Any Creationists/Christians willing to share their opinions?

Question

I need a Creationists opinion for the following question:

A visit to the zoo confirms that man shares many characteristics with primates, especially apes. Evolutionists are quick to point out these uncanny similarities. They also delight in the fact that we share 98% of our DNA with chimpanzees. They say this is clear proof that we had a common ancestor. As a Creationist, how would you refute this?

Answer 1

Some even say that it is 99%...but you see it is always unwise to just take what somebody has said as literal truth. we have to investigate & study what was being said.

Okay, so did you go through how the study which produced the 98% similarity results? Did you know what type of test or what technique was performed? Do you know the % of confidence? and so on and so forth...

Did you ever ask yourself, how on earth can you compare a human DNA to another species' DNA? ... maybe very gently...

Okay, to make an analogy, It is probably like comparing a Honda to a Volvo.

There are a lot of similarities (maybe even 98%) but...of course even with all the similarities, they are not the same & of course it doesn't mean that they share the same maker...

Answer 2

Well,let's see.
1. Milk chemistry indicates that the donkey is man's closest relative.
2. Cholesterol level tests indicate that the garter snake is man's closest relative.
3. Tear enzyme chemistry indicates that the chicken is man's closest relative.
4. On the basis of another type of blood chemistry test,the butter bean is man's closest relative.
These tests were done by scientists,and I think we can all agree,that we don't look like donkeys,garter snakes,chickens,and most definitely not a butter bean.So,I think we can safely say that the DNA evidence shown to prove we are similar to chimps doesn't mean we came from them as a common ancestor.
Comparisons that have been made of proteins,rRNAs and genes,reveal that creatures which are allegedly close relatives according to the evolution theory are actually totally different from each other. A 1996 study using 88 protein sequences grouped rabbits with primates instead of rodents.A study in 1998 based on 12 proteins put cows closer to whales than to horses. And the list goes on and on.
The flaws in the theory of evolution are so obvious,and this is just a drop in the bucket compared to ALL the evidence against it. To put it simply,there are no common ancestors, just a common Creator.

Answer 3

Looks can be deceiving?

I share 100% of my DNA with other people, and yet there is a vast difference between people who know God and people who don't. Unaccounted for in the genetic code.

Along weirdly similar lines, while a portion of the DNA I share with a chimpanzee is large, there is a radical, shocking, and unpredictable difference between me and the chimp: namely that I can speak, ask questions, reflect on my behavior and its consequences, seek things outside of my own understanding, and, like, go to the moon. This stuff is unaccounted for in the genetic code as well.

That is, there is something about the human being that genetic mapping cannot find an explanation for. Which leads me to believe that self-awareness is not genetic but is a gift from another world.

There is no proof for what I'm saying here, just as there is no proof against what I am saying here.

All's I know is that when I sought God, I found him. And it wasn't my chromosomes that were yearning and reaching beyond this universe.

A chimp doesn't extend him- or herself beyond this universe. A chimp doesn't extend him- or herself beyond his or her current environs at all.

Show me the genetic sequence that accounts for this startling difference between me and my chimpanzee friend, and I'll eat a pair of my old socks in front of you.

Answer 4

A visit to a museum will confirm that many of the paintings have many of the same characteristics: brush stroke, light, subject matter, etc. This is not evidence one painting gave birth to another. It is, however, evidence they had the same creator.

Let's assume, for the sake of argument, that we do all have the same creator. Let's also assume that creator decided we could reproduce, and he would create DNA in order for us to do that. Let's also assume he organized what it would take for us to survive, the organs we'd need, the fact that we would all need skin, that some would walk on two legs, some on four, etc. Wouldn't you expect those things to be represented in the DNA, and that we'd have similarities?

Answer 5

I wouldn't. The Bible simply says that man was made from dust. So was ALL life on earth. Any scientist can tell you this. What makes man different is that God blew His breath into us, making man a 'living being'. In other words, He gave us an immortal soul. This is not something that bones can tell us about. I am certain that God created the world using the natural systems instituted at the start of this universe, including Evolution. But random chance cannot operate that machinery effectively. Only a living intelligence can do that. Men can do it in labs. God can do it in the primordinal earth. Crediting Evolution with the start of life is like crediting the Ford factory for the creatio of Escorts. You have left out the Worker, and the Designer, without whom, the factory wouldn't produce squat.

Answer 6

DNA of humans, chimps have 45,000,000 differences.
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That wasn't the subtitle of the August 17 Houston Chronicle article on the similarity of human and chimpanzee DNA, but it could have been. There are 3 billion letters in the human DNA genome, and they are 98.5% similar with chimps. DNA is fantastically complex, and the math yields 45 million differences. But of course the Chronicle article stated "DNA of humans, chimps i 98% the same".

The DNA of a nematode worm is 75% similar to that of humans. They could have mentioned that our DNA is 30% similar to bananas. But it is the differences that matter.

Nearly all cars have 4 wheels. That doesn't mean they were genetically related, just that the designers have a mode that works well so they replicate it.

Answer 7

Because the DNA is similar, we therefore have similar (if you want to say that) body structures.
I would say, as a Christian, God made us special with souls and minds and a special ability to love him. So, because of that, we are set apart from animals.
If you want to go with the Creationist story (which I believe), animals were created on one day and humans on another. That should be a clear sign of separation between the two.
Honestly, I can't say much from the scientific point of view since I'm not a biologist or anything, but I think it's the ability we have as humans to love like we do. Love each other and love God.

Answer 8

Well I know! When I'm at the zoo looking at the apes, I can understand why people think we have alot in common. Lots of similarities.

However, I believe the biblical account of creation, so...it really doesn't matter to me what science has to say about DNA or anything else. God created people, we did not evolve from lower life forms. They can say whatever they want about "proof"....huh uh. God's word is MY proof.

Answer 9

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Answer 10

I believe in Evolution,just thought I share with you another fact,
Apart from humans the only other animal which has fingerprints are
Apes.

Also If Adam and Eve was true than were they Black, White, Hispanic, Chinese or multiracial. How come human races have so many different facial characteristics and colours?

Also would not human beings die out of genetic defect if we were product of incest?
Many Groups of families who are offsprings of Incest have several
Genetic and Mental Problems.(it has been shown )
Reference: French Settlement in Lousiana.