Be fruitful and increase, part of the Christian teachings, as you say, is to grow?
The evolution process is exactly that!
The gene pool throws up all sorts of weird and wonderful oddities, many of no value but sometimes it throws in a cracker.
The fact that we have ancestors tied back to Neanderthals and back even further, to me, suggests that if Genesis is correct?
The entity you call God gave the beings he/she created in his own image the chance to adapt so they could be fruitful and fornicate their way to the top of the food chain.
It may sound blasphemous to some that cannot think laterally but evolution or Darwin’s theory, if you prefer, doesn’t have to rule out the existence of your God ( or anyone else’s God for that matter).
