Evangelical Christians are wrong and correct in certain things.
The funny thing about creationism is that the Jewish Rabbis have interpreted differently in the Talmud and other Jewish sources present interpretations concerning "Creationism" of the Book of Genesis. Therefore, the Evangelical Christians are following the LITERAL meaning of the TORAH Genesis Book. Hypothetically, Jesus(pbuh) himself studied the Torah and eventually the Talmud with these interpetative sources. The evidence of Jesus(pbuh) upbringing creates a dillemma for Evangelical Christians or Christians in general.
In Islam, certains scholars have interpretated passages liberally or conservatively and some have even accepted theories which are not conservative nor liberal(Theory of Evolution). However, we find in Islamic sources that Prophet Adam(pbuh) was taller than the current human beings which suggest according to Islam a different form of interpretation for the physical evolution of human beings. Biblically, the literal meaning is to accept the normal height(which is a relative observation). The Islamic evidence suggests otherwise:
Quote:
Volume 4, Book 55, Number 543:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
The Prophet said, "Allah created Adam, making him 60 cubits tall. When He created him, He said to him, "Go and greet that group of angels, and listen to their reply, for it will be your greeting (salutation) and the greeting (salutations of your offspring." So, Adam said (to the angels), As-Salamu Alaikum (i.e. Peace be upon you). The angels said, "As-salamu Alaika wa Rahmatu-l-lahi" (i.e. Peace and Allah's Mercy be upon you). Thus the angels added to Adam's salutation the expression, 'Wa Rahmatu-l-lahi,' Any person who will enter Paradise will resemble Adam (in appearance and figure). People have been decreasing in stature since Adam's creation.
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I am sure also that other belief systems have different presentations of human evolution or none at all. The question is would Evangelical Christians accept different versions of "creationism" in the schools also since we have different adherents of religion which express different forms of "creationism"?
Hasan