Why do many (not all) Evolutionists believe that God does not exist?

Question

Many religious do not believe in anything that contradicts their faith. However, nothing about Evolution demands that GOD does not exist.

Do you agree?

Answer 1

Well evolution is a causal theory based on a beginning point "where life began" and a ongoing process "evolution" which attempts to explain how different forms of life on the planet were able to come into existence based on genetic variation and varying environmental factors. I would argue (correctly) that a causal argument must have a starting point."we don't get something out of nothing." We cannot get life from no life, this suggests that life must either have existed always "which flys in the face of the law of conservation of mass" Or the other option is that it was created at some point. a little more logical, given the causal nature of the universe.
Given the the structural intelligence of DNA and its relative dynamic relationship to the primary laws that govern the universe. IE strong force/weak force. One can reasonably conclude that it just didn't will its self into being. Creation denotes a creator. It would demand it. Cause and effect.

Answer 2

I agree. Evolution and "God" can both be true -- but not if you pare down "God" to the biblical idea of a deity.

"In many cultures it is customary to answer that God created the universe out of nothing. But this is mere temporizing. If we wish courageously to pursue the question, we must, of course ask next where God comes from? And if we decide this to be unanswerable, why not save a step and conclude that the universe has always existed?"

"The idea that God is an oversized white male with a flowing beard who sits in the sky and tallies the fall of every sparrow is ludicrous. But if by God one means the set of physical laws that govern the universe, then clearly there is such a God. This God is emotionally unsatisfying... it does not make much sense to pray to the law of gravity."

- Carl Sagan

Answer 3

EVOLUTION

The introduction to Genesis and to the whole Bible ascribes everything to the living God, creating, making, acting, moving, and speaking. There is no room for evolution without a flat denial of Divine revelation. One must be true the other false. All of God’s works are good, great, wondrous, and perfect.

Man starts from nothing. He begins in helplessness, ignorance, and inexperience. All his works, therefore, proceed on the principle of evolution. This principle is only seen in human affairs: from the hut to the palace; from the canoe to the ocean liner; from the spade to the plowshare to machines. But the birds build their nests today as at the beginning. There is growth and development within man, but no passing, change, or evolution out from one into another.

For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be evident stages of evolution today. You would be able to find species in many stages of evolution in nature right now. For this theory or fallacy of evolution to be true there would be no God. And that’s exactly what evolutionists believe and are trying prove. The evolutionist bases his or her conclusions on human assumptions and reasoning, instead of on the documentary evidence of the manuscripts.

Answer 4

There is a point in all evolutionary theories where everything must have begun, empirically HAS to have had a Beginning. Since there is no 'scientific' or understandable explanation as to how Everything could have arisen from Nothing, some evolutionists hit a wall, where all their theories crap out. The miracle of God is, at that time, staring them right in the face, and yet, they refuse to see It.

Answer 5

Somebody once said (not me, somebody famous) "Creation tells me who created the earth and all that is, evolution tells me how". You're right. Nothing about evolution is necessarily logically inconsistent with God. Evolutionists by and large seem to be guilty of the same error they accuse the religionists "my theory is absolutely right, yours is absolutely wrong and mine absolutely precludes yours". If they'd all take a moment to tone down their rhetoric, they just might find they're not as far apart as what they seem to want/need to believe.

Answer 6

Of course, there's nothing about evolution or anything else that suggests god did play a part either.

Answer 7

True, but evolution implies that life arose from random circumstances rather than from a divine design. Once you attribute everything of significance to chaos, the idea of a God whose providence oversees everything becomes superfluous.

Answer 8

God is real. The whole evolution theory is a joke. Why would evolution give us intelligence and not other animals.

Answer 9

Because evolution shows that God is not a required ingredient in the recipe of life. (it does not however demand that He not exist).

Answer 10

May-be because they're scientists and need proof before proclaiming something true. evolution has been proved beyond any doubt. don't let the word theory through you. We still talk of Einstein's theory of relativity even though it's proved to be fact.
Tammi Dee