evolution is fact y cant christians get there head around that?

Question

for this reason i dont buy the whole god thing dont see anything wrong in it brings people together and generally does good in the community that is(across the world another matter but i wont get in to that ).makes me laugh how christians would rather beleive in adam and eve and all there insestuous down syndrome children than facts and logic if they admitted to this would that mean its all a sham i want some decent answers not ignorant stuff please .

both my grand mothers are still alive they are both part of the christian comunity one is a devout christian the other goes to church and sees the good it does but cant beleive how the parishoners dont beleive in evolution and wont even agnolidge any of it same goes for my other gran and her church this is for chico.

to all the people that said they couldnt understand my spelling about 10 words were wrong wow u get the gist ,your probly christian and have no answer (very sad ),poor excuses for not answering just makes me know even more im right.

if ive harmed anyone with my downsyndrome comment i apologise but the point i was making is that children that are conceived through close relations ie brother and sister have a huge chance of being born with mental problems.

Answer 1

There arn't any facts, just theories. The best theory will fit the evidence. Empirical scientific theory can predict a set of results from an experiment or effect to extremely high degrees of accuracy, if the theory is good i.e. Einstein's Theory of Relativity has survived gruelling examination for nearly 100 years and has been proved to be greater than 99.95% correct. Newtons' Laws of Motion are extremely accurate for relatively slow moving objects (sub light speed) and are the laws used to calculate the necessary parameters to send objects into space. Newton's Laws have been around for over 350 years. The science of Quantum Mechanics has been around for almost a century and without it we wouldn't have lasers, electronics, the Internet, computing etc etc On the other hand we have the various established religious doctrines that prove nothing, and are forever changing beliefs to suit the climate. Arguments by various established religious groups generally consist of sophisticated word play and semantics. However, despite my waffle, I can't honestly say I'm a true Atheist, but I certainly have no patience with the organised religions that are on offer.

Answer 2

Evolution, like Creation, is a theory, not a fact. To ridicule those who have a different opinion or belief than you is unnecessary. People on both sides of the argument can lay out pretty convincing evidence for their sides. For me, my faith makes more sense to me that scientific THEORY. That doesn't make me wrong or ignorant, it is what I choose to believe.

However, if you do want some actual facts...FACT: Down syndrome is not caused by incest. I appreciate that you somewhat apologized for the remark, but I think you may actually believe that there is a correlation between Down syndrome and incest, and if you check the SCIENTIFIC FACTS, you will see that simply isn't the case.

I really don't understand why people get so angry over a difference of opinion. My faith and belief in Creation doesn't hurt you...so why get so riled up about it? Put that energy into something positive and you'll feel much better.

Answer 3

I don't think that this is generally true of Christians, in fact. Most Christians do believe that the scientific explanations are correct. It is only a few crazies who think that the Bible is literally true. These people do not even read their own Bible, for if they did they would realise that it cannot be read in that way.
It is just that the fundamentalists are the ones who shout their heads off all the time. These people do not in general do any good for the community or human kind in general. They go to third world countries and preach at kids with boxes of chicken dinners piled up behind them to make sure that the kids at least pretend to listen. They do eye operations on poor old people even though they aren't qualified to do them, and go back leaving the people in a worse state than they were. They are ignorant and cruel. They are terrorists who kill in the name of Life. These are the people you should be questioning, not the average Christian, who is not like that.

I think you are also wrong to bring Downs syndrome into the question. I don't know what that has to do with your question, and you should not link it to incest. Downs syndrome is NOT caused by incest. It is a genetic condition, which is more common among the children of older mothers. I think that what you wrote could be quite hurtful.

Answer 4

I am a Christian but I am also very open minded and I want to find the truth regardless of what that is. I am not overly well educated but I am fairly intelligent and certainly don't just accept what I am told without question ( in fact I am known as the frustrating question lady by my fellow church members). I wonder why you think evolution is fact, actually last time I checked even the scientists still called it a theory because it was unproven, One of the biggest questions I have about evolution is that if all things evolved to better survive in their environments then why things evolved with such variaty, why are there elephants, zebras, monkeys etc that all exist in the same environment, why did they all evolve so very differently? there is macro evolution, which is what you are talking about and micro evolution which is a proven fact, things change minorly to adjust to their environments, I think this explains why people, although genetically the same creature look diffirent according to where they are from. It actually amazes me how people think creation is so hard to believe but they accept the big bang theory and evolution is taught in school in such a way that people who don't ask questions think it is a proven fact when actually it is not, I wonder if thats because if God is not true then we can live our lives without accountability, look around you, use your mind and ask questions don't just let people spoon feed you crap.

Answer 5

Decent answers? Do you mean answers that suit your opinion?

Evolution? I have seen many attempt to prove the facts, but all have fallen. Did you ever see a half human-monkey or ape? Have you ever seen a fish walk out of the water and breathe through something other than its gills? The list can go on.

Science, i.e. secular science even disproves much of its own theories. The Big Bang - well the universe is still expanding according to a TV programme I watched today. But a few months ago scientists on TV were saying that the Big Bang has too many difficulties and cannot be a representative model.

Remember the rock from Mars found at the south pole? Hoe did they know it came from Mars? Was it stamped "Made on Mars?" A couple of months later it was discovered that the bacteria found on that bit of rock was not from Mars, but from human contamination. Was this 'fact' spread all over the TV and newspapers? Was it heck! But it is still a fact.

Non-Christian geneticists have stated that they can prove that all human life can be traced back to one pair of humans. Is this humbug because it does not fit your theory?

Do your own independent research and form your own conclusions rather than much of the wrong information found on TV and the net. I've done my own research into weird things and found the evidence for myself.

I don't care in what you believe, but try to present some facts that can be verified rather than some sweeping statement. You sais that evolution is fact, so go ahead and provide the proof!

Answer 6

Nobody can 'prove' evolution, not can they prove creation, as there is nobody who has seen either of these forces at work, whatever the scientists say. However, this shouldn't be an issue at all, christianity is not based on belief in creation but belief in Jesus. It's far more honest to look at the claims Jesus made about who he is and explore that than to hide behind the evolution/creation debate. Christianity is about the loving and selfless act that Jesus did for us, to take us back into a relationship with God. How you got to be where you are today doesn't matter, it's how you respond to Jesus that does.

Answer 7

Much as I hate the fundamentalist Christian nonsense, evolution is not fact, it is theory.

It is the best explanation we have of the observations we have made of life on Earth, but as scientists we accept that should new observations contradict our theory, we would have to modify it.

That's where we differ from the fundamentalists - they would rather deny any new evidence rather than modify their explanation.

If you don't want ignorant stuff as answers, perhaps avoiding prejudiced nonsense like "Adam and Eve's incestuous Down's Syndrome children" might get you taken seriously. And some grammar in your question might help.

Answer 8

I am a Christian and I believe in evolution. I just don't necessarily believe in a big bang to begin life. You cannot prove to me that God did not create before life evolved. On the other hand, I have seen evidence in my own life that He does exist and I have yet to find one word of the Bible that can be conclusively disproven. God is the creator, period. That doesn't mean evolution is a hoax. It just means that human understanding, to date, has not fully reconciled the true chain of events. I don't think we will because then choice is no longer an issue. If the two ever came together fully, facts would be the choice instead of faith. Can you prove to me that God did not create before evolution?

Answer 9

Christians don't deny evolution as a scientific fact, they just believe in more like all things began from a creator.

Not from nothing. Which was scienticifally proven is impossible. Christianity and evolution are both theories, and both have the same amount of evidence. Tell me; can you tell me right now with every bone in your body that evolution did occur? No. Because it was in the part, and no amount of "evidence" can prove it without you being there, in the present.

Now it is time to get your facts straight, evolution can in no way be proved, niether can Christianity.

Answer 10

I can't add much, I agree with you.
How anyone can ignore the facts and accept a book instead, that was written over a period of 1600 years, I just cannot understand.
Do you think they believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy too??


I just read someone else's post....the two points Creation and Evolution DO NOT have the same amount of evidence in any way.
It is impossible to debate this issue with morons who simply have 'faith'....and they say "it's true because I believe it"
What complete $hit.