Why Do You Believe in Evolution?

Question

If Evolution is a religion without any proof then why do you still believe in it.

Here are the different kinds of evolutions:
1.- Chemical evolution - the origin of higher elements from hydrogen.
2.- Cosmic evolution - the origin of time, space, and matter. Big Bang.
3.- Stellar and planetary evolution - origin of stars and planets.
4.- Organic evolution - origin of life from inanimate matter.
5.- Macro-evolution - origin of major kinds.
6.- Micro-evolution - variations within kinds. Only this one has been observed.
The first five meanings are believed by faith and are religious because there is not a single proof for them. Only the last one is scientific and it has nothing to do with the first five.

Answer 1

"If Evolution is a religion without any proof then why do you still believe in it."

Didn't take you long to screw that up, did it?

Evolution is not religion. Lack of proof does not make something religion. If it did, every belief outside of mathematics and logic would be religious, and science would not exist.

Your problem is that you're a black-and-white thinker, and that has caused you to ignore the very important question of evidence. You're treating the world as though evidence doesn't matter at all.

I know it's hard to think about the world, but you just plain have to put more effort into it if you really want to understand the world. Are you willing to make the effort, or will you continue to pretend that all unproven things are equal so you can take comfort in your easy, unchallenging belief system?

Answer 2

1.- Chemical evolution - the origin of higher elements from hydrogen.

FALSE: Evolution has nothing to do with chemistry. It is a purely biological process. This is simply "chemistry."

2.- Cosmic evolution - the origin of time, space, and matter. Big Bang.

FALSE: There is no such thing as "cosmic evolution". The ToE covers only biology. This is simply called "astronomy" and "cosmology".

3.- Stellar and planetary evolution - origin of stars and planets.

FALSE: There is no such thing as planetary evolution. See above. This also falls under "astronomy".

4.- Organic evolution - origin of life from inanimate matter.

FALSE: The ToE says nothing whatsoever about the original development of life. This falls under "chemestry".

5.- Macro-evolution - origin of major kinds.
6.- Micro-evolution - variations within kinds. Only this one has been observed.

FALSE: These are Creationist distinctions. Scientists (ypu know...the ones with education and actually research things called facts...) do not have such things. Creationists have the distorted idea that a species simply changes into another with a magic *Poof*. It simply does not occur to them that after enough mutations, a species may very easily diverge into sub-species, and some of those sub-species might gradually change further and further away from the original.

The first five meanings are made up by you. None of them have anything to do with the real-world ToE.

You are also wrong in claiming that speciation has not been observed: http://talkorigins.org/

Answer 3

I studied religion in college for several years; Yahoo Answers was the first time I ever heard that evolution was a religion. In order for evolution to be a religion, it needs a deity, which it lacks (do "evolutionists" worship Charles Darwin?).

You are wrong on some of these points. The evolution of higher elements from hydrogen routinely occurs on the sun, it's what causes the sun to "burn"; it's also been done in labs and is the principle of the hydrogen bomb.

I believe in God, but evolution makes much more sense than some story in Genesis. By the way, which story in Genesis do you believe in, there are two (plants before man - Genesis 1 - and man before plants - Genesis 2).

Besides, disproving evolution, which is yet to be done, does not automatically prove creationism. There is yet to be any proof of creationism outside slamming evolution.

Answer 4

Evolution is NOT a religion. The theory of evolution has nothing to DO with religion! WHY can't people understand that? That's like saying archeology is a religion. Creationists have become so hysterical about the issue that they can't even differentiate between science and religion. It is not a religion, and it doesn't conflict with religion. It only conflicts with a literal interpretation of the first book of the Bible.

Answer 5

You are so uneducated. Scientists did not "guess" at all of these types of evolution. They use several techniques in physics to come up with these theories. Why don't you read a book on any of them and see how much evidence (direct and indirect) there is to support these? By the way, can you specifically explain HOW God created the universe? Be detailed about it, and give evidence. I don't see you fundies coming up with any appropriate model for the how Earth was created besides creationism. Losers.

Answer 6

Evolution is the current theory that holds the most water with our present understanding.
It is not a fact.
Until there is something better to come along I will buy into evolution as the best theory going.

Does that mean I don't believe in G-d. NO!
Those who use evolution to prove that or disprove that make it a religion.

I don't blow a gasket if someone points out problems with the theory that is why it is still a theory.

Answer 7

1) Chemical evolution is observed in stars fusing hydrogen, helium, boron, etc down to iron. Yes, I said observed.

2) Cosmic evolution is observed in star forming regions, supernova, gamma rays bursts, and the cosmic microwave background. Yes, observed.

3) Star formation regions are regularly observed, as are protoplanetary nebulae. I'm an astronomer. I spent last week observing these with big telescopes.

4) This we're still working on.

5) Observed indirectly through the fossil record.

6) Observed regularly.

Please don't cut and paste things that have been proven wrong so many times. It just makes you look uneducated.

Answer 8

I can see how the world around me has changed over the last 30 years. All things evolve. Only an idiot would say different, Christians Argue Darwin's theory not types of evolution.

Answer 9

as any good atheist will tell you, faith is believing in something with no evidence or proof.
Me, I have faith in God.
I doubt whether anyone will ever produce scientific proof that there is no God behind the workings of the universe...science is nothing but a tool to try to figure out what God's been up to.

Answer 10

I think most evolutionists base their beliefs on heresay, not the current scientific evidence. I agree with you that there is only actual proof if micro-evolution and the others are kaput. I've done my scientific research and I'm convinced that no matter what people "theorize" it's just an excuse created because people are too afraid to believe in something that they can't see or to let go of control over their own lives to a higher power.

To be an evolutionists requires faith in other people's scientific research just like being a Christian requires faith in a higher power. I prefer the latter.