Why do Christians claim evolution is a faith?

Question

Why do you (Christians) think that a scientific theory is a religion?

Davidm, saying “because it is” is not a good answer. Care to elaborate?
Q8abat, saying “trust me” is also not a good answer. Why should I just take your word for it? Can’t give any reasons why?
4 little arrows, why do you think science is based on faith?

And yes, I am aware that not all Christians reject evolution or claim it is a religion.

Proud Believer, care to site any of your claims? I could say the theory of gravity as been disproved, but if I don’t site my source, what good it is?

For those who are saying "it's just a theory" please look at this to clarify what is meant by scientific theory. http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution-fact.html

Answer 1

They have nothing to go on but empty rhetoric. They want to raise up political doctrine ("Scientific" Creationism is political, not religious ,doctrine) to the level of the single most evidenced scientific theory. Since the Bible is all they have for evidence, the raising up doesn't work. They then turn to cutting down. They refer to evolution being "just a theory", but when you point out that gravity is "just a theory", they have to use another distortion. That's when they go to evolution as religion.

Answer 2

I'm not sure I'd call it a religion but it does take some faith (believing without seeing) to believe in any scientific theory - because they're theories and haven't been proven. Sometimes it takes decades, centuries, or longer to prove some theories that we really believed were true all along and it's great when they are proven true but other times after much study some theories are proven to be false as well. And some theories, well - we have no way to either prove or disprove. So it does take some faith to believe in theories as they haven't been proven. Once a theory is proven it becomes scientific law. I hope this helps...

Answer 3

i'm a born lower back Christian and that i think contained in the evolutionary theory...in spite of the undeniable fact that it does no longer detract from my faith in God as my author. The Bible is remarkably such as what technological information tells us happened. the biggest project that maximum folk have is the time ingredient and the concept that if someone believes contained in the concept it can advise that they do no longer believe in God. because the Bible stated day one, day 2 etc., they anticipate this could advise that those are 24 hour or 12 hour days. God is undying, for this reason i think he would have carried out it in a millesecond if he had chosen to achieve this. i think that God is the fashion designer of all that has come and all which will yet come. it isn't previous the area of chance that evolution is his plan in action....in spite of the undeniable fact that i don't believe that each assumption made contained in the evolutionary theory is inevitably striking both. in reality, many of the flaws first reported by way of early supporters of the concept have on account that been shown pretend. all of us comprehend that mutation exists interior species to create different species. i imagine it really is a perfect reality. My question must be why, no longer how.

Answer 4

The reason that Christians claim a scientific theory is a faith because Science and rational thinking comes in direct conflict with their faith. Since Christians choose to believe in irrationality because it is their faith and therefore the beliefs of others are based on a "faith" in logic and rationality.

The common argument is that Science requires belief because you must believe that the human senses are capable of discerning the universe and extrapolating truth from it. It is considered insignificant that human beings must make such assumptions to operate in the world. Science takes the same leap of faith that is required to believe that the universe exists and that the senses depict something similar to what exists, something everyone does believe whether they admit to it or not.

Another common reason for is the word "theory" which is in common language gives more uncertainty to the ideas than really exists. The "Theory" of evolution is closer to the "theory" of gravity than to what is often meant by the word.

Most of this stems from a lack or misunderstanding of Evolution or Natural Selection. Most Christians do not really want to know in the first place. The preponderance of evidence in comparable biochemistry, comparable anatomy, fossil records, fossil distribution, observance of evolution in microorganisms, observance of evolution in our artificial selection (for example breeding dogs) all contribute to its truth. Christians obviously have the right to disagree with evidence and logic, but they cannot claim to support both their faith and science. By attempting to use Scientific methods to support the irrationality of their religion they will achieve nothing.

By calling science a "faith" Christians are attempting to put it on an equal probability when using logic. They might say "but can you truly know?" and the answer may be no, but the fact that I may not know that a ball will fall every time I drop it does not lead me to believe that it will not drop.

Answer 5

The problem is that most evolution deniers have no idea how science works or what the founding principles of modern science are.

They see a conspiracy to deny God (as if science is even concerned with God). And they do not distinguish between belief, theory and fact - so to them being a scientist is like being a sikh. You follow a completley different 'religion'

Answer 6

I don't know where you got that from. Any theory is just a theory. Evolution is actually a pretty good one. Any religion is mostly a common set of lies laced with a little common sense. It has its place, too. Faith is something else entirely. Faith is whatever you cling to when there's nothing else. Everyone has to believe in something; I believe it's past my bedtime. G'night.

Answer 7

Christians aren't the only ones. Noted evolutionist Michael Ruse wrote the following:

“In particular, I argue that in both evolution and creation we have rival religious responses to crisis of faith -- rival stories of origins, rival judgments about the meaning of human life, rival sets of moral dictates, and above all what theologians call rival escatologies -- pictures of the future and of what lies ahead for humankind.”

Answer 8

Because it's takes a whole crap load of faith to believe in a BS theory as Evolution. It's either Faith or plain ignorance to accept Evolution as a fact when you consider all of the scientific holes in that theory. It's been disproven time and time again. Why do you think they won't debate it? There are tons of examples of scientists and anthropologists forging key findings to help them prove evolution. It's a crock.

Answer 9

Well, there are scientific-based religions if you didn't know that first of all, but evolution is something a lot of people don't believe in because it clashes with the Adam and Eve story. I am a Catholic Christian but I believe in evolution.

Answer 10

They claim it is a faith because the acceptance of available evidence as irrefutable fact is subjective. While evoluion is widely accepted by many Christians, a minority simply point to available "proof" as merely a construct of God.