Creationists and Intelligent Design proponents: why do you reject evolution?

Question

I'm assuming that you want to show the scientific community that evolution is false. You can't prove evolution false by saying it goes against your religious beliefs. You won't convince anybody that way.

Instead, if you really want to convince evolutionists that evolution is wrong, you'll need to show how evolution is wrong, and back it up with sound reasoning.

Evolution is currently taught in schools around the world (even in Christian colleges), and the "debate" is nonexistent except in the United States.

I suggest you read Wikipedia's article on evolution here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution

It addresses many misunderstandings about evolution, which is pretty much all that I find on Yahoo Answers.

So here's my question: what are your reasons for rejecting evolution? Have you read enough about both sides of the debate to make an informed opinion on it? Are you certain that you don't have a simple misunderstanding of it?

Gladiator: you're talking about abiogenesis. I'm talking about evolution. Two different things.

Answer 1

I have never seen an argument against evolution, by anyone that had any actual knowledge of it.

Anyone that argues against it, is simply misinformed, and this is blatantly obvious by the arguments they use.

It has been my experience actually, that most of the "arguments" used against evolution, are actually far closer to creationist beliefs. That's the funny part. They will create some strawman "fact" about evolution, then call it silly. But they don't even realize they are describing their own beliefs in the process.

Answer 2

Ok the proof that i have is that somewhere there in the united states is a fossil containing a human or even a early humanoids foot and a dinosaurs foot all in the same rock. Adapting to change is evolution. The evolution theory suggests that animal first started off in the earths waters as a simple one cell organism(the version i heard) (Which at that point many arguments can be made), ill even go to a multiple cell organism depending on what version seems fit. But its DNA mutated and changed it into a bigger and more powerful creature better suited to its new enviroment. Now i feel that man was here along time before what the evolutionists stated thru carbon dating. I also believe that all the animals were created at once thru God. Look at the mutations these days all unstable and corrupt. They do happen but they dont last and whatever happens to the creature , it has a high chance of dying. We dont have the gaze thru the fourth dimension and we cant literally prove that the theory is actually fact. As convincing as it sounds it can very easily be false. Do u believe in evolution?

Answer 3

Very well put "Incoherent Fool". I wish everyone in here could present their way of thinking without the necessity of calling the others stupid.

I guess there are two ways of thinking. Some people may feel afraid that they will be convinced that God does not exist if they study too much science. So the rely on faith only and say, "God created all living beings and thats it". Some people feel infuriated by this way of thinking, but really, isnt it their problem what they believe or not?

Others have found that studying science has helped them make their faith stronger as they can see the intelligent design God used on creation. I'm no stranger to science, I'm a Chemical Engineer and work in a biotech company. My wife is also a Creationist and has a Phd in Microbiology. She feels very bad when she teaches evolution in the university but its in the curriculum. Sorry for throwing in tittles. But he have found in science that a God of order must exist to bring organized life into a universe where everything tends to disorder.

If you search answers you will see that very good answers have been provided to support our beliefs. The thing is you will not believe what you do not want to believe.

The biggest problem with evolution: when, where and how did life began.

A soup with the exact ingerdients was there and all of a sudden, an organism capable of reproduction, feeding (of what I wonder), elimination of wastes, suitable for the environment, etc. just formed itself and from there all known life evolved. The thruth is science can not answer how did this happen, it has'nt even been able to recreate it in a lab with all ingredients and controlled conditions.

So IMHO, you need more faith in science than you need in a creator God.

Answer 4

Many Christians have a hard time with this. I took a course of this when I studied Human Anthropology, and there is evidence it does exist. It is not as perfect of a theory though as some teach. As mentioned above, it doesn't address the beginning. And it's not a perfect theory, otherwise, we should be able to dig down and see the evolution of time. But there is not a lot of denying it has it's place.

I am Christian and I believe that God created the world. Reading the Bible, it says this...just doesn't say how. And I don't buy the dating system applied either. It is a known fact how politics created our whole AD numbering system. This system has created a great barrier for Christians to even accept the possibility that these two beliefs can co-exist. I have studied literature reconciling this.

Answer 5

Aggie, the eye is one of the easiest to expain, you do realise that it has evolved over 40 times in different evolutionary paths and that each time it has taken a completely different path. You do realise that the eye is designed backwards (in other words very badly from an engineering point of view) and thats why you have a blind spot. No intelligent designer, human or otherwise would ever design it like that given the chance.

And any first year biologist knows it wasn't just all chance, thats not what evolution is.

But of course you knew all this.

And stop lying about no transitional fossils, there are fish with lungs, animals with flippers and even the whales of today still have legs.

Answer 6

I have studied evolution quite thoroughly.
I have studied Scriptural creation quite thoroughly.

In the end, I don't need to convince anybody of anything.
I know what I believe.

I have read (literally) hundreds of books that scientifically prove evolution false. If evolutionists don't agree with ANY of those or the thousands of other books and articles disproving their theory, what could I possibly say that would convince them that those books haven't said already?

I would suggest beginning with "Answers in Genesis" or the writings of author Ken Ham.

When it comes right down to it, evolution has been proved false time and time again, but I don't care. God's word says, " In the beginning, God created..." That's good enough for me. All the proof is just icing on the cake.

Answer 7

I'm a Christian, and I don't really reject the idea of evolution. I think that God did creat everything, but that those things have evolved. I don't think we're necessarily in the same form in which we were created. We have no proof that "Adam and Eve" were two humans as we think of humans today. What I DON'T get about people who are such STRICT opponents of evolution is that many of them will believe that every other animal/plant on the earth has evolved, but when it comes down to humans, they don't buy it. It seems like they think you can't accept evolution without denying God, and I don't believe that. To sum it up, I believe in evolution, but I also believe that God is in charge of it. For me, the question is this "when/where/how did everything start?" It had to start somewhere, and it just seems like living beings are too complex to give credit to chance or "The Big Bang Theory".

Anyway, I'll be honest, I can't give any scientific proof that evolution hasn't happened. My beliefs are grounded in faith that God is the ultimate creator. I'm sure there is a lot of scientific evidence of organisms evolving, but I believe God is the cause of all of it.

Answer 8

The Evolutionary hypothesis is simply not scientifically sound. It contradicts our most basic understanding of the universe, specifically the first and second laws of thermodynamics. The singularity (Big Bang) contradicts the First law because is requires the sudden and instantaneous of everything from nothing OR if it was a previous universe that collapsed and exploded then where did that universe come from? and the one before it? now we have a problem with the laws of cause and effect. This is not a problem for the Biblical creation hypothesis because God exists outside of the natural universe and is not bound by natural law because he created such laws. Ultimately this part of the debate can only end in an agreement that both theories requires a causeless cause and that accepting them requires a leap of faith. On to the second law of thermodynamics which states that energy, and thus matter and most importantly for my argument data systems, experience increasing entropy. For this reason it is impossible that DNA could naturally become increasingly and meaningfully more complex.

This is only a very basic part of my argument, there are many smaller issues such as the source of DNA and the cause/effect paradox that it creates, the age of the earth, carbon dating fallacy, and many other points that I would be happy to debate separately

Answer 9

If we evolved from monkeys, where is the evidence of the evolution. The current assumptions are that there were several levels of evolution. Why do we not see any evidence today? I don't see a half man/half monkey today so am I to assume that because certain fossils that were uncovered, that they cannot prove beyond a reasonable doubt, were the remains of prehistoric mankind. Key on the fact that even these things are "assumptions" not scientific fact because no one was alive to say otherwise. Many of the fossils dug up that scientists assume are prehistoric man are only assuming that this is what they are finding and many of those fossil finds are in jumbled mixtures of various bone fragments that they used only their "best guess" in putting them back together again. Sounds like evolution is relying on about as much scientific fact as creation. I just chose to believe in creation.

Answer 10

As far as evolution goes, no evidence of intermediate species exist (say between fish and amphibians, or between amphibians and reptiles) nor has any EVER been found. Also, why do some species remain unchanged? Why do they exist as fossils AND modern specimens? Finally, i ask you, if you are so convinced that humans are descended from apes, why do apes still exist? Is there some reason why THEY haven't evolved? If you believe in evolution, why do these glaring contradictions to the theory not awaken you to the imperfection of the whole theory. I would remind you that if it were provable, that it would be the Law of Evolution and not a theory.

Answer 11

For one there has never been any transitional fossils found. If fins turned to feet then where are the fin-feet. Which means for a time the fin wasn't a fin anymore and the foot not a foot yet. The creature would have died out without functioning feet or fins. The evolutionists answer for not finding any transitional fossils is to make up the idea that the transition happened so quickly that there is very little transitional fossil evidence to be found. They are not looking for the truth but rather ways to support their theories.