because they think that it sounds far fetched and too coincidental, but have no problem in believing some magical force created the world in 6 days, inspired people to write the Bible, divinely impregnated a virgin to have his son who later died on the cross to apparently give salvation to those who believed in them.
Which one is really harder to believe?
2006-07-05 04:12:48 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You've hit the nail on the head.
The reason for the believe in some magic sky-pixie created universe? Ignorance. Plain and simple.
Since science does not provide simple, single-syllable answers, they therefore doubt it. But tell them that some imaginary leprechaun in the sky did it all and they lap it up and call it ice-cream.
I have nothing but pity for these people.
2006-07-05 04:21:47 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 9⤊ 4⤋
Those evolutionists are "Knowingly Ignorant". In other words, they choose to be dumb.
The fact of the matter is, Creation has a LOT more evidence to back it up. The flood has more evidence to back it up (Old shorelines on MOUNTAINS, fossiles on tops of MOUNTAINS) It is just all non-Christians choose to ignore it and claim it is not scientific.
Actually, any theory other than the Biblical account of Creation is false. The Big Bang, Stars Exploding, any of them. The only thing that has any scientific proof that backs it up is adaptation among species.
The most widely accepted evolution theory is the Big Bang, which supposedly started with a hydrogen atom and spurred all life from it. I would really like to know how from a single hydrogen atom you can get Uranium, a radioactive substance. Or for that matter, any of the other elements in the world. Simple fact is, there is nothing to back it up. Yet they still claim it is more scientific.
They have found mammoths frozen with food still in their mouths. Only a global, catastrophic event could freeze a mammoth so quickly, the food it was chewing stays in it's mouth!
If you go by physical evidence, the Creation account has more backup. Anyone who says otherwise ignores the truth about it.
But both take faith. What physical evidence we have of both sides is little (Although there is much more in favor of Creation). It is largely faith. Christianity and the Creation account are much more easy to believe. It is not just believing a story, as you have written down, but it is also a relationship. Once someone becomes a Christian, your eyes are opened and you KNOW. Non-Christians just do not know. No matter what they say, they will have no idea of what it is like to become and Christian and know the truth. It is really undescribeable.
2006-07-05 11:33:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
God could easily have begun all of creation with a Big Bang, if that's how He chose to begin it. That could have formed the basic universe as we know it. From there He could have taken many approaches to add life and populate any planet He saw fit, and in any way He saw fit. All we can do is speculate. Time wasn't always as we know it now. There was no such thing as a 24 hour period because an "hour" hadn't been formulated back then. 6 "days" could have actually have been 6 months or 6 years, or 6 decades. God's time ISN'T our time.
I believe in the virgin birth of Jesus Christ, and I believe He died for our sins. That is simply the way God chose to introduce his salvation to the world.
I have a lot more trouble believing that all this developed accidentally. Seasons change. Life comes, life goes, and new life comes. Everything is in a constant state of change, and everything continues to rotate, just as it has since God created it all. The intricacies of the human body alone are too detailed, and when you factor in the intricacies of the entire universe, it's all entirely too astounding to imagine it "just happening".
I had rather live my life as if there IS a God, and die and find out there isn't than to live my life as if there isn't a God only to die and find there IS.
2006-07-05 12:53:54 · answer #3 · answered by kj 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, scientist are pretty sure that the big bang and evolution did not occur. They are timidly looking into this idea of ID that Albert Einstein spoke of more than 50 years ago. Right now they don't have any other theory to replace evolution. So they would rather hold on to the wrong view in order to have a view. Creationist really don't like ID, but believe it is a step in the right direction.
2006-07-05 11:21:32 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hypothetical simple form of life - a simple two hundred part system (which must be in the correct order) could not come together by accident anywher in the entire universe in 300 billion years (ten times the maximum range that the universe has been in existence according to the theory). The odds against this happenting is a figure with more than three hundred and seventy zeros. That number is huge. The number of electrons in the universe has been calculated by "Big Bang" cosmologists at one followed by eighty zeros.
2006-07-05 11:16:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a Christian and have no trouble believing in evolution and possibly the big bang. God is more complex than we can comprehend and I think the 7 days is just symbolic of the billions of years it took until we showed up. It's evolution, but divinely guided evolution.
I also have no trouble believing in virgin birth, the salvation and resurrection of Christ -- and also believe the Holy Eucharist is the actual body of Christ, which many Protestants have trouble with.
2006-07-05 11:25:27 · answer #6 · answered by clvcpoet 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is the harder to believe. God's word has never been proven false, therefore I'd rather believe in that then in Evolution which as a theory has been altered/refined over time.
Check out http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/qa.asp
2006-07-05 11:21:26 · answer #7 · answered by bobm709 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Now, don't get me wrong, I don't believe in creation. But you have to admit the theory of the big bang doesn't make much more sense than creation. "In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded," isn't the most logical argument either.
2006-07-05 11:32:01 · answer #8 · answered by lcraesharbor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Goose! I personally am open to all things and do believe in God. Maybe He planned on evolution, maybe the Bible means nothing, nobody knows it's just faith.
2006-07-05 11:16:22 · answer #9 · answered by James P 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe in evolution and big bang because thats what Qur'an says about creation of universe.
2006-07-05 11:19:02 · answer #10 · answered by A K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's harder to believe that we are a cosmic accident and we are finite and no one loves us but us, because of the content of the belief, not the evidence. People believe what they want to, and they want to feel good.
2006-07-05 11:31:18 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋