Disclaimer: I'm an agnostic who believes in Evolution.
Really, friends, is it really such a bad thing if people who are religious don't believe in the Theory of Evolution?
Since it is the truth, of how the human species came about, from an earlier non human species, it doesn't need to be pushed, anyone who has any intellectual curiousity will stumble on it and believe it to be an explanation for the Origin of the Species.
There is a reason Christians knock on doors handing out their literature, trying to recruit a membership. Evolution does not require a membership.
The sad reality is that "this is a Christian nation"; and having been a Christian nation since 1776 they have not eliminated poverty, but neither has science. Praying to Jesus hasn't cured any diseases, science has done that, so what if some Christian wants to credit Jesus for giving the scientist the know how.
I'd ask simply what of prayeres to other gods for cures?
And that will go unanswered honestly.
2006-09-04 03:26:54 · 24 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
science=SATAAAN! we SIMPLE christians fear science! you will burn in hell jim darwin!
2006-09-04 03:39:22 · answer #1 · answered by fatgirl2food 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Where is Science in Evolution dude..
Have you read the evolution theory with a Scietistific mentality .. ie questioning for experimental proof of every statement?
Its simply imagination, one species evolving into other .. with all the missing links..
You have a dumb monkey ... and missing links and then suddendly you have A very evolved Human... ofcourse you show him naked to show him less evolved ..
You get a some Jaw bone or even a tooth and you start imagining a Missing Link man ... what could be more further than science or Truth ?
Evolution theory is another theory, and a Human attempt to some how understand Creation.. But it is not proved at all. So scientists are trying. why do you jump and say its a Fact and no more Scientific attempts are required ?
This Blind faith in evolution theory is actually hindering Scientific community in doing actual research.. Darwin time is gone. Judging the state of Science at his time you can simply say that his knowledge was merely the state of Ignorance... Just see that he considered atoms to be just mixture of some chemicals.. He also considered Woman to be less evolved than Man.
With advancement of Genetics we come to know so much more on about different species and even our body...but very few are even trying to find other alternatives with the fear of facing the warth of the scientific community themself....
Why have we made science so crippled ?
2006-09-04 07:59:38 · answer #2 · answered by Parsu 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When you said: "I believe in Evolution" it sounds like the same statement as "I believe in God", so....is it your religion?
Also....are you believing in Evolution because of what your school textbooks say and school textbooks are never wrong? Have you even really investigated the "theory"? or do you just go by what your brain has decided to believe. Even Darwin admitted that there aren't any transitional species, and that's what would be needed to PROVE his theory. As far as science curing diseases....in the old testament, God told the Israelites how to wash before preparing meat...and to quarantine people with certain sores on their body.....do you suppose maybe the scientists had to look in the Bible to get some idea on how come the Israelites didn't die of diseases? and maybe use some of those practices to "discover" germs?
Do you suppose Christopher Columbus believed the Bible that the earth was round instead of believing the SCIENTISTS at the time that the earth was flat?
Did you know that all the big ships built today were originally designed after the same design as the ark?
disclaimer: I'm a Bible believing scientist that "believed in evolution" 10 years ago....it makes no sense to me now.
2006-09-04 03:43:24 · answer #3 · answered by megmom 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Evolution is not reality. Neither is knocking on people's doors trying to get yourself into heaven. Religion is just as far off the mark as Evolution is. Read the Bible. Believe what it tells you. If you don't understand it, ask God to help you. Your reading it will be much more effective and make it much easier for you to understand when you ask Jesus to come into your heart. I can't imagine reading it without the help of the Holy Spirit. This is not religion, this is a relationship with the living God who created all things. Are there some things that you have to accept on faith (or put on a shelf until you find the explanation)? Yes. That's part of the journey. But YOU CAN understand what it is saying without making up excuses for it. Evolution is hogwash. And what's worse about it is that there is no peace or love or hope in it. Religion is about trying to make yourself feel better, and usually involves you being engaged in a lot of fruitless work. In religion you have to subject yourself to a system of do's and don'ts. In a relationship with God through His Son Jesus Christ, He gives you what you need in your heart to live a blessed and successful life. Hope that helps.
2006-09-04 03:48:00 · answer #4 · answered by firebyknight 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
That's a good point. I've been arguing on the grounds that it's unacceptable for other people to have their heads so far up their arses that they can taste last week's dinner... but I guess it doesn't really matter.
There's the school board issue, of course - I find it kind of offensive that someone would try to instruct children that the universe was created in 7 literal days, and pass it off as genuine science. It isn't so much that I'm afraid the kids would believe that instead of the alternative; I'm worried that future generations will think science itself is a load of hogwash, if it includes something as silly as Intelligent Design "theory".
2006-09-04 03:36:42 · answer #5 · answered by abram.kelly 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The rejection of Evolution by individuals is nothing more than a personal choice, no matter how misguided it is.
The issue does not present a problem until another "theory", one with absolutely no scientific basis, is presented and interjected into the classroom. Teaching Creationism as fact is teaching MYTH.
Contrary to popular supposition This is NOT a "Christian Nation", it is a nation of many faiths and beliefs. The Constitution is written to protect the Minority from the Tyrrany of the majority.
2006-09-04 03:37:30 · answer #6 · answered by IndyT- For Da Ben Dan 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
The idea that life evolved as evolutionists claim should be the laughable position, but some Creationists' insistence that Earth and Man came on the scene together have the evolutionists laughing at us instead.
As to how to answer the questions of scoffers, I would say that neither Scientists nor Theologians have all the answers to questions about our origins. But the issue confronting us is not about our origin. It's about our destiny and the alternatives are clear. It's either believe God or don't. Since we won't know from experience that we made the right choice until it's too late, believing God is the only logical thing to do. If believing Him is wrong, we'll simply get the destiny that was always intended for us, no harm, no foul. But if we're right, we'll be blessed beyond measure.
However for unbelievers it's just the opposite. If they're right, they'll just get the destiny always intended for them, but if they're wrong they'll burn in Hell forever. It's a no-brainer.
2006-09-04 03:35:12 · answer #7 · answered by pooh bear 4 · 1⤊ 4⤋
There is nothing wrond with people choosing to not believe in the theory of evolution.
It **IS** wrong if people attack the theory with claims that are completely false (e.g., "man didn't come from monkeys" "The 2nd las of thermodynamics" "probability makes evolution impossible"). Such statements have been discredited and can be proven false, yet we see and hear them every day.
It also ***IS*** wrong if people are attempting to silence valid scientific theories because they don't agree with their religion or politics.
2006-09-04 03:47:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
U see...as a muslim we believe science is good. God give us the inteligence and it is our duty to make questions and try to understand this universe.
The thing about this particular theory is that it encourages racism and discrimination.
And it also forgets that there are also "love" factors helping species to survive. Think of ur mam taking care of u...think of lions taking care of them selves and so on...u will find that evolution also happens thanks to solidarity and love...this is why we dont accept some points of what Darwin says...
Still, we believe we human beings, didnt look they way we do since the beginning of course...we have changed becoz of evolution ; )
2006-09-04 03:38:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
im a christian but i do know about evolution and there is a lot about creation that confuses me. theres a lot about evolution that confuses me. but i can see how evolution makes more sence than creation. for the simple reason that there is sience and physical evedince that can show how we evolved from other creatures. where those creatures came from is another question though. there is so much that was left for imagination i do believe. not everything was meant to have an answer.
2006-09-04 03:37:59 · answer #10 · answered by lindsey_philyaw_05 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It isn't so much the rejection of Evolution that's bad, as it is the attempt to push nonsense like Intelligent Design into public schools. Even the president thinks it's appropriate to "teach the controversy".
Religious beliefs are rarely benign to the rest of us.
2006-09-04 03:30:58 · answer #11 · answered by lenny 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋