that believing in evolution means there is no god/higher being....?
2006-09-03 08:59:26 · 23 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
cowboymanhrsetrnr, thats exactly what im talking about... believing evolution is true doesnt mean that we are saying there was no creator/god... evolution doesnt claim to know what started life, or the universe... but somehow people such as yourself dont understand that...
although im very surprised at the number of religious folk who answered here and understand that...
2006-09-03 09:16:50 · update #1
I have no idea.
2006-09-03 09:02:40 · answer #1 · answered by whynotaskdon 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Because creation and the theory of evolution oppose one another and you cant believe in both. God created the earth (about 10,000 years ago) and everything in it just like the Bible says. And it is also very obvious that animals, plants and other living things do evolve. They have to to survive. They just evolve much faster than science leads people to believe. Instead of millions of years i believe it can take as little as decades, For example blood finches. That's Gods planning. Science consists of mostly unproven theories that constantly change, one day scientists say something is a fact the next day its proven wrong. Creation makes way more sense than evolution if you choose to study it in depth. Many Scientists wont even consider the Bible as a source to glean info from and they should.
2006-09-03 16:40:43 · answer #2 · answered by flutterby 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It happened mostly in the 1920's as a Protestant, cultural backlash against social, psychological, and historical theories developed as extensions of Darwinism that were hostile towards the faith (e.g. Freudianism, History of Religions School, etc). This also marks the emergence of Fundamentalism. For example the first meeting of the World Conference on Christian Fundamentals was in 1919. The name "Fundamentalism" derives from the publication of The Fundamentals by R.A. Torrey in 1909.
Darwinian theory was at first uncontroversial among Christians, only criticized in that it strayed too far from experimental (Baconian) science.
2006-09-03 16:23:11 · answer #3 · answered by Easy B 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
If you read The Panda's Thumb, you'll see some really good ideas about this.
One I like is that the fundamentalists (literalists) came up with this as a way of preventing their flock from defecting to more-logical points of view or doing any critical thinking. If they can get people to believe that belief in evolution = atheism = damnation, they're better off (even if they're lying their asses off).
2006-09-03 16:08:27 · answer #4 · answered by Engineer-Poet 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think they get that idea from their lack of interest in finding out exactly what evolution states (in all of its forms). And how some Atheists present it as proof that there isn't a God or Gods. Usually after claiming that science deals with tangible proof to begin with. *shrug*
2006-09-03 19:39:50 · answer #5 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No clue. I think they want the Bible to be a straight forward word and since Adam and Eve were made soon after the world was there wasn't time for evolution for their point of view.
2006-09-03 16:04:22 · answer #6 · answered by neveroutnumbered 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hmmm.....admitting that science may have some answers might be like admitting that the bible is wrong. If the bible is wrong about some things, maybe there IS no god. So, best to just deny everything. Other than that, I don't know what to tell ya.
2006-09-03 16:15:08 · answer #7 · answered by ♥Mira♥ 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Lack of understanding. They haven't studied evolution because it is somehow wrong or evil to even consider it.
Mind you, this answer is coming from a controversial Christian.
2006-09-03 16:02:44 · answer #8 · answered by Sabrina 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would say that it's because of the black and white view that so many religious people have of the world. Those people have influenced countless other people, and the idea spread like fire in a dry barn.
2006-09-03 16:01:49 · answer #9 · answered by I'm Still Here 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Everybody else has answered your question but Annie is supporting the religious error that lets them attack evolution. It was an Anglican priest who said that man evolved from apes in one of his sermons. Darwin never said it and no scientist has yet found clear proof of one species being the birth offspring of another species.
Interestingly enough, the order of creation matches the order of evolution. Of course there is no chance that they are one and the same thing, just different time lines attached to make it work.
2006-09-03 16:10:03 · answer #10 · answered by St N 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
It's not all religions, but primarily it is the Christian religion that insists on the (mistaken) literal explanation of the Bible.
They have taken an impossible position (the Bible is fact) and now are in the awkward position of proving it.
2006-09-03 16:05:49 · answer #11 · answered by Bad Buddhist 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋