I have a stupid question, where do religious people get their information about Evolution?

Question

I'm sorry. I'm just asking. I get the impression that religious people get information about Evolution in a Sunday School, and they are told how it is wrong and how Darwin was a racist and all these sorts of things, and how they don't have to believe it cause the "truth" is right there in their Bible.

I base this on what I see here on yahoo answers and my real life. A woman I work with honestly said her son came home from school having learned about Evolution and she said we'll take care of that in Sunday School.

To be clear, I am all for you religious people having your own beliefs, no problem with that, don't want to believe in Evolution, no problem. Don't want your children to, no problem.

I just question, all beit I admit a stupid question, do you really know what it is your rejecting?

Answer 1

I learned the basics in high school and then in college I took Anthro 101 and read 'Ever Since Darwin' by Stephen Jay Gould - still have the book around here somewhere, actually.

Also, I love watching science and history programs on those cable channels; always wanted to be an archaeologist so I pay attention to things of that nature as much as possible.

The Sunday Schools didn't teach anything about evolution in my church, essentially leaving that to the public schools. I never experienced negativity towards evolution in any of the churches I attended through my life.

Answer 2

Christains look at many different points of view.They are a people that seek the truth.We have a God that loves everyone unlike the false gods people worship today.People have the impression Muslims are so hated but they don't come close to christains.You bring out that you "get the impression that religious people get information about evolution in a Sunday School " I think because of the hate factor that many people have for christains,it blinds them from the truth and effects others opinions.You may not hate them and didn't give that impression , but your lack of interest in Sunday School tells me your already convinced of evolution .If you really are interested in finding out the truth about evolution I would like to invite you to Sunday School .The Bible says in a multitude of counselors there is safety.Darwin would have never told you that because he wouldn't have wanted to expose you to anything but his idea.I learned about Darwin in school because I had to, it was required there.I was not allowed to learn about the real creator , God.So I thank God for Sunday School and those that teach it. An now I have a Question : If you have nothing , and understand I mean nothing ,what will evolve from it ?This is what my God started with, nothing.Many of the same people who taught us about the universe are now saying Pluto isn't a planet after all .Please make up your mind people.And please go to Sunday School , they won't bite . God be with you.Thanks

Answer 3

Evolution and the Fossil Record

And one last thought on evolution and the fossil record:
In the years after Darwin, his advocates hoped to find predictable progressions… these have not been found -- yet the optimism has died hard, and some pure fantasy has crept into textbooks.1
So, what would Darwin say today?
Now, after over 120 years of the most extensive and painstaking geological exploration of every continent and ocean bottom, the picture is infinitely more vivid and complete than it was in 1859. Formations have been discovered containing hundreds of billions of fossils and our museums are filled with over 100 million fossils of 250,000 different species.
The availability of this profusion of hard scientific data should permit objective investigators to determine if Darwin was on the right track. What is the picture which the fossils have given us?… The gaps between major groups of organisms have been growing even wider and more undeniable. They can no longer be ignored or rationalized away with appeals to imperfection of the fossil record


How did the lens, retina, optic nerve, and all the other parts in vertebrates that play a role in seeing suddenly come about? Because natural selection cannot choose separately between the visual nerve and the retina. The emergence of the lens has no meaning in the absence of a retina. The simultaneous development of all the structures for sight is unavoidable. Since parts that develop separately cannot be used, they will both be meaningless, and also perhaps disappear with time. At the same time, their development all together requires the coming together of unimaginably small probabilities.

Answer 4

No, the vast majority doesn't know. Creationists can actually progress pretty far in their University studies until they have to re-examine creation. One important factor is trust; if people you trust implicitly with religious matters (pastors, religious authors etc) also speak out in scientific matters, what are the alternatives? That they speak truthfully or that they are lying to you? The latter is unthinkable and therefore will never be considered. To consider that a pastor is decieving you is impossible.

It is more comforting to picture a worldwide conspiracy between scientists who are determined to 'eliminate God' and suppress the 'real truth'. It is easy to labor under this misapprehention when you know little about how scientists actually work.

Intelligence and education does not, alas, protect you from being decieved. The scientific method was developed to protect the pursuit of knowledge from human prejudice. If you think you stand above this, you've decieved yourself.

Answer 5

There are many sites on the web, and books, that either assume the truth of Judeo-Christian values, or assume tthe falsehood of evolution, and use psuedo logic, non-sequitors and half truths to justify their understanding. A good example is the reDiscovery Institute (link below). If you look at that site, there's an article under the heading "Gravity" called "Just a Theory". If you read it, it is a spoof (I've seen the auther talk about it) using all of the misinformation techniques used to attack evolution. But these "traditionalists" published it as a legitimate article, and many of the Christians actually wrote in asking what to believe! Given modern evidence, the kind of muddled thinking required to (still) be an Abrahamic believer is contrary to grasping scientific thought.

Answer 6

If that were true you wouldn't be in here trying to change christians minds.Not all christians are stupid! I have a 136 IQ, and i believe in a god.I Don't believe half of what is in the bible.I was even an atheist at one time.But after much study I have come to the conclusion that life can't cone from something that was never alive.I don't know all the answers and its not for me to know.What if you are wrong and you wasted your time trying to turn people from god?

Answer 7

Absolutely do. Evolution is a theory that any truthful scientist will not accept. Does not stand up to basic scientific scrutiny. This is based on my training as a chemist and being a student of science all these years. So to lightly brush off all theists as not knowing what they are rejecting is not right.

Answer 8

Fossil record, the museum of Natural History then after they had seen and heard all of these, they have to make intelligent conclusion for example of those 2 famous atoms that were bouncing in the emptiness then collied to produced the big bang which form all this perfect universe and everything in it. That from the explosion and that chaos came order including life itself. It takes more faith to believe in this fairy tale. I think it's easier to believe that in the beginning God created the heavens and the Earth.

Answer 9

Is the evolution a fact? What is it?
Evolution is a men's "investigation of an act that involved ...blabla, the big bang, there it is!!!!!" So You believe that we come from an incredible act, a explosion!!!
Hey for me the creation has the winning part here.

Answer 10

I hear you; it seems to be anti-productive to education. Learning something in school then having your parents tell you what you learned is wrong, seems to be not cool at all. Almost like setting them up to fail a test or something. It's like learning in math class that 2+2 is 4, then your parents telling you that's wrong, 2+2 is 5. It makes no rational sense.