So if fundies don't believe in evolution, what other scientific theories do you guys deny?

Question

ice ages, plate techtonics, gravity, entropy, conservation of matter/energy, subatomic particles, black holes, ???, etc. ?

Mitch is right. Since we don't have a complete theory of physics, let's just scrap it and start over. So God makes stuff fall down. Is that far enough back?

Answer 1

Gravity, it's god holding us down.

Answer 2

Not all Christian fundamentalists don't believe in evolution. (example: me). My spiritual position: The Bible is the inerrant word of God.

I believe that macroevolution, with complex, sophisticated, reasoning humans developing through time from single-celled or less organisms, seems pretty much impossible. However, science supports microevolution. That can be and has been tested and proved multiple times.

I do believe the Bible is true, but it also leaves many things out. Galileo said that the science teaches how the heavens go; the Bible how to get to Heaven. The purpose of many of the Biblical stories were to guide lifestyle, actions, thought, etc. in a way that would best provide for the people and keep things moving smoothly. The Bible does not tell us the specifics of how God created us or how He created the moon (He could have used cheese in the beginning, for all we know :) ).

Evolution is possible, as are many other scientific theories. There is a point where science stops and you just have to have faith, of course, because we are mere humans and can't comprehend or figure out how everything works. I have not personally studied outer space, so I have to leave unanswered the examples you list in your question. I can, however, speak from a fundamentalist point of view. I concede that not all Christians live the way they should or say they do, and many are uneducated, but then many others are, too.

Intelligent design does not deny evolution or any other scientific theory. It puts things in motion. I think that God's speaking is a big bang in itself, capable of setting crazy things into motion, ie life and creation and energy and those subatomic particles you mentioned like neutrons, protons, and electrons.

My final comment is that it is very hard to prove something either true or false if it happened millions of years ago, or even just thousands of years ago. Neither you nor I watched matter begin to form, so I can't tell you that I saw it happen, so you should believe me. You cannot prove God doesn't exist just because you can't see Him or because not everything makes sense to you. You need specific proof saying something happened in order to prove something else did not happen. (I'm probably explaining this point poorly, but an example of it is in The Case for Christ).

Microevolution is evident when you see that Africans have a different skin pigment to cope with the amount of sun they receive. Bacteria evolve and adapt to antibiotics so one medicine is no longer effective. This has been true of many AIDS experimental drugs. Some wonder drugs were discovered and made drastic changes in the bodies of those who tried them for AIDS. But after some time, the virus adapted and overcame the medicines. Also, when the Europeans came to the New World, they brought diseases the natives had never been exposed to, diseases that had run their course in Europe and they were now immune to.

Please don’t think Christian fundamentalists are ignorant of science and the other things that make this world go around. I love to learn. I’m interested in who you are, where you come from, and what makes you you. If I could, I would stay in college for thirty years and just keep learning and exploring. There's always possibility.

Respectfully,
Stefanie

Answer 3

the evolution in humans has never actually been proven. ice ages, plate techtonics, gravity, entropy, conservation of matter/energy, subatomic particles, black holes have been prove. i don't belive in evolution of humans. when animals evolve, the previous ones die out. scientists think we evolved from apes so why havnt they died out? there is much more evidence against the evolution of humans.

Answer 4

Not all Christians discredit evolution. Creationism and Evolution aren't mutually exclusive subjects. I have a choice between believing that science either originated from some big bang that happened million upon millions of years ago, or I can believe that God created a world where Science exists. I believe the latter, because I happen to think that The (possible) existance of God does not rule out science or evolution and vica versa.

Answer 5

You just answered your question with your question. What are THEORIES? Someone SUSPECTING something actually happened. If they were FACTS, they would be easier to believe. It's much easier to believe God created man 6000 years ago than to believe we evolved from a piece of slime that came from who knows where billions of years ago. There are NO fossils that show any sign of evolution. I deny a WHOLE BUNCH of other theories, not just scientific. Don't get me wrong, science is a wonderful thing. But when year after year you can't prove your theory, it's time to start over.

Answer 6

your babies cute, but your question is ridiculous.
Christians dont DENY evolution, we have just disproved some aspects of it, and done so scientifically as well. Get your facts straight before you talk from your butt, trying to sound like your some kind of evolution specialist. forgive me, but i cant stand cheap attempts at blanket statements, in a question and answer forum.

you might also want to read "Darwins Black Box."
and theres quite a few others when you get done w/ that one.

Answer 7

The big bang, the expansion of the universe, pre-disposition as a cause of sexual preference, the fossil record, carbon dating, geology, archaeology.

Answer 8

Gotta buy into physics with all that bible thumping.