Why do so many Christians hate evolution?

Question

They hate it so much that they don't even want to learn about it. If evolution is a threat to their religion, how can I trust their religion? What if GRAVITY was a threat to a religion, would you believe in that religion?

I have recently decided to give Christianity a try but everytime I see Christian ignorance like that, it makes my journey towards God that much more difficult. Why are they such lousy missionaries?

I just don't want to be like them. I don't know If I want to study a book that will make me like them but I also don't want to live without a higher purpose.

Are you real Christians or are you just trolling?

Please God, let these be trolls!

Answer 1

Hang in there and study it for yourself. Evolution and the Big bang actually fit fairly nicely with the genesis 1 account. There was a beginning - contrary to the belief that people were always in existence - simple life came first more complex forms later.

People who haven't studied much are afraid of anything they perceive challenges their beliefs because they do not have a mature questioned and tested faith. Don't let them stop you from seeking truth and purpose.

Christians have had many conflicts with science over the years and I believe will slowly come around on these issues. A recognition that a symbolic and contextual interpetation of the scriptures (especially the old testament) would soften many people hearts.

Answer 2

wow. Two Christian 'scientists' answered this. Except that they clearly aren't scientists or they'd have some idea of what they were talking about.

"Matter coming from non matter-bad science that takes too much faith."

Where in the Theory of Evolution is there any talk of matter coming from non-matter? Perhaps this is a reference to the Big Bang. You'd think someone with a science degree would know the difference between theoretical physics and biology. This mistake is even more stupid that those claiming evolution tries to explain how life started (it doesn't).

"evolution is not a scientific law, but a popular theory advanced by atheist... "

Name one scientific law? There's no such thing. (Here's an example - Newton's so-called Law of Gravity was a scientific theory and not a law. It's no longer used because it's been updated by Einstein's more accurate General Theory of Relativity). Mathematics has laws and proofs. Biology, chemistry and physics do not.

And there are plenty of Christians who support evolution (and I'm sure there are some atheists who oppose it). This is science and has nothing to do with religion.

Answer 3

I am a christian. In the bible you are told that you are made to look like God's reflection. If you were to believe in evolution it would be saying that God never existed and that there is no surtain reason that we are put on this Earth. If there is no reason why are we here talking about this today. If weren't needed to do anything important there wouldn't be any life on Earth or anywhere eles. Would nothing even exist? Don't you ever wonder what is really out there. Yes there is such things as evolution in animals, but for us to be able to rule over the animal kingdom as we are doing now, that can't happen without a higher power involved. Sorry if this is too much information for you. I can get a little carried away. God Bless

Answer 4

Ah, the great debate.

Firstly, nobody living today has any idea how the world came into being.

For all we know, the account in Genesis might be factual, but the most probable explanation is that the writer 3,000 years ago had no idea either and without the benefit of modern science tried to explain it as best he could.

Darwin wrote his 'Origin of Species' after travelling the world and studying how life forms adapt to different environmental conditions. This can actually be seen happening and the most obvious example I can think of is the moths in the Black Country in England which changed their colour to black over time, because so many of the places where they lived were contaminated with soot from the industrial output.

Because his theory overturned the Creation many Christians rejected it - and still do Q.E.D. - but it is a theory - no more, no less.

Since Darwin's day science has come up with carbon 14 dating and calculated the approximate age of the Earth, but whether you believe our planet is 4,500,000,000 years old or 4,500 and how it came into being is still a matter of conjecture.

It's when people who believe in one start to suppress the other that I object. I hear Christians in the Bible Belt in the USA are trying to get teachers sacked for teaching the Evolution theory. This is wrong and in any case goes against the spirit and letter of democracy.

Better to teach the kids both versions and let them make up their own minds.

Answer 5

we do not. Many Evangelical Christians do not hate Evolution. The question is why are some concepts via Evolutionists being purported as data, there should be extra data earlier declaring something developed into something else- that is all. No problem with data, merely as a lot as why are some descriptions contained in the Bible laughed at even as there are data to help them like the idea of flora present day after water become on the floor (Gen 2v6), that mankind got here after different creatures (Gen 1v20- i'm no longer antagonistic to Evolutionism nor merely accepting what's authentic from the Bible and from technological expertise.

Answer 6

I think Christ would rather we focus on the good we can do in the here and the now, rather than debate the origins of our planet and evolution. For a number of Christians, I think being diametrically opposed to evolutionary concepts is an exercise in validation. It reflects a mentality of: if I argue and assert myself hard enough, I'm right and you're wrong. But faith isn't about the scientific process, which is an earthly exercise. I know that a number of people will probably argue that to know who you are is to know from where you came. But won't Christians study and practice Christ's teaching regardless of this debate? The fact of the matter is that Christianity focuses on the teachings of Christ, first and foremost. Yes, those teachings are within the larger context of the Bible with the Old Testament as a precursor, and it is all the Word of God. However, when you look at the Bible linearly, even the Bible is an evolution of religious practice - from the Old Testament's eye-for-an-eye justice to Jesus' love-they-neighbor-as-thyself teachings.

In my Christian elementary school, there was a song with the refrain, "And they'll know we are Christians by our love." Again, "by our love." The world does not need to know us by whether we are right or wrong about evolution. What Christians need to continue to show is love, patience, kindness, and forgiveness in our thoughts, words, and deeds; the Christian faith is built on those priorities.

Answer 7

It's not just that evolution is wrong to them, it's also that it's a giant hoax. Consider that the Church is waaay more powerful than the scientific establishment and has always been more powerful then it doesn't make sense.

Creationists find one tiny flaw with the theory of Evolution and say that it's all rubbish. It's a desperate, inward-looking psychology supported wholly by fear and sometimes paranoia. If these people were really interested in it then they'd get the answers they need in Biology books, but they'd prefer to read the BIble.

New ideas are terrible threats to them. Progress is unnatural, remember.

Answer 8

There is, of course, a big difference between fact and fiction. The theory of evolution is fiction. And still, I listen all the time and learn all the time, but haven't yet seen the facts or fossils that prove that evolution is true. As soon as they do that I will surely believe it. It is not a question of Christian ignorance, it is more a question of evolutionist's arrogance. Evolution is no more a proven science then Christianity is a proven belief. Christianity is based on faith and events that we know happened in our recent past. Evolution is based on an assortment of conclusions. Nothing else.

But, even if, one would change their mind today, just what difference will it make tomorrow? Will we then be enlightened?
Will it change my religious beliefs. No.

Answer 9

I am a Christian and I don't hate this anymore then any other idea.
but my Pastor sure hates it as he even put this on the sign on the front of our church..and he also is anti a lot of stuff that i am not bad mouthing either....
yes, do not be a hater..just believe in what you want to..

i like the story of the Scopes Monkey Trial...one version was with Spencer Tracy who played the real life lawyer Clearance Darrow and another actor played the real life William Jennings Bryant..
Bryant ran for president in 1896-1900-1008..methinks and he lost and he was a real Darwin basher...a real Bible Thumper..you can read the book or watch the movie..its a classic on the court case against the school teacher who dared teach the theory of evolution as it was against the law in Tenn...its a classic..by the way...Darwin lost that trial too..but not by much..its a goody

Answer 10

I am shocked at what I am reading in some of the answers to the question. in some cases there are scientists saying that they have learned about evolution and they still do not believe in this as there is no proof. this is correct this is why it is called the theory of evolution and not the certainty of evolution. as scientists We accept that we may be wrong it is termed the principle of the null hypothesis, this is sadly lacking in a lot of the answers which christians give to the questions in which they have a blinkered view in which there is no possiblility of them being wrong. The theory upsets a lot of christians for a very simple reason it gives individuals another possibility of how we got here. The simple fact is that there is vast amounts of data which supports evolution, there is no scientific data which supports creationism.