If we believe the Bible, we cannot believe in general evolution. God spoke everything into existence, therefore there was no need for anything to evolve from one species into another.
| Genesis 1:1-28 |
In the beginning God created the
heavens and the earth. The earth was without
form, and void; and darkness was on the face of the deep. And
the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the
waters. Then God said, "Let there be light"; and
there was light. And God saw the light, that
it was good; and God divided the light from the
darkness. God called the light Day, and the darkness He
called Night. So the evening and the morning were the first
day. Then God said, "Let there be a firmament in
the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the
waters." Thus God made the firmament, and
divided the waters which were under the firmament from the
waters which were above the firmament; and it was
so. And God called the firmament Heaven. So the
evening and the morning were the second day. Then
God said, "Let the waters under the heavens be gathered
together into one place, and let the dry land appear"; and it
was so. And God called the dry land Earth, and
the gathering together of the waters He called Seas. And God
saw that it was good. Then God said, "Let the
earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the
fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed
is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so. And
the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed
according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose
seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it
was good. So the evening and the morning were the third
day. Then God said, "Let there be lights in the
firmament of the heavens to divide the day from the night; and
let them be for signs and seasons, and for days and
years; and let them be for lights in the firmament of the
heavens to give light on the earth"; and it was
so. Then God made two great lights: the greater
light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night.
He made the stars also. God set them in the firmament of
the heavens to give light on the earth, and to rule over
the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the
darkness. And God saw that it was good. So the evening
and the morning were the fourth day. Then God
said, "Let the waters abound with an abundance of living
creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the face
of the firmament of the heavens." So God created
great sea creatures and every living thing that moves, with
which the waters abounded, according to their kind, and every
winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was
good. And God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful and
multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds
multiply on the earth." So the evening and the morning
were the fifth day. Then God said, "Let the earth
bring forth the living creature according to its kind: cattle
and creeping thing and beast of the earth, each according to
its kind"; and it was so. And God made the beast
of the earth according to its kind, cattle according to its
kind, and everything that creeps on the earth according to its
kind. And God saw that it was good. Then God
said, "Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our
likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea,
over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the
earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the
earth." So God created man in His own image; in the image
of God He created him; male and female He created
them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth." |
| Mark 10:6 |
"But from the beginning of the creation, God 'made them male and female.'" |
| Mark 13:19 |
For in
those days there will be tribulation, such as has not been
since the beginning of the creation which God created
until this time, nor ever shall be. |
| Romans 1:20 |
For since the creation of the world
His [God's] invisible attributes are clearly
seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse, |
| Romans 8:22 |
For we
know that the whole creation groans and labors with birth pangs together until now. |
| 2 Peter 3:4 |
And
saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For since the
fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were
from the beginning of creation." |
| Colossians 1:16 |
For by Him
[Christ] all things were created that are in heaven
and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones
or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were
created through Him and for
Him. |
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