Conflict between religion and science part 3

The greatest split between the church and science since Galileo  was with the publication of Charles Darwin's book called On the Origin of Species in 1859.  Many Christians were shocked by the idea that man evolved from the ape.  That they were not created in God's imagine as interpreted from the bible.

Again the bible is take very literally.

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

Adam was flesh and blood and the bible tells us that God is spirit and exists without a body.

John 4:24 God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth.

In Latin the image of God is imago dei and that refers to the immaterial party of humanity.  It
sets humans apart from animals.  It helps humans to estables a bond with God.  The likeness is mentally, morally and socially.

Genesis  1:28 God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground."

Mentally, humanity was created as a rational, volitional agent. In other words, human beings can reason and choose. This is a reflection of God’s intellect and freedom. Anytime someone invents a machine, writes a book, paints a landscape, enjoys a symphony, calculates a sum, or names a pet, he or she is proclaiming the fact that we are made in God’s image.

Whenever someone writes a law, recoils from evil, praises good behavior, or feels guilty, he or she is confirming the fact that we are made in God’s own image.

Every time someone marries, makes a friend, hugs a child, or attends church, he or she is demonstrating the fact that we are made in the likeness of God.

Part of being made in God’s image is that we have the capacity to make free choices.

Adam’s body did mirror the life of God insofar as it was created in perfect health and was not subject to death, until Adam and Eve made an evil choice to rebel against their Creator. In so doing, they marred the image of God within themselves, and passed that damaged likeness on to all of their descendants.

Romans 5:12 Sin came into the world through one man, and his sin brought death with it. As a result, death has spread to the whole human race because everyone has sinned.

The argument still rages to this day, although the weight of evidence is overwhelmingly in favour and very few biologists now question the basic idea of evolution.

However, some Christians - those who believe that God created the world as described in Genesis – have called for Creationism or “Intelligent Design” to be taught alongside evolutionary biology in school science lessons.

The Church of England issued a posthumous apology to Darwin last year, saying that it showed too much “anti-evolutionary fervour” when his book was published.