Why do people say Christians reject evolution?

Question

Catholics are the majority of Christians world wide and do not reject evolution. Are the Fundamentalists the only ones that reject reality for the sake of argument?

Answer 1

I just put my faith in the Bible. Evolutionists cannot prove their version of the way the earth was created.

Answer 2

People who don't know any better lump all Christians into one homogeneous group. However, there are several views concerning the origin of the cosmos among genuine Christians.

Many Christians believe in what is called "theistic evolution"...the idea that God used the process of evolution to produce all the species extant today.

Not all Christians believe that God took a literal six days to create the universe. I, for one, believe that the "days" in Genesis 1 and 2 should be interpreted symbolically.

Hopefully, no Christian would reject the majestic message of Genesis 1:1, "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth." Whether he chose to use the process of evolution to accomplish this "creation" is open to debate.

Answer 3

Well, the ones that reject evolution also happen to be the most vocal, and the majority in the home country of the speakers in this case (the U.S.)... Catholics make up around 47% of Christians worldwide, but only 23% in the U.S. (Compared to Protestantism's combined 53% in the U.S.)

Answer 4

The majority of Protestants worldwide do not reject evolution, it is overwhelmingly in the USA where they have a problem with it, one for the sociologists.

There was a survey recently where they posted the numbers, basically only Turkey and the USA had majorities that did not accept evolution.

"In a study in Science, Jon Miller, Eugenie Scott and Shinji Okamoto present the scary statistic that the acceptance of evolution is lower in the USA than in 31 European countries and Japan. Only in Turkey is evolution less accepted than in the USA. 80% of adults in Denmark, Sweden and France, 78% in Japan and 76% in the UK and 70% in Germany accept evolution as true, compared with 40% in the USA."

Answer 5

I don't reject it at all but I realize that science learns new things and sometimes well accepted theories are found out not to be exactly true.
I will stay neutral. I believe the days spoke about in Genesis were probably not the 24 hour day we know.

Answer 6

Christians do no longer!!! only screwed thinkers because of the fact the christian church homes factor out!! The Pope, Catholic Church, Church of britain and mainstream church homes all settle for the vast bang and evolution!! Lord Carey the former Archbishop of Canterbury placed it o.k. – “Creationism is the fruit of a fundamentalist technique of scripture, ignoring scholarship and intense discovering, and perplexing distinctive understandings of reality”!! astonishing that christians and atheists can agree and laugh at the same time even no count if it rather is at your price!! yet at the back of the laughter is the melancholy at a fundamentalist striving so demanding to break christianity by ability of turning it from a faith to an ideology!!!!

Answer 7

http://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,791-1,00.html

Let us suppose that millions of years ago a cell was formed which had acquired everything necessary for life, and that it duly "came to life". The theory of evolution again collapses at this point. For even if this cell had existed for a while, it would eventually have died and after its death, nothing would have remained, and everything would have reverted to where it had started. This is because this first living cell, lacking any genetic information, would not have been able to reproduce and start a new generation. Life would have ended with its death.

Answer 8

I dont understand how a christian would not reject evolution. If they actually took the time to read Genesis, God says "And now we will make human beings" (After he had already created all other animals).

Answer 9

Theories, Theories, Theories!
Evolution is a THEORY
Big Bang is a Theory
I am considered pretty much a "hard-line" fundamentalist Christian but my main problem with evolution is that it is being taught as FACT not THEORY. (please pardon the shouting letters meant only for emphasis)
I personally say go ahead and teach evolution if you want but teach it as a theory and teach that there are other theories and opinions out there that should be respected.

Answer 10

It beats me, I am having a tough time defining how I can define myself. One word doesn't seem to do it anymore.
I am thankful for Jesus, I try to follow his instructions, and I have personally experienced the witnessing of the Holy Spirit just like he promised. -- But when (maybe most, and maybe just Fundies) Christians define themselves they hardly ever mention Jesus' teachings. My religion, my beliefs, not only doesn't have any conflict with science, or evolution, it doesn't even delve into that subject(that I can see) - Jesus said, "My kingdom is not of this world".

Evolution in my days meant the process of changing due to a need for an adjustment to new circumstances. Now, it seems that most refer to Evolution at the biological level (only), yet they apply it to God or no God.

Answer 11

I guess it's the same as people thinking all muslims are terrorists or support terrorism.

The actions and words of the few radicals taint the rest of the moderates are many people's eyes.

I try to be careful to frame most of my question "some christians", but I'll admit that sometimes I forget.