Is the real reason that creationists cannot accept evolution.....?

Question

.......they fear admitting that we are not all devinely created perfection created in the image of some kind of god. That maybe our orgins are not quite so glamourous as they would like to think, that maybe we are not as important in this universe as they would like to think.

Does the fact that we shared a common ancestor with other primates dent their pride ?

Are they so full of themselves that they really believe we were devinely created ?

Is it letting go of this notion the real issue that creationists have ?

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Answer 1

I believe that, in accepting challenges to major tenets of any faith, essentially says to the practitioner that they do not believe their faith. One cannot allow for 'possibility' to occur unless one also accepts that there is the possibility that one is 'wrong' as well.

Also, creationists don't have the leeway in which to pick and choose what they want to believe. This is because all religions have a 'end times' comeuppance built into their beliefs. These work as stop-gaps against people 'leaving' (i.e. if you leave, you will NOT be forgiven and you will spend eternity in hell...) but they essentially force you into an all-or-nothing position: either you believe every tenent or you don't. Once you accept the story of Genesis as fact, there is no other alternative except Hell.

One can subscribe this to Pride, but Pride only exists where there is no doubt. Where there is no doubt, where faith is assured, pride sows its seeds. It is not that Creationists have no doubt (as a group, not talking about individuals) it is that such doubt cannot even be entertained according to their tenets, for it is believed that doubt allows 'evil forces' to hold sway.

Answer 2

I'll give you an odd answer from a different perspective.

I'm a humanist. Not so much politically or even philosophically, but if you look up the dictionary definition, it defines perfectly what I think. (For the record, the first definition on dictionary.com fits the bill: "any system or mode of thought or action in which human interests, values, and dignity predominate".)

In other words, people are it. People are the most important thing we have, and their religion or race or social status doesn't matter.

I take this a bit further in my own spirituality, but that aside...I probably think higher of humanity as a whole than many religious people do. Nobody is "better" or "worse" or part of my religion or not.

Granted, I think that level of equality in some way is very much supported by the idea of evolution. But it seems wrong for me to say we were all divinely created and then target people who aren't of a certain religion or hold certain viewpoints as "bad" or "evil" or even "lesser". I did my time in Christianity, and I know at least in the part of it I was in, people who weren't Christians tended to be viewed as any combination of those three things.

Answer 3

*drink* i do not understand how God did it, yet i have self belief God created each thing -- apes, human beings, dogs and gorgeous little kittens. it is my *idea* which i do no longer want to educate, justify, or safeguard. in case you don't like it, too undesirable. I only ought to ask your self, are you so finished of your self that the actually way you could sense more desirable ideal is to bash somebody else's ideals? Does the very undeniable truth that Christians giving God the honor for the fullness of creation dents your delight? Is letting go of your obsession with human beings no longer accepting Evolution the genuine concern evolutionists have? only curious. Oh, and the genuine reason THIS creationist would not settle for a author-a lot less evolution is because I actually position self belief in God. and that is all there is to it.

Answer 4

Biblical literalists claim that the King James Version is the true word of God, and keep the flocks in line with it. If page 1 is disproven, their power is gone.

Answer 5

Evolution is a myth shot full of so many holes, it isn't even funny any
more.
I Cr 13;8a
12-17-6

Answer 6

They take the bible literally; therefore, any facts that contradict the bible must be wrong.