Why do christians have a problem with Evolution?

Question

I'm wondering why this is. I hear again and again that it "just a theory" please think a little deeper than that Theory is defined as: A set of statements or principles devised to explain a group of facts or phenomena, especially one that has been repeatedly tested or is widely accepted and can be used to make predictions about natural phenomena.
Today there is no real doubt by the scientific community about Evolution, yet the majority of American still can not accept it. Is this due to lack of education, or is the theory just too hard for most to grasp?

Answer 1

Fundamentalist xians have a problem with evolution because it directly contradicts the bible's creation myth. If biblical creation is wrong, then what else in the bible might be false?

Answer 2

I do not now, nor will I ever accept evolution. Evolution is a lie and a myth perpetrated on the world.

As I look at the complexities of life that exists on this earth, and the fact the earth is located at just the right distance and orbit and tilt from the sun to sustain life, I can not be convinced evolution is the explanation for all of this. There is no way that happened from a "big bang" or a bunch of amino acids which suddenly come together to form the first organism billions of years ago.

To believe evolution, and not God almighty is what brought this earth and all that has lived on earth, and now does live on this earth in to being is a far greater leap of faith.

Besides the biggest difference between evolution and creationism is that evolution is a theory, while creationism is a fact.

I will not judge you if you want to believe you evolved from a monkey type creature over millions of years, rather being created in the image and likeness of God.

In return, I want you and all other evolutionists to stop judging me and other Christians because we refuse to accept this very widely taught lie. Just because we believe God created the heaven and earth and all that is in it, does not mean we are a bunch of uneducated idiots that have no brains..

Answer 3

Well, why do evolutions assume christians don't believe in evolution when you've never asked??? I'm christian, I believe in evolution, most of us do. The ape to man "theory" is simply a "theory", because there is no fact to prove it, hence the word, "theory", a set of statements or principles without any scientific proof.

The first humans were black, which is backed up midocondrial dna, as we moved to the colder regions, our hair, skin & eyes lightened as we didn't need so much pigmentation to protect us from the sun. That's evolution, and its fact.

There are dinosaur bones of creatures who roamed this earth, these are real bones of creatures who couldn't survive here, meteor showers, ice-age, whatever reason, these bones are factual, in that they are real, they exist, and because they could not evolve enough for their species to survive, they died out, went extinct. Other creatures survived, evolved in order to continue their evolution, you may have heard of them, crocodilians, they've evolved through thousands of years. That's fact.

Theory is "devised", "made-up" to try to explain something which has no scientific evidence to back it up. Much like the "big bang theory", no evidence whatsoever, yet some evolutionists will pretend it's factual, that there is actually some evidence that a big bang from nothing made everything. This is not only magical thinking, but has much less logic or rationality than any creation story. I think you've already had an answer from one of them, claiming to have some scientific proof of the magical big bang. No scientist has that proof, hence the word, theory, so this person is obviously one who has deluded himself into confusing theory and fact and doesn't have any understanding of the difference between the two.

Answer 4

1. I've answered in some other questions, that comets, meteor,asteroids ect are only the materials God(Jesus Christ) used to put together our universe. But just becuase scientist have found the material and possibly know the method, does not give them the green light to discount God.Is it possible God used a bang to start things? Yes its possible. Is it possible God used Evolution to turn dinosuars into birds? Yes it's possible. But still the credit should go to the creator of the material, method, and masterpiece. and the creator is God.

2. Yes it's a theory. Scientist can go to all the fancy smancy schools they want to; they shouldnt be presenting theories as facts; becuase their not facts right now. The only fact right now is God. Until we get light speed space ships that take us anywhere we want, scientist are making bold face lies about things they really dont know. Their theorie, hypothisis, educated guesses by no streatch of the imagination should be taken as fact.

3. No non acceptance is not due to lack of education. People still know in their hear of hearts just what I said in number 2. That while the scientist might of went to princton, yale,Duke,aunamaunapie or what ever; people still know that what scientist are saying is not fact. Just guess and speculation

4. It's not that we have a super big problem with evolution. The problem again is scientist are trying to assert that along with the big bang bull-tihs that that is the primary reason for our exitance. And that is not true,praise belongs to the creator; not the method or materials

5.Ask yourself this: Have you ever seen a table that just blew together by itslef?Or did someone make that table. Have you ever seen or hear of a chair that built itself. Or did someone have to make that chair? Now does it make sense to you that the "Big bang" sparked and ignited its self or would there have to be a being that created the universe?

Answer 5

I'd guess because some are to close minded to even consider that they both may be true. There is no dought in my mind that things evolve and change. But at the rate of evolution it would have taken longer for us to become what we are now. My guess (which is what everything is) is that a higher being had to have a hand in us being here in the time frame we are. How would you explain DNA altering and space flight to people 5000 years ago? It would be esier to say that we were created from the earth. Just my opinion, don't hate me for that. Good luck in your searching.

Answer 6

Personally, I am of the Christian faith, and I don't have a problem with evolution per se. I believe that there were things that were created, but I also believe that there has been some evolution from what was originally created. There has to have been. Humans as they are today are not the same as they were a thousand years ago. Our brains have evolved, our bodies, etc. I believe it is the same for animals and plants and all living things.

Answer 7

Can't speak on behalf of all creationists, but I suspect ego plays a large part of it. To accept evolution is to knock humanity off the top of the ladder -- humans would no longer be the favored of all their god's creations, special and unique by virtue of their having an immortal soul; but just another animal in the continuum of life on Earth. It also forces them to confront the possibilities that (A) they may not have a life after this one, and (B) that someday some other species may supplant them as the best that this world has to offer.

Answer 8

There is HUGE real doubt in the scientific community about Evolution. I mean, come on, most of America believed in evolution in the last decade or so, and then, without violence, along come these people, asking questions and whatnot, and now creation/ID will be taught in schools soon, more and more. How can they succeed at this if most people disagree with them originally, and they aren't using violence? Because they have some GOOD revealing books out there that just... let's just say that the more I learn about physics, biology, astronomy, etc. from a SECULAR university.... the more and more evolution truly honestly just does not (plain and simple) make any sense to me! It's silly, really. I mean, Convergent Evolution is what cinched it for me; first I have to believe that somehow, a self-producing molecule randomly got fitted together (I've seen odds on that mathematically, it worse than the odds of all air molecules in a room randomly flying up to the top half of the room for half a second (which is possible) but physicists don't think that will EVER happen, anywhere in the whole universe, ever...), then that that molecule reproduced enough to survive as a species, then that random mutations (which by the way, only either copy, switch around, delete or transfer ALREADY EXISTING DNA) caused it to turn into humans and whatnot.... even though Natural Selection is better evidence for Creation than Evolution (check out "Refuting Evolution" by Sarfati if you don't believe me, I dare you), and all this happened. 9th grade they tell us; "You should believe in Evolution, all these homologous characteristics (similar features) OBVIOUSLY point that they evolved from each other". But now I've gotten to college, and they tell me, "Well, see molecular genetics (which IDers say is disproving evolution) says that these homologous characteristics aren't ACTUALLY proof of evolution, see, they are ANALOGOUS structures... like bird and bat wings; no same evolutionary tree, just evolved similarly on different evolutionary branches. This is Convergent Evolution. So, now, instead of having to believe that some random mutation on the molecular level just happened to create DNA that will luckily be translated on the bodily level into a four-chambered heart (oh, the mathematical odds of that!!), now my professors are telling me to believe that this ridiculously improbably event happened TWICE!!! On two seperate evolutionary tree branches, a four chambered heart evolved from a three chambered heart!!! RIGHT. And that is just one of THOUSANDS of examples of "Convergent Evolution" that they need now because of molecular biology. It doesn't even make sense how this is possible!!!

It's silly, it makes no sense when you delve into it, it won't last much longer, I can almost guarantee you. It will just be another discarded scientific theory that people will laugh at in the future, like a flat earth. :)

The problem Christians have with it is that these ridiculous UNTRUE ideas (Natural Selection is a fact by the way, and if you will read any creationist/ID books, you will find they ALL agree with me) have a very real effect on how we live. If we are just animals, then the Christian idea of sanctity of human life becomes nothing important, and humans are just animals, and that effects how you treat humans. You might look into the effects of Darwin on Hitler sometime. Or even just look up the ORIGINAL title of Darwin's "Origin of Species", it's very revealing.... 'favored races' my ***. Anyway, I just said ***, and not in regards to a donkey, that means I'm getting annoyed. :) I think I'm done in any event.

Christians have a problem with it because 1) It's unsupported and seeming sillier and sillier the more research is done, and 2) the fossil record is still missing and 3) the theory believed as truth has effects on our lives. So, make sense?

Good luck in life, research this stuff, hear both sides, seek out both sides. It's cool stuff.

Answer 9

By your definition, it is not even a theory. It was put forth before any sort of evidence was found. There are no indisputable facts to support it. It has not been repeatedly tested.
It is doubted by academia in that no one of any stature still defends Darwinian, molecules to man, evolution. It has been quietly abandoned. It is, and was, a hoax. There is not one shred of indisputable evidence to support it. In fact, in 2004, the most preeminent atheist, Antony Flew, renounced evolution as impossible. I give you this quote:

"My one and only piece of relevant evidence [for an Aristotelian God] is the apparent impossibility of providing a naturalistic theory of the origin from DNA of the first reproducing species ... [In fact] the only reason which I have for beginning to think of believing in a First Cause god is the impossibility of providing a naturalistic account of the origin of the first reproducing organisms." (private interview with Antony Flew, Dec 2004)

Maybe the majority of Americans know a ruse and a hoax when they see it.

Answer 10

Mainly because most religious people suffer from mental illness which is beyond their control.

Scientists may well discover that people who are predisposed to the “religious or spiritual” gene are probably more likely to also be predisposed to the “warrior” gene, which would ultimately cause these people to have religious conflicts like crusades and wars. It is already a well known fact that religion is responsible for the majority of wars, conflict and murder of innocent life since humanity began.

Religious people do not understand the question “why” and so God, Religion, the Bible, or whatever, takes over and controls their mind. The trouble with this solution, unlike science, is that anything can be twisted into whatever you wish to believe and therefore is always right. Sadly to say, that’s irrational thought.

It’s also a well known fact that intellectually handicapped people are often quoted as being the happiest people in the world. They are so blissfully unaware of the true world around them, and see and believe reality to be quite different in their mental worlds.

I think religious people are blessed with a similar “handicapped” gift which would explain why they see and believe in the imaginary world of religion, God and the Bible. I think religious people are also blissfully unaware of reality in their mentally handicapped world. This could help, explain their irrational behaviour.

Answer 11

I think you give too much credit to creationists. Even among Christians, the majority accept evolution. Among the general population, >70% accept evolution.