Can Christians Believe in Evolution?

Well can they?

Different people have different perspectives on this issue. Some believe that it is possible, others that it isn't. Others believe that while it is possible to believe in both, believing in evolution will undermine the faith of the Christian and make full maturity more difficult.

Disclaimer: I take the Genesis account as written, and so don't believe in evolution.

I think it matters what you are converted to. Here's what I mean by that:

Many Christians go off to college and "discover" the theory of evolution. This is incompatable with waht they have been brought up to believe, and this rattles their faith. If they end up believing evolution, they end up NOT believing the Bible.

On the other hand, if you are brought up in a secular environment, like myself and one of my closest friends, Kal, and then you become a Christian, then you can believe in both. I think this is because you are personally convinced of the reality of God, and so you are more able to be content with apparent inconsistancies. Perhaps they are resolved (mine are - I go with the Bible) and perhaps not. Perhaps they are resolved correctly, perhaps not. But it doesn't shake your faith in the same way.

Just my thoughts...