Why can't evolution and science in general be accepted by the faithful?

Question

I think the bible should be interpreted in today's contexts. The "In the beginning there was light" exactly matches with the scientific theory. The Big Bang WAS just light, very bright light which condensed into matter. It appeared from nowhere.

I think it does great disservice to the genius of god to say that life suddenly arose from brute mystical power. The intricacies of evolution is the real beauty of god, for those who choose to believe in god.
I think there is a reference in Genesis of god spreading seed and and the best seed growing bigger and better than the others.

No apeman,
To reconsile with them, you must not attack the foundation of their beliefs or they won't even begin to listen to what you have to say. Give respect and gain it.

Answer 1

Pope Benedict XVI’s erudite address at the University of Regensburg on Sept 12 raised this issue to the extent of reconciling contemporary science to faith.

The pontiff’s arguments did criticise everything Hellenistic and within the Church.

In partial digression, it is Us, (the pagans, atheists, agnostics, lay persons, including Protestants, Eastern Churches and “liberal theologians”) that should be furious over the tendentious quote, at which the speech addresses.

Logos. (Reiterated and illustrated in the last of the Matrix Trilogy, in the ship ‘Logos’.)
The Greek translation of the Old Testament at Alexandria has more accretions over the translation of the Hebrew text. With Greek thought joined to faith in the pontiff’s speech,

“Manuel II was able to say, Not to act “with logos” is contrary to God’s nature.”

The pontiff further illustrates trends in theology in the late Middle Ages that sundered the link between the Greek spirit and the Christian spirit, echoed by Duns Scotus (13th C Franciscan theologian) and Ibn Hazn (11th C Islamic theologian).

The former attributed virtue in the primacy of God’s will, not His reason, through Voluntas Ordinate (the ordained will of God), which the pontiff suggests approached, the later’s virtues of God’s transcendence so exalted that they become eternally unattainable beyond human reason and senses.

Further illustration on the fracture of biblical faith and Greek philosophical inquiry is played out over three stages of Dehellenisation.

First Act
The Reformation of the 16th century in which Protestants rejected a Christianity based on Greek thought, “sought faith in its pure, primordial form, as originally found in the biblical word” under Sola Scriptura (scripture alone).

Second Act
‘Dehellenisation’ in the 19th and 20th C through “liberal theology” in that Metaphysics was the first clear thought separation whose premise was that faith had to be liberated to become itself.

- Kant exemplified this by anchoring faith exclusively in practical reason; denying it access to reality as a whole, stripping Jesus of philosophy (Logos).
- Pascal’s distinction between “the God of the Philosophers and the God of Abrahim, Issac and Jacob”.
- Harnack’s central idea of Jesus “as the father of a humanitarian moral message” in liberating Christianty from “Christ’s divinity and the triune God.”

Third Act
- Scientists who reduced “the radius of science and reason” and excluded faith from Logos. - The Church and societies embrace of “cultural pluralism.”

Given most bibles are Hebrew translations whose progenitors and teachers follow the liberal translations, it is then not surprising that the three poignant historical events has lead to evolution and science such that both Christians and non-Christians are not able to accept faith and philosophy in the same sentence.

Answer 2

Bible believers have been and are champions of science. Many if not most of the various scientific disciplines were founded by creationist scientists including the scientific method itself (Lord Francis Bacon). Micro evolution is accepted by the faithful but not so much Macro evolution because it is not observed in nature and is therefore outside the real of empirical science no matter how much Darwinists say otherwise. The other factor is that to a Bible believer, a animal is different from a human is several ways but mostly because man was made in God's image and to rule over the animals from the beginning.

Answer 3

John is right, The biggest problem is that people who don't believe in Evolution generally do not understand Science. "a scientific theory summarizes a hypothesis or group of hypotheses that have been supported with repeated testing. A theory is valid as long as there is no evidence to dispute it." When Creationists say "evolution is just a theory" they are showing that they lack basic understanding of science. Evolution is supported through repeated testing and there is no EVIDENCE to dispute it. The reason so many people try to debate that evolution is real, is because it undermines the story of Creation. If you are a Christian who believes that the bible is a set fictional stories to teach you how to live a moral life, then you can accept evolution. If you believe like many do that the bible is fact and everything that happened in it is real (even though we know that the bible wasnt written by god himself it was written by politicians 200 years AD by carefully selecting writings from the oast and filling in the gaps) then Evolution directly contradicts your beliefs. But the reason "creationism" is not a scientific theory, is because there is NO EVIDENCE at all, if a giant man made everything from scratch, there would be evidence of it. The problem is that Christians say things like "god moves in mysterious ways" to explain things. That is the theological equivalent to saying "look aver there" and hiding behind a rock!

Answer 4

You seem to be judging the whole by the beliefs of the a few. Many, if not most, believe that everything is given from God including science. Just because God created humans doesn't mean that evolution is false.

Answer 5

First they must understand that the bible has nothing to do with god, it was written by men as a means of control

Answer 6

Without Adam and Eve, you don't have original sin. Without original sin, you don't have the need for a savior. Without the need for a savior you don't have Jesus God in the flesh. Then Jesus is just a man who lived 2000 years ago, and was executed by the Romans because they saw him as a threat to their authority. That is why.

Answer 7

Well said. It's for a simple reason: arrogance. People don't want to be descended from 'apes'. There is no conflict between science and religion.

Answer 8

I accept science. The Bible speaks of things many years before science "discovered" them. But, creation is not evolution. You will see that science does not support evolution either.

Answer 9

Science is accepted by faith, the evolution isn't as it is degrading to humans.

Answer 10

I am a scientist...and I am a Christian. I don't know where you get your overly generalized prejudiced ideas.