Why isn't Evolution believed in by more people?

Question

It seems as if it would make more sense than stories discussed in the bible. We have evidence of evolution on small scales. Which is, at least, some proof. Yet, we have no proof of God. So, why isn't the Evolution theory more widely believed?

Answer 1

I am a Muslim and I don't reject the whole theory of Evolution because the part of the Theory of Evolution (that's proved until now) is not in contradiction with The Holy Quran. I know most of you would be surprised, but study it.

Actually the proved theory of Evolution suggests that there is a change (or evolution) based on the bodies of ancient people (like Nanderthal Man). It may be of some interest to note that in Al-Sajadah 32: 7 - 9, The Holy Qur'an has referred to three different stages involved in the creation of man in such words that a slightly varied version of 'evolution' may be derived from it. The Qur'an says:

"He, Who perfected everything that He created - He started the creation of man from clay then he inculcated in him [i.e. man] the potential to reproduce through a drop of humble fluid then He embellished and fashioned him in due proportion; and breathed into him of His spirit and [thereby] developed in you [the abilities of] listening, vision and feeling."

The above verses clearly tell us that in the beginning man was created from clay. The words 'creation from clay', obviously, do not necessitate that God created an effigy of man from clay and then gave life to it. It may, as we know, imply that in the beginning man came into existence out of the earth [the mud or the clay etc. of the earth]. In other words, God inculcated in earth - mixed with water - the potential to produce life. Over centuries or even millennia, the life-bearing potential of the earth materialized and a species quite similar to, yet somewhat different from man was born. This was the first stage in the creation of man, as is evidenced by the words: "He started the creation of man from clay".

In the second stage, the potential of reproducing life - of bearing offspring - through sexual contact between the male and the female genders was inculcated in this species. This stage is mentioned in the words: "then he inculcated in him the potential to reproduce through a drop of humble fluid".

In the third stage, the species was physically fashioned into proportion and with that God also breathed into it of His spirit, which developed in it the abilities of listening, vision and feeling. The words: "then He embellished and fashioned him in due proportion; and breathed into him of His spirit and [thereby] developed in you [the abilities of] listening, vision and feeling", point to this final stage in the development of the human species.

It may be interpreted from the above explanation that it was only the first pair of near-humans - i.e. Adam and Eve - who went through the three stages explained above. That is Adam's (and Eve's) creation was initiated from clay - that is they were produced through the life-generation potential inculcated in the earth. Later on, the potential of reproduction through sexual contact was inculcated in Adam (and Eve). In the third stage, Adam (as well as Eve) was physically fashioned into due proportion and God breathed into them of His spirit and thereby developed the higher sapiential abilities in them.

However, contrary to the above interpretation, another theory that may be developed on the basis of the information given in the referred verses may be as follows:

Man's creation, in the first stage, was initiated by the production of a like species from the earth. In this stage, a number of near-human pairs - male and female - were produced directly from the earth.

In the second stage, the near-human pairs were inculcated with the ability of reproducing life through sexual interaction between the male and the female gender of the species.

In the third stage, one of the directly produced pairs (as in the first stage) - i.e. Adam and Eve - were physically fashioned into due proportion and were inculcated with the advanced human abilities. It was at this stage that Adam and Eve became complete humans.

Over subsequent centuries, the other directly produced pairs (in the first stage) and their offspring became extinct. The only pair that survived, through its offspring was that of Adam and Eve.

The whole human race that populates the planet is the offspring of the one directly produced pair, which was physically fashioned into due proportion and inculcated with the advanced human faculties.

In view of the information provided by the Qur'an and the human knowledge that has developed over time, one may ascribe to any explanation that seems correct to him. However, if the latter theory is accepted to be correct, it also helps explain the existence of the slightly different fossil bones. It seems that these bones are of the near-humans that, in contrast to Adam and Eve and their subsequent generations, were not physically fashioned into proportion or inculcated with the advanced human faculties and which became extinct over time.

It should be stressed here that the above is a development of a somewhat detailed scenario, on the basis of some vague indications of the Qur'an and the general knowledge that has become available to man. The scenario may or may not be completely accurate.

Introducing the theory of Evolution, the Encyclopedia writes:

Theory in biology postulating that the various types of animals and plants have their origin in other preexisting types and that the distinguishable differences are due to modifications in successive generations. This theory doesn't clash with The Holy Quran at all. Furthermore, there is an other theory varifying the believe. I have found this here on Yahoo Answers by Mr. Martin S.


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DNA Double Helix: A Recent Discovery of Enormous Complexity
The DNA Double Helix is one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time. First described by James Watson and Francis Crick in 1953, DNA is the famous molecule of genetics that establishes each organism's physical characteristics. It wasn't until mid-2001, that the Human Genome Project and Celera Genomics jointly presented the true nature and complexity of the digital code inherent in DNA. We now understand that each human DNA molecule is comprised of chemical bases arranged in approximately 3 billion precise sequences. Even the DNA molecule for the single-celled bacterium, E. coli, contains enough information to fill all the books in any of the world's largest libraries.

DNA Double Helix: The "Basics"
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is a double-stranded molecule that is twisted into a helix like a spiral staircase. Each strand is comprised of a sugar-phosphate backbone and numerous base chemicals attached in pairs. The four bases that make up the stairs in the spiraling staircase are adenine (A), thymine (T), cytosine (C) and guanine (G). These stairs act as the "letters" in the genetic alphabet, combining into complex sequences to form the words, sentences and paragraphs that act as instructions to guide the formation and functioning of the host cell. Maybe even more appropriately, the A, T, C and G in the genetic code of the DNA molecule can be compared to the "0" and "1" in the binary code of computer software. Like software to a computer, the DNA code is a genetic language that communicates information to the organic cell.

The DNA code, like a floppy disk of binary code, is quite simple in its basic paired structure. However, it's the sequencing and functioning of that code that's enormously complex. Through recent technologies like x-ray crystallography, we now know that the cell is not a "blob of protoplasm", but rather a microscopic marvel that is more complex than the space shuttle. The cell is very complicated, using vast numbers of phenomenally precise DNA instructions to control its every function.

Although DNA code is remarkably complex, it's the information translation system connected to that code that really baffles science. Like any language, letters and words mean nothing outside the language convention used to give those letters and words meaning. This is modern information theory at its core. A simple binary example of information theory is the "Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." In that famous story, Mr. Revere asks a friend to put one light in the window of the North Church if the British came by land, and two lights if they came by sea. Without a shared language convention between Paul Revere and his friend, that simple communication effort would mean nothing. Well, take that simple example and multiply by a factor containing many zeros.

We now know that the DNA molecule is an intricate message system. To claim that DNA arose by random material forces is to say that information can arise by random material forces. Many scientists argue that the chemical building blocks of the DNA molecule can be explained by natural evolutionary processes. However, they must realize that the material base of a message is completely independent of the information transmitted. Thus, the chemical building blocks have nothing to do with the origin of the complex message. As a simple illustration, the information content of the clause "nature was designed" has nothing to do with the writing material used, whether ink, paint, chalk or crayon. In fact, the clause can be written in binary code, Morse code or smoke signals, but the message remains the same, independent of the medium. There is obviously no relationship between the information and the material base used to transmit it. Some current theories argue that self-organizing properties within the base chemicals themselves created the information in the first DNA molecule. Others argue that external self-organizing forces created the first DNA molecule. However, all of these theories must hold to the illogical conclusion that the material used to transmit the information also produced the information itself. Contrary to the current theories of evolutionary scientists, the information contained within the genetic code must be entirely independent of the chemical makeup of the DNA molecule.

DNA Double Helix: Its Existence Alone Defeats any Theory of Evolution
The scientific reality of the DNA double helix can single-handedly defeat any theory that assumes life arose from non-life through materialistic forces. Evolution theory has convinced many people that the design in our world is merely "apparent" -- just the result of random, natural processes. However, with the discovery, mapping and sequencing of the DNA molecule, we now understand that organic life is based on vastly complex information code, and such information cannot be created or interpreted without a Master Designer at the cosmic keyboard.
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Darwin himself recognizes the Creator in the final passage of The Origin of Species:

"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved (Gramercy Publishing, 540)."

Evolutionary biologists engaged in the "creationism vs. evolutionism" debate admit that evolution does not rule out the work of God in the FAQ section of their website, www.talkorigins.org:

"There is no reason to believe that God was not a guiding force behind evolution. While it does contradict some specific interpretations of God, especially ones requiring a literal interpretation of Genesis 1, few people have this narrow of a view of God. There are many people who believe in the existence of God and in evolution. Common descent then describes the process used by God. Until the discovery of a test to separate chance and God this interpretation is a valid one within evolution."

Dr. Kenneth Miller, an evolutionary microbiologist who teaches at Brown University and author of Finding Darwin's God, maintains that the beauty of evolution is a great testament to the intelligence of the Creator:

"It seems to me that the scope and scale of evolution can only magnify our admiration for a creator who could set such a process in motion. To the deeply religious, evolution may not be seen as a challenge, but rather as proof of the power and subtlety of the creator's ways. The great Architect of the universe might not have written down each DNA base of the human genome, but He would still be a very clever fellow indeed (Perennial Publishing, 338)."

There is much more about Islam and Science. According to Dr. Maurice Bucaille, Quran is Always with the Science. This is also a Proof that The Holy Book is Written by non-other than the Real God.
http://www.witness-pioneer.org/vil/Books/MB_BQS/default.htm
http://www.islam101.com/science/bucaille.html
http://www.islam-guide.com/bqs/
http://home.swipnet.se/islam/quran-bible.htm
http://www.submission.org/Q-science.html

Answer 2

Evolution is a lie! There isn't any proof of evolution at all. The word "theory" means its someones guess! They take the small scales & put them together even when they don't fit just to make up a false story about evolution. In their books it says things like "we think" "its possible" "maybe" some experts believe". In the bible Genesis 1:1 it says " In the beginning God created...." The bible speaks with authority.
Think! Why would something have to evolve? Its food sourse runs out so it has to evolve to be able to catch something else to eat! The problem is if you had to evolve to be able to eat & it takes millions of years you would die from starvation & leave no offspring! Their is proof of a real God go here & ask for proof you'll be surprised!

Answer 3

1. Fear: They think that if one part of their religion is not litteraly correct then the whole thing could be wrong.
2. Ignorance: They have not even read what Modern Synthesis is.
3. Misunderstanding: They think it is another religion. They don't realize how many christians also know evolution is a proven theory.
4. Mean: They like to tick off thinking people by dening something that has been proven over and over again.
5. Mislead: They trust the IRC or the AiG nutjobs when they tell them all these false claims about how evolution does not work.

I am sure there are other reasons but these are the ones I come accross the most.

Answer 4

Your statement is not logically sound. There is more evidence for God than for evolution. Read the book by lee strobel case for faith, see what the leading physicists say about evolution. if you took all the carbon in the universe and put it on the face of the earth, allow it to chemically react at the most rapid rate possible, and left it for billion years, the odds of creating just one functional protein molecule would be one chance in a 10 with 60zeroes after it. that makes winning a lottery look as a aure thing. It is like a tornado flying through a junk yard and assembling a fully functional 747.

Answer 5

Well evolution doesn't explain why monkeys still exist if they evolve into people. That's one reason. Also the proof of the Bible is in the very air you breathe. God created you. You were not some haphazard accident. Man did not create the sky or any of the things that you see in nature. That's a clue. And by the way, ... your alarm clock didn't wake you this morning, God did. Plenty of people didn't wake up this morning, but their alarms did go off as well. Just a little something to think about.

Answer 6

Where is any proof of evolution. I have done extensive research and found none. People change due to the environment and work preformed over generations I guess you could call that evolution. But I know that is because God designed the human body to be easily adapted to any given environment. Evolution as talked about by so many simply has no proof.

Answer 7

Site proof of evolution. Please. I bet that you can't do that. And this "evolution on a small scale" isn't evolution, but adaptation or variation within a species. How can anyone say evolution is true, when the fossil record contridicts Darwin's contrived theory. And "no proof of God?" No Biblical prophasey has failed to come to pass so far. Is that not proof enough?

Answer 8

Evolution is not like gravity - people HAVE to believe in gravity, because they cannot ignore it. But many people refuse to accept evolution because they think it says something about their religion and their religion says that there is a god and this god made everything out of whole cloth just the way it is now. When it comes to religious belief, nothing can dissuade people. So really, it is not so much that people don't believe in evolution as it is that they believe something else.

Answer 9

regrettably, advantageous. i do no longer understand how they are able to regulate the cognitive dissonance. you're no longer nicely-knowledgeable because of the very fact you do no longer comprehend that concept is the main suitable possible degree in technology. it relatively is now no longer a raffle. it is ignorant to declare "merely a concept". the final ancestor of all apes (including human beings and chimps) is a monkey and which would be confirmed on your delight. It does now no longer count upon the theorem of evolution. it relatively is a fact. Theories wouldn't have data which maximum suitable applies in arithmetic. Theories have data. there is not any data of a god of any style. Theories are falsifiable. this is a characteristic, no longer a malicious application. If data is produced that exhibits an extra theory or this one needs substitute, then we got here upon something and are grateful for it. faith does no longer have that function. And it is requred. So shape by technique of utilising a god isn't waiting of being a theory. because of the fact the invention of mitochodrial DNA ancestry is additionally desperate by technique of technique of genetic mapping and we don't want bones to substantiate the theorem. Theories make predictions and could be utilized to advance different theories and open up surely new strains of inquiry. the belief of evolution is effective seeing this is works, now no longer unavoidably because of the fact it is fact. Evolution is fact besides the undeniable fact that established decision is a concept. final analysis is that it works. God as a data does not artwork for us and is not any longer extremely an answer in that regard. Its an excuse to no longer think of approximately it.

Answer 10

I believe in both evolution and creationism where God created the world in 7 days. How the heck do we know how long 7 days are to God? I don't believe that they are mutually exclusive and nobody has presented an effective argument on either side to disprove the other.

Answer 11

Evolution is the accepted theory of life. Period. Only silly fundamentalists preach otherwise, and make fools of themselve constantly. Where did you get the idea that it isn't the norm? Do you live in a Fundamentalists coven? IF so, you need to get out and away asap. These people are brain killers.