Why do Christian creationists pretend that evolutionists say we are descended from monkeys?

Question

...when neither Darwin nor anybody else ever said that, as far as I know?

I should have said SOME creationists; but I hear it a lot eg. on this site. Can anyone really give a source for evolutionists saying it?

Answer 1

No, we scientists say that humans are a species of ape. The apes and monkeys alive today evolved from common ancestors, as did all the mammals, and in fact all life on earth. Humans and chimps and bonobos probably diverged from a common ancestor 5-5.5 million years ago. Bonobos, chimps and we share more than 95-98% of our genes. We have 23 pairs of chromosomes while all the other apes have 24 pairs (even though the genes on them are mostly identical).

To put it in perspective, all mammals, our more distant relatives, have the same sized genome - 3 billion nucleotides long. We share an average of 85% of our genes with mice. If anyone needed clear evidence that we are all related to each other at the species level, this is it.

Answer 2

Where do you get your information. I have seen books that taught that we are decendants of monkeys or have similar ancestors as monkeys what is the difference.

You claim that creationism has no proof, where is the proof for evolution, I hope it is not the speculation being taught. So what there are similar dna strands, or bone structures. example, the camry and the lexus did not come from another car, however they have similar parts, this clearly states they had the same designer. Just like peole and animals we have the same designer, thus the similarities in structures and dna.

Think on these things

Answer 3

incorrect. you're ignoring many different possibilities, the main glaring that must be that factor itself in user-friendly terms exists right here, interior of this actual universe. And that it has no meaning "earlier" to this universe, so your claims approximately beginnings, creators, etc. are all meaningless. i'm no longer asserting that's the case. yet i'm asserting that considering the fact which you have disregarded the main glaring of limitless decision reasons you ought to take a seat down and do a sprint e book-learnin' formerly making such an errors back. once you ask a question you are not getting to define the only available solutions, the two. Are you a fisherman or a criminal expert?

Answer 4

You're telling me that Darwin (and his contemporary nidgits) do not say that Apes are the forefathers of human kind?

Last I heard (unless the rules changed) evolution suggests that Monkeys are our closest living relatives. i.e, making mankind essentially come from monkeys.

When have the rules changed? What? We come from Ostriches now? You would rather die than to acknowledge a superior being known as God, whose technology is beyond mankind's comprehension. Thats the whole enchilada.

Answer 5

Well your knowledge must be limited as evolutionists preach all the time that you come from monkeys! Strange really as how come monkeys give birth to monkeys and humans give birth to humans?
Personally I was made in the image of the living God.

Answer 6

Because it's easier and more acceptable to lie about us than to accept that Creationism might be wrong. You are correct about
Darwin, who never said humans descended from monkeys. But xtian fundies have to have a devil to hate, and if they can't find one, they'll invent one or demonize someone else.

Answer 7

They are not open minded enough to learn about their subject before they attack it. Maybe they are afraid they would change their minds if they learned more about it. I think they get it confused that we all evolved from the same protazoan ancestor and monkeys and humans share a common ancestor, but are not direct descendents.

Answer 8

Because Christianity is based on lies.

If Christians didn't lie, they would have no basis for their delusions.

Same reason they also lie about Einstein and his atheism:

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AmN_po6mvzjEhabcEVBSlIPsy6IX?qid=20060611144516AAdKeqJ

Answer 9

because the creationists are a bit dense..

Answer 10

...um the theory of evolution of the human being traces our bloodline from apes and monkies.