Theistic Evolution   Can one marry creationism and evolution and still consider themselves Christian?  In one aspect the answer is no, as this is a ‘have my cake and eat it too’ attitude.  Unwilling to let go of secular science and unwilling or unable to totally accept the creation account as written in Genesis 1, these people combine both in hopes of obtaining a ‘best of both worlds’ conclusion.   This is untenable as God has stated clearly in the Bible that ‘friendship with the world is enmity’ with Him. And this ‘friendship’ is walking on dangerous ground.  We know that the theory of evolution was originated by unbelieving minds (and not to split hairs we know that Darwin was not the original promoter of this theory) and its sole purpose is to provide an alternative to the Biblical account.   This idea that God started it all and then let the process of evolution take over and finish the job creates more problems than it solves.  One such problem is that it diminishes the work and purpose of God in creating the world and the universe. Another problem is that it makes God a liar and undermines all the Biblical references throughout the Bible and cast doubts upon its message and hope.   The main thing that undermines this position of duality is what it is saying to the un-churched world.  It becomes apparent that those who hold to this philosophy do not believe what they say they believe.  One cannot say they believe the Bible then turn around and accept a secular line of thought because ‘science’ says it happened another way.   One cannot walk the middle ground with God, as the New Testament says:  ‘You are either for me or against me’.  With God you can not marry the falsehood with the truth and expect God to be happy about it or accept it as a plausible alternative.  That is not what God is all about.  He is very clear about who created the heavens and the earth and He is very clear that He does not share the glory thus to add a secular theory to the mix is not a wise move to make.   Theistic evolutions make many excuses and one such is, ‘why did God give us this ability to think and reason if He didn’t want us to use it?’  He does want us to use it but He doesn’t want His followers accepting and following those ideas which are not true nor of Him.  Plus He wants people to learn to use faith and trust His words.    We can still use our abilities and we can still do science but we cannot accept that which is not of God and promote it as such, no matter how attractive or how much science one gets to use.  Yes, as believers, we can investigate what God has created, we can research DNA and photosynthesis and many other wonderful accomplishments of God but at no time can we give credit to that which does not exist nor is of God.   There is no permission granted by God to change His words, which is something that many theistic evolutionists seem to be unaware of as they seek to use secular science to rewrite Genesis 1 and other works of God. Are theistic evolutionists Christian and will they get to heaven?  I do not know as that decision is up to God but it seems if one compares what theistic evolutionists are doing with what the Bible says about God and entrance into heaven, one would be highly doubtful.   The damage done to the cause of Christ is almost unfixable as these people look to participate in both worlds forgetting to give thought to the working of the devil and his minions.  The mixing of both worlds usually ends up with the believer on the wrong side of the fence as the lure of the world is strong.