who believes in evolution?

Answer 1

The smart people.

Answer 2

The shorter list would be who does not, and even among Christians I think that is true. Possibly even among those who ridicule it with jokes about a monkey's uncle. See, I believe in human intelligence, and when a fundamentalist says they do not believe in evolution, I figure "OK, you have to say that because of your religion, but in the privacy of your own brain, I think you know." We see too much evidence of evolution to resist. Not just the fossil record, but just the genetic differences between parent and child over a single generation.

You know that some animals live long enough to breed and some don't. You know that the reasons why some do and some don't are largely how well fitted they are for their environment. Those that are immune to a certain disease, those that run away from predators faster, those whose coloring blends into the surroundings more effectively, live long enough to breed, and pass those characteristics on to their offspring.

The other thing that moves evolution is mate selection. The strong and healthy breed with the strong and healthy. Those that have survived because they blended in with the surroundings are likely to choose mates of a similar color, thus having babies that also blend in with their surroundings. The strong alpha male beats the other males and the nicest female is his prize; or a whole harem of females in some species. It's not hard to see what impact these things have on the next generation. You don't need much imagination to project these same effects over a longer period of time. Darwin learned by observing contemporary animals and plants; his work was not primarily with fossil records.

Why any of this should be contrary to anyone's religion, I do not understand.

Answer 3

Evolution is without any scientific doubt the process through which life on this planet propagates itself and adapts itself to the changing environment.
I am not a believer, but I find it hard to understand that believers cannot accept that the God they believe in may well have used evolution as His instrument.
Only if you accept the Bible as 100% literal truth it will be difficult to give evolution a place in your world view. After all, you then also have to believe that the age of the world at 6000 years, give or take a few.

Answer 4

this is a tough question. I grew up with Christian (creation) views. Now I'm not sure how I feel on religion and all that. the best answer I can give is that I still believe in creation but I believe in evolution too. I think the world and its inhabitants were created by a higher power but evolution took over from there.

Answer 5

Can you really believe something different? Have you ever tried to use your own brain? Try to think to it, evaluating facts and not just beliefs. Like the guy who said "...Charles Darwin, on his death bed, denounced his own theory of evolution as ridiculous, but they don't teach THAT in schools...": was he there? Did he hear Darwin saying that? Does he know or did he meet someone who did? Or has a reliable source for that? THIS is so ridiculous that cannot even be included in the "urban legends" category.

Answer 6

The evolution of the flu virus can be followed from year to year, just like viruses and bacteria that acquire resistance against therapy. The evolution of dog breeds can be followed through history, just like the evolution of many wild species that have adapted to the man-made environment, such as the English moths that turned black to acquire camouflage on trees painted black by pollution.

Fossils show obvious signs of evolving species - what else would you suggest? Did God create hundreds of new species every million years?

Answer 7

Well, technically, anyone who gets a flu shot believes in evolution. If evolution did not work, we would not need a flu shot because the flu would not keep mutating and, dare I say it, evolving into different strains that make our previous shots obsolete.

Answer 8

Charles Darwin, on his death bed, denounced his own theory of evolution as ridiculous, but they don't teach THAT in schools. But then again, what was once a great Democratic Party evolved into an anit-God, anti-family, anti-moral cesspool.

Answer 9

Absolutely believe. No evolution => No progression :-)

Answer 10

I do believe in God, but there is a little truth in the evolution theory too. Reptiles and birds do look alike, some animals look like birds...our skin seems to be like a skin of reptile...maybe God wanted us - people and animals - to evoluate and be not so different...

Answer 11

im not sure. i believe that our bodies adapt to our environment. i watched this programme once about humans an it said that our hands an feet r becoming more webbed as each generation goes on 4 us to be able 2 survive future floods that will occur.