lots of christans get upset by the evolution therory why?

Question

God created the world and all living creatures. evolution tries to understand and explain how. now what,s the problem here? i can,t understand what the basic arguement is about

Answer 1

U.S. Lags World in Grasp of Genetics and Acceptance of Evolution

Ker Than
LiveScience Staff Writer
LiveScience.comThu Aug 10, 5:45 PM ET

A comparison of peoples' views in 34 countries finds that the United States ranks near the bottom when it comes to public acceptance of evolution. Only Turkey ranked lower.

Among the factors contributing to America's low score are poor understanding of biology, especially genetics, the politicization of science and the literal interpretation of the Bible by a small but vocal group of American Christians, the researchers say.

“American Protestantism is more fundamentalist than anybody except perhaps the Islamic fundamentalist, which is why Turkey and we are so close,” said study co-author Jon Miller of Michigan State University.

The researchers combined data from public surveys on evolution collected from 32 European countries, the United States and Japan between 1985 and 2005. Adults in each country were asked whether they thought the statement “Human beings, as we know them, developed from earlier species of animals,” was true, false, or if they were unsure.

The study found that over the past 20 years:
The percentage of U.S. adults who accept evolution declined from 45 to 40 percent. The percentage overtly rejecting evolution declined from 48 to 39 percent, however. And the percentage of adults who were unsure increased, from 7 to 21 percent.

Of the other countries surveyed, only Turkey ranked lower, with about 25 percent of the population accepting evolution and 75 percent rejecting it. In Iceland, Denmark, Sweden and France, 80 percent or more of adults accepted evolution; in Japan, 78 percent of adults did.

The findings are detailed in the Aug. 11 issue of the journal Science.

Religion belief and evolution

The researchers also compared 10 independent variables­including religious belief, political ideology and understanding of concepts from genetics, or “genetic literacy”­between adults in America and nine European countries to determine whether these factors could predict attitudes toward evolution.

The analysis found that Americans with fundamentalist religious beliefs­defined as belief in substantial divine control and frequent prayer­were more likely to reject evolution than Europeans with similar beliefs. The researchers attribute the discrepancy to differences in how American Christian fundamentalist and other forms of Christianity interpret the Bible.

While American fundamentalists tend to interpret the Bible literally and to view Genesis as a true and accurate account of creation, mainstream Protestants in both the United States and Europe instead treat Genesis as metaphorical, the researchers say.

“Whether it’s the Bible or the Koran, there are some people who think it’s everything you need to know,” Miller said. “Other people say these are very interesting metaphorical stories in that they give us guidance, but they’re not science books.”

This latter view is also shared by the Catholic Church.

Politics and the Flat Earth

Politics is also contributing to America's widespread confusion about evolution, the researchers say. Major political parties in the United States are more willing to make opposition to evolution a prominent part of their campaigns to garner conservative votes­something that does not happen in Europe or Japan.

Miller says that it makes about as much sense for politicians to oppose evolution in their campaigns as it is for them to advocate that the Earth is flat and promise to pass legislation saying so if elected to office.

"You can pass any law you want but it won't change the shape of the Earth," Miller told LiveScience.

Paul Meyers, a biologist at the University of Minnesota who was not involved in the study, says that what politicians should be doing is saying, 'We ought to defer these questions to qualified authorities and we should have committees of scientists and engineers who we will approach for the right answers."

The researchers also single out the poor grasp of biological concepts, especially genetics, by American adults as an important contributor to the country's low confidence in evolution.

“The more you understand about genetics, the more you understand about the unity of life and the relationship humans have to other forms of life,” Miller said.

The current study also analyzed the results from a 10-country survey in which adults were tested with 10 true or false statements about basic concepts from genetics. One of the statements was "All plants and animals have DNA." Americans had a median score of 4. (The correct answer is "yes.")

Science alone is not enough

But the problem is more than one of education­it goes deeper, and is a function of our country's culture and history, said study co-author Eugenie Scott, director of the National Center for Science Education in California.

“The rejection of evolution is not something that will be solved by throwing science at it,” Scott said in a telephone interview.

Myers expressed a similar sentiment. About the recent trial in Dover, Pennsylvania which ruled against intelligent design, Myers said "it was a great victory for our side and it’s done a lot to help ensure that we keep religion out of the classroom for a while longer, but it doesn’t address the root causes. The creationists are still creationists­they're not going to change because of a court decision."

Scott says one thing that will help is to have Catholics and mainstream Protestants speak up about their theologies' acceptance of evolution.

"There needs to be more addressing of creationism from these more moderate theological perspectives," Scott said. “The professional clergy and theologians whom I know tend to be very reluctant to engage in that type of ‘my theology versus your theology’ discussion, but it matters because it’s having a negative effect on American scientific literacy."

The latest packaging of creationism is intelligent design, or ID, a conjecture which claims that certain features of the natural world are so complex that they could only be the work of a Supreme Being. ID proponents say they do not deny that evolution is true, only that scientists should not rule out the possibility of supernatural intervention.

But scientists do not share doubts over evolution. They argue it is one of the most well tested theories around, supported by countless tests done in many different scientific fields. Scott says promoting uncertainty about evolution is just as bad as denying it outright and that ID and traditional creationism both spread the same message.

“Both are saying that evolution is bad science, that evolution is weak and inadequate science, and that it can’t do the job so therefore God did it,” she said.

Another view

Bruce Chapman, the president of the Discovery Institute, the primary backer of ID, has a different view of the study.

"A better explanation for the high percentage of doubters of Darwinism in America may be that this country's citizens are famously independent and are not given to being rolled by an ideological elite in any field," Chapman said. "In particular, the growing doubts about Darwinism undoubtedly reflect growing doubts among scientists about Darwinian theory. Over 640 have now signed a public dissent and the number keeps growing."

Nick Matzke of the National Center for Science Education in California points out, however, that most of the scientists Chapman refers to do not do research in the field of evolution.

"If you look at the list, you can't find anybody who's really a significant contributor to the field or anyone who's done recognizable work on evolution," Matzke said.

Scott says the news is not all bad. The number of American adults unsure about the validity of evolution has increased in recent years, from 7 to 21 percent, but growth in this demographic comes at the expense of the other two groups. The percentage of Americans accepting evolution has declined, but so has the percentage of those who overtly reject it.

"I was very surprised to see that. To me that means the glass is half full,” Scott said. “That 21 percent we can educate."

Answer 2

Mankind fears what it cannot understand. Ever since fire or any discovery that's puzzled us, some people have made up myths and legends to try to explain it. Most Creationists simply don't understand evolution. It is not as simple as "man was monkey." It is a scientific process that is well backed up.
On top of that, many others don't understand the use of the word "theory." I quote from The Oxford American College Dictionary: a SET OF PRINCIPALS on which the practice of an activity is based. It even cites Darwin's theory in the example sentence. Yes, evolution is a theory, like gravity and atoms.

Some people are Christian and still believe in evolution. I do! I am a christian! YOU CAN BELIEVE IN BOTH!!! In fact, you have to! Certain types of evolution have been proven.


I hope this answers your question.

Answer 3

First of all, evolution is one man's theory. It is not evolution that tries to understand God, and explain how, science does. The theory of evolution was created by a scientist.
Creationists don't dislike science. People should learn all that they can about where we live. Archaeologists are scientists too, so are doctors. Theories are like opinions. Everybody has one. Beliefs are not necessarily opinions, when you have found the proofs of your beliefs. History and Archaeology has proven that there was a man named Jesus, and His birth was miraculous being born of a virgin. History also proved His assent to heaven, because His bones were gone too. Jesus was God. History also has proven that there was an earth destroying flood from Noah's day. No one has proven a big bang, nor the theory that we came from primordial ooze or apes. So Christians get upset when you try to use a theory to try to disprove a proven belief.

Answer 4

Evolution is not a theory, it is a horrible hypothesis that is scientifically impossible. Christians hate evolution because it is evil, it directly contradicts Holy Scripture.

Psalms 97:10 Ye that love the LORD, hate evil.

Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil.


In Christ,
Zach Doty

Answer 5

Because a lot of people find a literal interpretaion of the Bible to be the most helpful one. However I know Christians and Jews who are perfectly comfortable with the concept of evolution. Salvation should be about what we do, not about where we come from.

Answer 6

Actually, only the fundamentalists have a problem with evolution.

The majority of christian sects accept the valdity of the theory.



it's a case in which a fringe minority is being more vocal than the majority.

Answer 7

Before I even look at any of the answers, there is a 99% chance someone will say something brilliant like, "Because evolution proves their bible is fake", or "because they are brainless robots" etc. As for me, I discount evolution as in one species evolving into another species because there still is no scientific evidence that supports this presupposition.

This will be a shock to many evolutionists but there are many scientists who are not Christians that also reject Darwinism.

http://www.discovery.org/scripts/viewDB/index.php?command=view&id=2732

Answer 8

Evolution is the theory that God didn't create things the way they are today but that with the help of time and random selection. This is incompatible with a loving creator God.

Answer 9

Well, if you read the Bible literally, it says God created man from the clay. Man couldn't have evolved if he was made directly from clay. So, that's why. I don't necessarily take that section literally.

Answer 10

That is because the evolution theory is nothing but a crap of lies. If you study it really carefully, you will find that it actually has a lot of loopholes. Creatism is true. After all, have you forgotten that Lord Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins some 2000 years ago? In fact, scientific research has proved evolution to be quite dubious. But, FAITH is what really matters. True, devout Christians do not see to believe; they believe in order to see.
May my answer bless you. Hallelujah!

Answer 11

It contradicts the beginning of the Bible, which says that God made animals and Man directly, without them having to evolve.