By Peter Vidrine of Eunice Louisiana
There’s a popular myth floating around in modern churches — that evolution and Christianity can somehow be harmonized. That maybe God used evolution. That Genesis is “symbolic.” That Adam and Eve weren’t really the first humans, just representative figures.
That myth is not harmless. It strikes at the very heart of the Gospel. Because if evolution is true, then the Bible is not. And if the Bible is not true in Genesis, it cannot be trusted in John 3:16 either.
Let’s be blunt: evolution is not a scientific theory seeking truth; it is a religious philosophy designed to eliminate God. And it’s been remarkably successful in doing so — not because it proved God wrong, but because too many Christians surrendered before the fight even began.
Let’s go straight to Scripture and see why the Bible and Darwinism are mutually exclusive.
1. Evolution Denies the Direct Creation of Man
The Bible couldn’t be clearer about man’s origin.
“Then the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” — Genesis 2:7
Evolution teaches the exact opposite: that man evolved from lower life forms over millions of years — from fish, to reptile, to mammal, to ape, to human. The Bible says man was made from dust, by the direct act of God. No intermediate species. No death-filled struggle.
You can’t believe both. Either Adam was the first man, made in God’s image, or he was the product of mutation and chance. There is no middle ground.
2. Evolution Requires Death Before Sin
This is the most fatal contradiction.
According to evolution, death existed long before mankind — it’s the very engine of evolution. Species survive by killing off the weak, generation after generation. Survival of the fittest.
But Scripture says death entered the world through sin.
“Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men…” — Romans 5:12
“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” — Romans 6:23
If death existed before Adam’s sin, then death is not the punishment for sin. And if death is not the punishment for sin, then Christ’s death on the cross was meaningless.
Let that sink in. The entire message of redemption collapses if death wasn’t the result of sin. The cross becomes a cosmic mistake — an unnecessary gesture in a universe where death was “normal.”
3. Evolution Denies the Historical Fall of Man
Theistic evolutionists like to claim Genesis 3 is “allegory” — a poetic story about mankind’s moral awakening. But Jesus treated Adam and Eve as literal people.
“Have ye not read, that He which made them at the beginning made them male and female…” — Matthew 19:4
Paul based his entire doctrine of salvation on the fact that Adam was a real man.
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” — 1 Corinthians 15:22
If Adam wasn’t literal, neither is Christ. If the Fall didn’t literally happen, then salvation is meaningless — because there’s nothing to be saved from.
4. Evolution Destroys the Image of God
Evolution insists humanity is just another animal — a clever ape, a collection of molecules that got lucky. But the Bible says something far different:
“So God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.” — Genesis 1:27
That means we were made with purpose, reason, morality, and an eternal soul. We are not advanced beasts; we are reflections of our Creator.
Evolution erases that distinction — replacing divine identity with biological accident. It doesn’t just deny the Creator; it denies you.
5. Evolution Demands a God Who Lies
If God used evolution, then He intentionally built a creation filled with death, suffering, and waste — long before man ever sinned. That would make Him the author of cruelty and decay.
Yet the Bible says:
“God saw every thing that He had made, and, behold, it was very good.” — Genesis 1:31
A world soaked in death for millions of years is not “very good.” It’s grotesque. Evolution requires a God who calls evil good — a liar and a sadist. The God of Scripture is neither.
6. Evolution Is a Substitute Religion
Darwinism doesn’t merely reject Genesis; it replaces it. It provides a counterfeit origin story, complete with its own priests (scientists), sacred texts (biology textbooks), and doctrines (natural selection, abiogenesis, billions of years).
It answers every question Genesis does — just without God. That’s not science; that’s rebellion in a lab coat.
“Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” — Romans 1:22
“And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.” — Romans 1:23
Evolution is the worship of creation instead of the Creator.
7. Jesus Himself Affirmed Genesis
Jesus didn’t treat Genesis as mythology — He quoted it as history. He referred to Adam, Eve, Abel, Noah, and the Flood as real events and people.
“As the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.” — Matthew 24:37
If Jesus believed Genesis was literal history, then calling it “symbolic” is calling Him wrong. And if Christ was wrong, He cannot be Savior.
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Conclusion: Evolution Is Not a Harmless Theory — It’s a Trojan Horse
When the church allowed evolution in through the side door, it wasn’t just making peace with science. It was surrendering to unbelief.
The moment you trade Genesis for Darwin, you have severed the foundation of the Gospel. You have denied the reason for the cross, the origin of sin, the purpose of man, and the authority of Scripture.
“If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do?” — Psalm 11:3
There is no way to graft evolution onto Christianity without sawing off the very branch the faith sits on.
So yes — evolution and Biblical Christianity are incompatible. Not because science disproves Scripture, but because Scripture exposes evolution for what it is: a philosophy built to erase the need for a Creator.
And if you erase the Creator, you erase the Redeemer.
That’s the real cost of compromise.
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Founder/Pastor at Jesus Kids Church in Eunice, Louisiana
Former Associate Pastor, Children’s Minister & Deacon at Unity Baptist Church and Dynamic Industries Inc. in Opelousas, Louisiana
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