Our church has been showing and talking of apologetics recently, and we’ve been on a Creation vs. Evolution bit for a while. When we watched the video last night, I really just couldn’t help but notice how we sometimes brand and treat others as ‘the enemy.’
For me, I’m a Creationist, but then I’m not going to take the approach as some are by being upfront and telling you you’re going to Hell. I really just don’t like the stand some Christians have taken by saying evolutionists are so wrong (even though, really it is just a theory not a proven fact… like I said, my blog, my opinion, end of story), stupid, and a bunch of other adjectives. Like I said in another post, aren’t we taught to treat others with respect even if we don’t like them?
Really, this is a touchy subject and unless I get my words correct, I might just sound like a total prejudiced person, but it’s something I think a lot of people need to think about. I’m not trying to attack individuals but to shed light on how we treat those individuals.
A teacher of ours had brought up the point that some Christians believe in a Theistic evolution. He explained that some Christians just believe it because they’ve been taught it since they were ‘knee high to a grass hopper,’ and they really don’t know anything else because their local church hasn’t (yes, I did a double-negative, shoot me. I couldn’t figure out another way to word this) provided a solid foundation. If we, Christians, were really take to the stand of the gung-ho Creationists, we’d be branding them along with every other evolutionist as ‘the enemy’ when in reality they have an innocent ignorance of the whole thing.
I really don’t like the theory of Evolution and how it’s been taught in the public schools and generally accepted by the public, but I’m not going to go Jonathan Edwards on your tail and call you a cotton headed ninny muggins. Really, it’s not the position that a Christian should take part of – despising, calling names, nurturing bitterness and hate – just because someone believes differently. Christ tells us to love and respect others and to show them our light, not shove it down their throat.
The only thing that I can really do is just pray that through my attitude and actions, you can see Christ in me, and you’ll want what I have. You’ll want the relationship and the peace that Christ brings.
