Do all fundamentalist Christians deny virus evolution or just the uneducated ones?

Question

http://www.mcb.uct.ac.za/tutorial/virorig.html#Virus%20Evolution

or is this website the product of satan

Answer 1

I think all fundies have to deny any hint of anything that might have anything to do with any sort of evolution. I'm not sure, but I think they have to take an oath.
Thank you for at least hinting that not all Christians are uneducated.

Answer 2

This website is just the product of unbelieving scientists. Just because someone is "educated" does not mean they are right about every interpretation. Many scientists have accepted evolution without the proof because they have no belief in God, so they will believe something someone else said instead, especially if they have a PhD. PhD in science, not religion. What they have presented is not an accurate interpretation of what they are looking at. I also happen to be a scientist (I am a biochemist and this is my personal field) and I can easliy argue against this website. But that is too technical a discussion for here. Much of what they said is accurate but to say it is due to evolution is inaccurate.

The easiest way to explain this for here is that there is a basic model in creation for life. Other forms which seem more complicated are just forms which have more gene expression added to the main design. This is the beauty of good design. If you built a house, and then wanted more room, you would not tear down the house and build a bigger house. You would just add a room on to what you have. That is what God did as he made different species of life.

Not every scientist believes in evolution. There is more evidence against evolution, and there is nothing really in its favor, except opinion which is entrenched in people's thinking. The original "proof" for the theory of evolution was shown to be a set of hoaxes. But because many scientists did not believe in god, they just continued to keep their mindset about how to interpret or view data. The data might itself be valuable (they are different kinds viruses, which are prone to variation, due to unstable chemistry) but viewing everything in life as something that "evolved" has no foundation in reality.

Marianne, Biochemist, Molecular Biologist.

Answer 3

No, its not the product of satan, but then again you are getting your information from Cape Town, South Africa, who is to say that it is 100% accurate? I truly don't take anything from the internet for face value.

On the subject of evolution, even viruses. I am willing to listen to the argument that evolution is real and still happens.

Are you willing to listen to my hypothesis?

Here it is in a nut shell. Take the story of creation from the Bible. God created Adam and Eve as the story goes. Did he create a sperm and an egg, put them together, allow them to grow into a fetus and grow into humans? No, the story goes that he created Man and Woman, adults. So, if you apply how he created humans, being already mature beings, who is to say that he did not create an already mature world?

I also would say, maybe there is a middle ground. God did not create Chinese, Japanese, Korean, African, Russian, English and American people, he created Adam and Eve, from that line, the different races of man evolved into what they are. There is a place for evolution within creation. Look at the world around you, God did not create a static thing, he created a living, breathing world that is in constant change. I have no problem believing that God created everything, and many things still evolve from that creation today.

Answer 4

Viruses do NOT evolve as otherwise they would cease to be viruses and become a new species as claimed against all other species of life in the world. When viruses mutate, which to evolutionists is the driving force behind theirs beliefs, they remain viruses which is in total contradiction to evolutionary thought. In fact, viruses are not even considered to be living creatures but only carriers of genetic material. Chew on that one for a bit.

Thas is a question that scientists have been asking for many years. I'll
start by giving the general criteria used for describing a "living"
organism (Invitation to Life,: H. Curtis and N. Barnes, Worth Publishers,
1994)

1. They have the capacity to replicate themselves.
2. They have enzymes, and complex proteins essential for
the chemical reactions needed for life.
3. Have a memebrane that separates the cell from the environment and
gives it a distinct chemical identity.

Usually for an organism to be considered living it must be able to carry
out all the three criteria on its own.

With regards to viruses, they are unable to replicate themselves without
the aid of a host cell (the cell they invade). Out side of the cell they
are just inert particles. The only way in which they can replicate is to
invade a cell, take over its replication machinery, and use it to produce
more virus. In essence most viruses are just nucleic acid (RNA or DNA)
surrounded by protein.

Some viruses to have their own enzymes but the enzyme itself is not active
until the virus enters its host cell. Outside of the cell, they usually do
not have a metabolism of their own.

With this in mind, scientists do not consider viruses to be living. They
are thought of as inert particles and only function and replicate with the
aid of a host cell.

As far as life-span, since they are non-living, they don't have a life-span, as
do bacteria, mammalian or plant cells. However, if a virus has access to a
host that it can infect, theoretically it can keep replicating itself until
it no longer has a host (either by killing its host or decreasing the
numbers of hosts).

Answer 5

Do all fundamentalist atheists lack understanding and wisdom of the human genome? Human kind (concerning evolution theory)should evolve just as quick to counter any lethal virus... but they dont..., Hmmm..., Mister Ad Genius - spill your guts.

OH! By the way - that was, "genome" not gnome.
Gnome? I never met em... wukka-wukka-wukka.
NEXT!

Answer 6

You really do have mutation and evolution mixed up in your mind, don't you think? A virus, whether it mutates or not, remains a virus. It doesn't turn into something other than a virus.

Answer 7

I'm too tired to think much about this question.

Instead, I will tell you what I wil never deny. And, that is the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.

BTW.....I am educated. And, I do not approve of preaching hell fire and damnation. My God, is a loving God.

Take care! God bless!

Answer 8

It is less evolution and more unintentional breeding.The medical community will be the first to tell you the same thing.

Answer 9

You will fine your answer in the bible . But you must have an opened heart and mind, when you read it. I believe in The Father -Son (Jesus Christ) and the Holy spirit. and in what the Bible say about Them. So good luck . Thanks for the points

Answer 10

Omni mutanter nosetmu tamernilis.