Is arrogance the real reason people are "against" evolution?

Question

isn't it that they just cannot accept that humans are just higher animals and that we and apes have a common ancestor?

Personally, I find both of those notions more comforting than the idea that we are separate and distinct from our nature and environment.

Answer 1

Many reasons. They are brain washed of a god and a creation. ignorance adds to it. religious leaders who want to keep their supremacy among stupid people is another reason. But the truth cannot be hidden. so dont worry

Answer 2

I suppose the real argument against evolution for most of the folks I've talked to about it is religion.

The modern concept of evolution goes against the story of Adam and Eve. Many religious folks believe that evolution contradicts creationism and therefore must be false. But I don't see how the two can't coexist. There's always the theory of intelligent design.

Answer 3

Arrogance and fear are major reasons why people claim not to accept the scientific evidence of biological evolution. I say "claim not to accept" because such people have never even looked at the evidenc, therefore they are in no position to intelligently accept or reject it. They simply don't want to know. It is a matter of ignorance by choice. The reason they fear the facts is that they have already decided what they want to believe, based on their own personal interpretations of the Bible. Since they consider themselves infallible in their interpretation, any truth from other sources that they interpret as a challenge to their self-conceived biblical ideas simply has to be ignored and ridiculed. Such people are really extremely insecure about their biblical beliefs and want desperately to avoid learning anything that might indicate that their interpretations of the Bible are simply WRONG. I am a devout Christian, but I am sufficiently secure in my faith so that I do not have to fear scientific discovery. I know that no genuine truth can contradict any other genuine truth. Therefore when scientific evidence strongly indicates that a particular biological process occurs in nature, I can accept it without feeling threatened. My beliefs in God and in Christ my Savior remain unaffected, and so does my faith in the written Word of God. God is the Creator. He is responsible for the existence of all that exists. That's what the Bible tells us. Once created, things change over time. Over long periods of time they change greatly. That's what science has demonstrated. Where's the contradiction?

Answer 4

That plus ignorance. (& I write ignorance because the arguments put forth by creationists show that ignorance) Some have no desire to look at the mountains of evidence for themselves while others (the ones that have something to lose) look at the evidence only to come up with ways to support their “God in the gaps” arguments. The only new thing they’ve come up in with recent years, is that they even have gone so far as call the theory a “religion”. There’s no way to convince them – they’d rather believe the bible even though their notion that the heavens and the earth were created in 7-days turns out to be a mistranslation of the original text.

Answer 5

I never could understand why creation and evolution must have such different definitions! It is possible we were created in an image that is not exactly as we appear today! I believe in the Creator, but I don't think that in the beginning, we looked just like we do now! It would only make sense that we had more hair on our bodies, to keep us warm, before we invented clothes! I believe we were able to evolve, because our brains were bigger.

Answer 6

I too believe in evolution. The fact that most religions, not all but most, believe that we are separate and distinct and for that pleasure owe something to an all mighty who if we choose not to want to be in his presence for all eternity and praise him during that time will doom us to eternal damnation and our worst imaginary fears sounds to me like some "men" decided that this was a good money scam and power play. Hey, it worked the Christian coalition has the bucks and the power in the current party so.... Just because they site one reference book doesn't make it so. It is arrogant to believe that one book holds the keys to all life.

Answer 7

Can anyone think of a Church that teaches Creation and gives credence to evolution, viewing evolution a tool God created? If so, what is it they teach and how are the two seemingly contradicting postulates reconciled to coexist?

Peace,

MoP

Answer 8

No, it's just because I don't wish to dwell in the utter despair that completely believing in athiestic evolution brings along with it:
-- life has no meaning
-- morality is whatever people think it is (whether good or ill)
-- we evolved by chance and what difference are we from animals
-- there is no life after death

Athiesm, taking to its logical and intellectually honest conclusion, results in nihilism. I am not arrogant; I am joyous in the knowledge of the existence of a loving, intelligent, and creative Creator.

Answer 9

For some people, being against evolution is a matter of the exercise of common sense. For others it is a matter of having looked at the unsupportable claims of evolutionary theory, and clearly seeing all the conjecture, supposition, and conclusions based on wild guesses and wishful thinking.

Everyone takes comfort in their religion. Faith is a very comforting thing. Faith in the religion of evolution has it's comfort for those who have chosen it because it fits nicely into their worldview, and allows them to do and think the things that appeal to them without guilt.

And, of course, evolution is a religion. Any belief system based primarily on unproveable theory is believed on a basis of faith.
It can't be proved, yet you believe in it. Therefore, you have accepted it by faith, and faith = belief = worldview = religion.

So you practice your religion and I'll practice mine. If you want to accuse people who disagree with you of being "arrogant", go right ahead. Not many people are ignorant enough to buy that.

Answer 10

No its not arrogance, its called education. There is no evidence to support the theory of evolution. Unless of course you believe in Santa. Sorry, no offense, but its just not going to fly.
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