 https://answersingenesis.org/big-bang/does-the-big-bang-fit-with-the-bible/

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10 for More on the Big Bang order of events, see: "Big Bang Time Line", accessed 3/15/2015, http://patrickgrant.com/BBTL.htm

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11 The is a necessary conclusion based on the fact they reject that Adam and Eve actually existed; and thus could not be the recipients of the original breath of life from God.
See:
http://infidels.org/library/modern/bart_klink/evolution.html

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12 Hugh Ross and his Reasons to Believe organization unabashedly teaches the Bible supports the Big Bang, with no explanation of why the events are so radically different.
See here http://www.reasons.org/articles/big-bang---the-bible-taught-it-first

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13 "In particular, in progressive creation, God came down and took two hominids and literally breathed a soul into them, to create Adam and Eve."
"Progressive Creation" RationalWiki, 11/29/2019 http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Progressive_creation

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14 For more see, "Hominids", Reasons To Believe, accessed 3/14/2015, http://www.reasons.org/rtb-101/hominids\

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