Is the real reason that creationists cannot accept evolution.....?

Question

.......they fear admitting that we are not all devinely created perfection created in the image of some kind of god. That maybe our orgins are not quite so glamourous as they would like to think, that maybe we are not as important in this universe as they would like to think.

Does the fact that we shared a common ancestor with other primates dent their pride ?

Are they so full of themselves that they really believe we were devinely created ?

Is it letting go of this notion the real issue that creationists have ?

Answer 1

If the Bible is literally true then notions of evolution have no place in any Christian's mind.
If the Bible is not literally true, then which parts of it should be take at face-value, and which parts should we look for an interpretation of?
If what Genesis says about the Creation is just a story, then perhaps what the Gospel of Luke says about the Ressurection is just a story too.
At the end of the day every single one of us has to decide whether to believe what we are told because we are told it, or if we are only going to believe what can be shown to be true.

Answer 2

Would you feel more superior if I said yes?

yes...

okay. feel better now?


But when was the last time you actually sat and thought about the evolutionary process of the ape or the fish? Shouldn't we have begun to turn into something else by now especially since the world water levels are rising rapidly due to the ice caps melting and the climate changing like it is? How has evolution just stopped? How did it know to do that?

Or was the cover of Star magazine I saw on line at the grocery store the other day, that stated how a little boy from Kentucky was born with Gills and webbed feet true?

Wow... All these years I thought aqua man was just a cartoon!

Evolution... it's all the rage I guess? People are changing all the time... but unfortunately it's all in brain. They are just getting dumber, even with knowledge, still dumber. amazing process isin't it?

I just find it not so much "glamorous." to believe in God as you said, but more responsible to attribute the evolutionary process to a force greater than we quite obviously have the ability to understand or even abide by. Even if it is not some man on a cloud with a finger pointed downward judging and forgiving and blah blah blah... Maybe God is just that... An electromagnetic force with an intelligence that enables scientific principal and keeps the primordial soup alive and well stirred?

Why is that impossible? Why is YOUR way the only possibility and (according to you) better?

The want and desire to be right, to be the smartest and know the most and convert everyone else to it... because you decided to believe it. Is quite the God complex. No better than the religious.

Maybe you just want His job? Im tellin!

Answer 3

Well, actually its more derived from the literalist culture of America.

Having talked with several ex-YECs before, the problem always seems to be the environment they're in. Any deviation from biblical literalism is taken by others as a sign of lack of faith. People then are pressured to accept YEC on societal grounds.

It makes conversion to TE or anything else incredibly difficult. It also makes materials needed for understanding Evolution incredibly difficult to find, as the leaders of Fundamentalist communities take a "silence all opposition" policy on anything they are against.

Most of the high school Science Teachers try to avoid discussion on Evolution and those that do inevitably wind up having to have some sort of battle with administration to show that the curriculum requires it (as the parents want none of it taught to their children).

Answer 4

First off, I think most Christians with any brains have to accept that evolution is part of this world. There's a difference between denying evolution and denying that we evolved from apes.
As far as the missing link path goes, the last I heard there were still some serious gaps in the evolutionary path suggested to exist between ape and man. There is no irrefutable proof for evolution.
If we believe that God created us, perhaps it has nothing to do with ego. Perhaps we simply believe in God. if we believe in God, and we believe the Bible, then we believe He created us. it really can be nothing more than that.

Answer 5

*drink* i do no longer comprehend how God did it, yet i've got confidence God created each and every thing -- apes, human beings, canine and lovable little kittens. it is my *concept* which i do no longer would desire to teach, justify, or guard. in case you do no longer like it, too undesirable. I purely would desire to ask your self, are you so packed with your self that the only way you are able to sense extra advantageous is to bash yet somebody else's ideals? Does the undeniable fact that Christians giving God the honour for the fullness of introduction dents your delight? Is letting bypass of your obsession with human beings no longer accepting Evolution the genuine subject evolutionists have? purely curious. Oh, and the genuine reason THIS creationist does not settle for a writer-much less evolution is as a results of fact I even have confidence in God. and that's all there is to it.

Answer 6

No. No creationist has any problem holding on to what they believe. The creation story has not changed since it was first recorded about 3500 years ago. The theory of evolution, the age of the earth, and the whole universe is continually changing. My guess is that the theory is still evolving-who knows, maybe one day it will be correct.

Answer 7

I am a Christian and I believe that God intended our creation. I also believe in evolution and think that perhaps that was the method He used to create us. When I look at primates I can't help but notice all of the similarities and am pretty amazed by them, they're awesome. As long as Christians believe that God was involved in the evolutionary process, it's quite alright. Scripture was not meant to tell us HOW God did things, it's meant to tell us about our relationship to God. As far as my own background goes for you Christians I've just iritated, I have degrees in theology and natural science and they can fit together just fine as long as you don't try to put God in box and leave your heart and mind open to the wisdom of the Holy Spirit.

Answer 8

Creationists reject evolution because it conflicts with Bible mythology. In their mind, if you allow anything in the Bible to be questioned, then you can't know where to stop and might as well throw the whole thing out.

They're actually right about that, but have chosen the emotional stance rather than the rational one, and try to justify it with flimsy evidence and fallacious arguments.

Answer 9

God created the complexity that is this universe, which includes evolution. The two can coexist, why don't more people realize that? If God had created us and there was no complexity in the creation, how boring would that be?

Answer 10

Pretty much, yes. Christians had a hard time letting go of the flat earth, the earth as the center of the solar system, etc.