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My only point is, there are plenty of Christians- a self-applied label- who reconcile acceptance of the fact of evolution with their religious faith. I don't believe in anything remotely resembling a monotheistic western faith, so I can't answer to "how".
I do know that the Bible contradicts itself in a number of places, AND it contains a whole ton of stuff that, if people took it completely literally, would probably get them in a lot of trouble in most modern societies... so I'd wager there's already a good amount of picking and choosing going on, for most believers.
we're doomed, the universe would be better off without us, yadda yadda yaddda etc...
maybe you've missed it- I haven't. However, here's a good example: I could have predicted with mathematical certainty that, last week, when a professional end-timer started flogging a NASA-funded study that asked the theoretical question "could our civilization collapse", within 72 hours it would be trumpeted all over the internet- particularly, here- as "NASA SAYS CIVILIZATION TO COLLAPSE WITHIN A DECADE!!! See we told you!!!111"
The so-called "Moon Bombing"--- how dare we disturb the moon's 'ecosystem'! Same shit.
The idea that everything in nature is natural except what we do as modern industrialized civilization.
Anyway, these original sin, apocalyptic type scripts are so heavily programmed into our western mode of thinking, most people don't realize they're doing it... but the basic elements are usually the same; one central omnipresent evil, a prior state of grace or perfection, an original sin or "fall", a grand battle between the forces of good and the singular source of evil or oppression, etc.
