Do you believe in God?Nonbelievers tell me what you think?

Question

I do. Really! what do YOU believe if God hadn't created us?
we evoulved from mokeys????
if you believe that excuse then you are a disgrace to the human race!! YOU may want to be a mokey but I do not
I would much rather be a smart being with the ability to think and make choices for myself created in the image of God.
seriously who wants to think their great[times 1500] grandfather was a mokey instead of Adam?
You insult the human race and your intellegence to say we came from monkeys
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you should find God right away if you believe in evolution! find out the truth! NOT that phoney Darwin theory!

Answer 1

I believe in what you believe it seems. I don't think the evolutionary theory is an excuse though. Satan had to do something to give non-believers a way to think without the Lord in their life.Now the monkey thing may be wierd or stupid,but if you didn't believe in the Lord, what would you believe to prove He doesn't exist?

Answer 2

The question here is multi-faced. Belief in God on one hand, and evolution from "mokeys" (that I will assume means "Monkeys") on the other hand. To best answer this, the question must be asked: "In what ways do we change and adapt as we grow?"
We change in size, and shape, and even physical features as we grow from birth to adulthood. This is the way of life. We constantly change and evolve within ourselves as we grow individually. Who is to say that we don't do that as a species? We have no pictures of what Adam looked like. We don't even know for sure how long ago he walked the earth, or for that matter, where Eden was, or where he and Eve lived after they were thrown out. We do know that as we grow, we learn. We change the way we do things because of this learning. Our bodies adapt us to our surroundings so that we can survive easier. I don't think anyone can accurately define what we were when we started, other than we were what God wanted us to be. We do know that the gene-pool was altered by the Angels when they began to take human wives and have offspring (Gen 6) and that all that was erased by the great flood. Charles Darwin proposed a theory of natural selection. The survival of the fittest. The monkey theory was because they are closest to us in appearance and structure. The theory also takes for granted that it was not just any monkeys, but a species of monkey that could evolve into a higher being. Who is really right? No one can prove it either way. We do have the lower part of our spine called the coccyx that is said was once a tail. On some people, it still is. They have an operation to remove it on those whose coccyx is over developed and protrudes and is covered with hair. You might be able to see where the idea of evolution comes from anyway. We are not monkeys now, the same as we are not babies now (although some are). But just who we started out as is still an unprovable question.

Answer 3

It's not an insult that we evolved from a monkey. It shows that we, like the rest of the animal kingdom are part of the ongoing wheel of Nature. I believe that The Lord and Lady are Nature and everything in it. I see God not as an untouchable omnipotent being, but as a multiforce working together omnipresently.

I don't care if you don't want to be a monkey. Religion is not about what we want. but what we realistically think IS.

Do you really believe in the story of Adam and Eve?

I have found God and Goddess. BUt you have neglected the Goddess and Nature. I don't think we will ever agree on truth, but lets not sling accusations at each other.

Charles Darwin's theory of evolution is taught in public schools and is more widely accepted than that of the BIble. And it always will be because it makes more sense. you can be a christian and still believe in evolution. Why not concentrate your energies elsewhere?

Answer 4

Based on your comments, your entire argument against evolutionary science seems to be that you simply don't like it. You would rather believe that you were created by a perfect being than believe that your ancestors were not human. These are understandable motivations, but not justifiable reasons to deny evidence.

Example:
Assume that you've been feeling sick recently, so you go to the doctor. He runs a few test and tells you that I have cancer. It's treatable, but you have to undergo chemotherapy.

You don't want to have cancer. You don't want to take chemotherapy. You don't want to lose all of your hair and feel nauseous all of the time. You would much rather just have a bad cold. You would feel much happier if you just had a cold.

Which do you choose: the answer that makes you feel better or the answer that's substantiated by evidence? Obviously, the smart money is on accepting the fact that you have cancer, undergoing treatment, and getting on with the rest of your life.

Denying all of the evidence that substantiates the existence of evolution just because it makes you feel uncomfortable is foolish. You may have other reasons for questioning, but this particular reason is not valid. You may seriously want to reconsider your opinion.

Answer 5

Is evolving from a monkey really that much worse that being horribly, horribly inbred? Besides, how many times does it have to be said that it's no that humans evolved from monkeys, it's that humans and monkey evolved from a common ancestor. And guess what, I don't need an excuse not to believe in god. I don't really know where we came form and I STILL don't believe in god. Belief in god requires an excuse, not disbelief. That excuse is called faith. The ultimate excuse. I don't even know why I bother answering this really. You have no question and are just going to pick whomever agrees with your dogma the most, instead of even considering an answer's merit.

Answer 6

Humans did not evolve from monkeys--monkeys, chimps, humans, and other primates evolved from common primate ancestors. Please learn the difference. Also, please look up some REAL science and evolution websites and study evolutionary theory before you go spouting off nonsense that your preacher taught you. You clearly do not know what you are talking about.

The story of Adam and Eve, just like every other creation story in the world, is MYTH. It is a just-so tale made up by primitive goat herders who understood very little about the natural world and wanted a way to explain how people got here and where they came from. It has elements borrowed from Sumerian and Babylonian myths and is very similar to the much older Enuma Elish creation tale. To people living thousands of years ago, with no concept of the modern scientific method or archeological discoveries, it made sense; to those of us living now, it should be understood for what it is--a myth. The fact that you do not understand it as such shows me that you are wallowing in the same ignorance of 6000+ years ago, and there is no excuse for it. Please educate yourself--it is not too late.

Answer 7

Yes, I believe in God and no, I don't believe we evolved from monkeys. The monkeys to men theory is laughable in my opinion, and not only does it contradict the Bible, it contradicts science. There are many, many scientists out there who believe in creation and can see that Darwinism is a theory in collapse.

I'm totally against the way atheists and the radical left want Darwinism to be the only theory taught in school when it is so fraught with problems and controversy. Most Americans think that both Darwinism and Creationism should be taught so kids can make up their own mind. If Darwinism was such a sound theory, why are evolutionists so afraid of opening it up to discussion? One of the main principles of good science is the freedom of academic inquiry. Evolutionists don't believe in freedom of academic inquiry. They're ideologues who want to impose a kind of academic facism on us where we're not allowed to disagree with their particular interpretation.

If you want to read what scientists who are not fooled by the evolution hoax are saying check out http://www.icr.org http://www.trueorigin.org and http://evolutiondocumentary.com Evolution documentary is not perfect, but it's a good overview of the flaws in the theory of evolution and it's a nice presentation.

Answer 8

It doesn't matter what you want to believe.

On a subatomic level, humans are no different than everything else in the universe. Everything is made of the same "stuff."

And on that level, you are the same as dirt.

The universe and life (which is the same thing) have always existed in some form and were not created by anyone or anything.

Humans are not only related to monkeys, they are related to vegetables, reptiles, minerals, liquids and everything else in the universe. Whether you like it or not is irrelevant.

Answer 9

I am insulted, but not surprised, by your lack of open-mindedness. You "really" want to know what non-Christians, specifically atheists, believe, and yet YOU START FROM THE ASSUMPTION THAT WE ARE COMPLETELY WRONG. You claim to be a Christian and believe what is written in the Bible (one of my favorite works of fiction, by the way) because it is "the truth" (whatever that means), but I assure you that, had you been raised by a Muslim family, you would just as surely believe in what was written in the Koran, renouncing those who accepted the Bible as the final testament of God's will as infidels. You were taught to believe in God at too early an age for you to be able to tell the difference between truth and fiction, and you believed in God in the same way, and indeed for the same reasons, that you believed in Santa Claus. And because you were, in the most literal sense of the word, brainwashed, by your parents (who were brainwashed by theirs), and by society itself, you are now COMPLETELY INCAPABLE of even considering somebody else's opinions as being possibly true. Bertrand Russell wrote:

“If I were to suggest that between the Earth and Mars there is a china teapot revolving about the sun in an elliptical orbit, nobody would be able to disprove my assertion provided I were careful to add that the teapot is too small to be revealed even by our most powerful telescopes. But if I were to go on to say that, since my assertion cannot be disproved, it is intolerable presumption on the part of human reason to doubt it, I should rightly be thought to be talking nonsense. If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.”

I can only hope that you are not past saving, and that you can be convinced to open your mind, and at least learn something about other views on the creation of both the universe and of man. What I personally believe is not particularly relevant, though I must say three things - 1) Darwin never said that humans were descended from monkeys; 2) Evolution is not some strange or complex concept - it is going on all around us and even during your lifetime, several species have evolved into two or three or more distinct species (try picking up an old National Geographic sometime); 3) Why should we be proud to have Adam as an ancestor? He was CREATED by God, he had obvious proof that he existed and was almighty, and he STILL ate the apple! It didn't even take a witty serpent to convince him to disobey God - just his wife (Eve, by the way, was Adam's second wife, but despite your devotion to your religion, you probably know less about it than I do, since I've read the whole Bible and most of the Apocrypha). In conclusion, I pity you, but I hope that reading this (and, if you have the time, "The Blind Watchmaker" by Richard Dawkins, which should clear some things up) will help you come to your senses. I don't care if you remain a Christian, just so long as you know something other than what you have been trained to believe practically from birth. I have nothing against Christianity – I do not believe it to be true, but I have no problems with people who think it is. But I really hate to see someone who is so sure of their religion, but does not know anything about evolution, or, I suspect, any other “non-Christian” ideas or theories. I really hope that reading this (if you actually bother to read the whole thing) will open your mind to ideas outside of Christianity, even if your beliefs do not change.

Answer 10

Nonbelievers don't I guess. I believe in evolution - it's logical and proven. THis is what gives you the possibility to chose. Believing in faith is pretty fatalistic the way I see it.

If we can put it this way; God said he created the world in 6 days (rested on the 7.) and 1 day is 1 billion years - evolution is there.

Answer 11

I believe in God. Evolution is just stupid, and makes no sense. I don't believe I came from a monkey. I think it's insulting to be told that I "evolved" from a monkey. If monkeys "evolved" then, why aren't they still evolving today?