God vs. Evolution?

Question

ok just wondering what people think...i believe in God and how schools have to teach the most boring subject Evolution i was wondering if humans did ivolve from apes why is there still apes on earth? and where did apes come from..out of nowhere?so which one do you believe in?

Answer 1

I strongly belive in god.

Answer 2

I don't let it bother me. All the answers are right- Evolution can explain every well why there are apes and us at the same time. But what evolution does so poorly at is prove most of their theories beyond a breeding different dogs. At any moment most Evolution experts understand that somebody may come along- and most likely will- and mess up the entire theory with something new that can be explained by it. That's how every theory goes- even by the brightest people in the world.

The reason they teach it though is because it's a good theory to use to learn about theories. Creationism isn't a theory- it's a belief. Creationism isn't going to change because someone reads a Buddist book- it's clear, and unchangable. And it's ok to believe in- but for purposes of learning science- Creationism doesn't help very much- evolution does. But science is incredibly important- and important to learn. So stay awake, keep trying- ask quesitons and remember all these will be the out-dated science when your kids go to school.

Answer 3

even creationists say you should not use this question as an argument against evolution, so please be at least informed by your own sources!
the following is a copy and paste from the creationist website provided below:
If we evolved from apes, why are there still apes today?’ In response to this statement, some evolutionists point out that they don’t believe that we descended from apes, but that apes and humans share a common ancestor. However, the evolutionary paleontologist G.G. Simpson had no time for this ‘pussyfooting’, as he called it. He said, ‘In fact, that earlier ancestor would certainly be called an ape or monkey in popular speech by anyone who saw it. Since the terms ape and monkey are defined by popular usage, man’s ancestors were apes or monkeys (or successively both). It is pusillanimous [mean-spirited] if not dishonest for an informed investigator to say otherwise.’

However, the main point against this statement is that many evolutionists believe that a small group of creatures split off from the main group and became reproductively isolated from the main large population, and that most change happened in the small group which can lead to allopatric speciation (a geographically isolated population forming a new species). So there's nothing in evolutionary theory that requires the main group to become extinct.

It’s important to note that allopatric speciation is not the sole property of evolutionists—creationists believe that most human variation occurred after small groups became isolated (but not speciated) at Babel, while Adam and Eve probably had mid-brown skin color. The quoted erroneous statement is analogous to saying ‘If all people groups came from Adam and Eve, then why are mid-brown people still alive today?’

Answer 4

This is a common question from the creationists and it makes no sense at all. Modern day apes descended from their early ancestors traced back to a hominid species dating over 2.7 to 4 m.y.a.

Modern man belongs to the genus Homo, which is a subgroup in the family of hominids. What evolved into Homo was likely the genus Australopithecus (once called "man-ape"), which includes the famed 3.2 million-year-old "Lucy" fossil found three decades ago.

The whole human family tree, being able to connect the branches is the life work of anthropoligists and other scientists. The great apes are man's closest cousins, they developed off the main family of hominids over 4 m.y.a. To say that modern man descended from present day monkeys and apes is as ludicrous as saying "horses descended from zebras, so why are the zebras still around...?"

Answer 5

First of all, evolution does not state the man evolved from apes. Evolution claims that man and ape have a commone ancestor. Second, if we believe that God could create the world and all the things in it, why don't we believe that God could create the things in the world to be able to adapt to their surroundings? I am not saying that I believe that we can from a fish or a common ancestor of the ape, but I do believe that we are able to change to fit our environment. Simply stated, to evolve means to undergo change.

Answer 6

God is evolution and vice versa..if u believe that god is an entity or a being then somehow god has evolved from something..maybe we came from apes but does that really matter? this question for me now is a matter of pov that has no one answer and no right or wrong..and nothing is created from nothing..my personal answer to this question is that i dont merely just believe in god and i dont just merely believe in evolution but im leaning more towards CREATION and yes you can say by god but that would stem another area of the debate which is who/what is god..

Answer 7

If you include God, evolution is possible. There are a growing number of scientists that proclaim that the evidence for evolution (without God) is slim to none. In other words, they have serious doubts as to the truth of the theory of evolution.
There are powerful arguments on why evolution on its own could not have happened. These are available widely in bookstores. Evolutionists, of course, dispute these arguments. Scientists, those that cling to evolution, have a vested interest. Intellectual power. And I think a case can be made that science (of the wrong sort; and believe me, I like science, of the right sort, and scientists--just think many of them are wrong in this arena)--that they would ultimately like to supplant religion and take over in its stead. Good science, honest and true science is not a threat to Christianity, nor to belief in God. Over time, again and again, science, including archeology proves the Bible correct.
So I go with God. If you want to include evolution with God at the helm, you have no argument from me, although that's not my belief. I personally believe evolution is pseudo-science (that is, fake, invalid science).

Answer 8

nicely this will not be particularly appropriate to the question yet "God" and the bible are VERY loosely and selectively (because of the fact it has some loopy stuff in there and maximum of it is lacking) based on the ineffective sea scrolls and that i think evolution is extra probably then god even nevertheless the circumstances for existence are particularly uncommon. additionally diverse subspecies type of coach that there has been some type of evolution in earth. DNA mutations have been recorded and handed on by numerous generations of animals

Answer 9

I have no empirical evidence that God exist. I have not heard him speak to me, nor have I seen him in a form of the burning bush. However, I do believe that God does exist. I have made a conscious choice know-ling full well I have no evidence to support my claim.

Evolution makes sense...and it is reasonable.
And using reason...it should not be unthinkable that both God and Evolution are true.

There are many questions that we will never fully be able to answer. And I have come to accept that I will never know everything. And with that... I have found peace.

But I should add one other thing....there is one minor detail that is overlooked.... No one knows for sure if God does exist...but what is not deniable...is the existence of the question, "Does God exist?" And with such a question that does indeed exist, there 'must' exist only two possibilities...Either Yes or No. A fifty-fifty chance if you will.

Suppose the answer is 'No'?
Will we never see the things we love again?...forever?
Talk or hug the people that bring us joy...ever again?
Speak or laugh and play with our children...never more?
I don't know about you....but I am concern of 'never' existing again...for all eternity.

It is something to think about.

Answer 10

Modern humans are actually hybrids created by millennia of interbreeding between early hominids and chimpanzees, according to geneticist James Mallet and other MIT and Harvard scientists, as quoted in the newsmagazine This Week, June 9, 2006. The interbreeding began about 6.3 million years ago. Then, for a million years, the ancestors of the human race continued to acquire chromosomes from chimps until a second and final break about 5.3 million years ago.

Answer 11

Man didn't evolve from apes, Man and apes evolved from the same ancestor. Most life did. Ask your teacher when you wake up in class.

But even assuming that man evolved from apes, the fact that there are still apes doesn't mean that evolution didn't happen. Your pet dog was bred (artificially evolved) from wolves. Does the fact that wolves still live invalidate the presence of a toy poodle or the pound puppy that stars as my icon?