christians...?

Question

Am I being narrow-minded by refusing to do "evolution" in school

Answer 1

One of our high school biology teachers was against it also. He told the students that they would need to be familiar with it beyond his class so it would be a good idea to review the chapter on evolution. There wasn't any time spent on it in class though.

And if evolution were correct and I evolved from an ape over the last few million years, then where is the fossil evidence of these millions of years of evolution? There should be an abundance of skeletons and bones from the countless variations of "ape/human" that evolution would have created... and why are there still "apes" (presumably the first primates and our great, great, great.... ancestors) and there are humans, but there are no in-between stages still around today? Evolution would have had the apes dying out long ago because they couldn't have competed with their larger, smarter, more evolved cousins in the food chain.

Answer 2

As a Christian, I think you can be a better witness when you know more about other theories, such as evolution. If it is offered in school, you probably don't have a choice weather to take it or not. If you do have the choice, you can make a statement by not taking it, or you can take it and learn what some other people think about the beginning of time. There are times when being narrow-minded, is the best choice.

Answer 3

Narrow-minded has turned into a big insult on this forum. However, some people strive to be just that--narrow-minded with a focus on one thing and not wishing to go outside of that focus--religion, God, the idea of creation or intelligent design. You are being narrow-minded in that regard, but that is what you are MEANING to do. I don't know what you mean by "doing evolution". It is not going to hurt you to learn about evolution to understand where other people are coming from. If you learned about Islam, does it mean that you will follow it? I hope not. Be strong in your faith. If you do not want to learn about it, that is your choice. If you want to simply learn about it, then it doesn't mean that you HAVE to believe in it. I'm sure you learned about the Catholic church in History class, but are you catholic because of that? What about learning about Native American spiritualism? I learned about lots of these things in school, but it didn't make me stray from the beliefs that I already had. The choice is up to you, but realize that people will probably look down upon you if you refuse.

Let me tell you one last thing. I have a friend that is getting a degree in Biology in a couple of days. She is a very strong Christian and doesn't believe in evolution, yet it is part of her degree that she HAD to learn it and know how to explain the theory. She still holds her beliefs as before.

Answer 4

It depends on what form of evolution. Evolution as change through genetic variation and drift to maintain species fitness is the only form most Christians accept. However, the macro, Darwinian, NeoDarwinian, punctuated equilibrium, cosmic, stellar, forms of evolution are all speculation. You can capitalize on all the gaps in the theory that keeps it in its theoretical status. Enlighten the kids about the problems of the theory instead of the repetitive indoctrination that kids get from proponents of the belief of evolution.

As a Christian I teach my kids everything so they are not ignorant and they know why they believe what they believe, as well, as what science and theology teach. I show them the objections to the theories as well as scientific discoveries that came about because people had theories. For instance, the field of organic chemistry developed to discover how life giving "vital forces" came into being from inanimate matter. They never came up with a concrete solution but the field of organic and biochemistry have led to many other discoveries.
The best thing is to promote good science.

Answer 5

You are wrong. Learning about something does not mean you have to believe it. Evolution is a theory. If you plan to continue your education, you will learn many different theories on all types of subjects throughout your education. You will agree with some of them and you will disagree with some of them. However, in order for you to become intelligent, you will need to hear everything that is out there. This will help you to put all of the pieces together. If you feel that you already have all of the answers, you should quit school altogether.

Answer 6

As a Christian, I'm going to say that you are. It might be easier for me because I do believe in evolution, but I think it is something you should learn even if you don't. Firstly, because it is something that you should be educated on, even if you don't believe it. There are too mane cases where learning about evolution can come in handy. Standardized tests come to mind. Secondly, because you don't have to change your views just because you learn something in school. Learn about evolution, and after you look at the argument with an open mind, you can still decide not to believe in evolution if that's what makes sense to you.

Answer 7

No you are perfectly entitled to reject this unscientific fairy story, purporting to be science.
To call it a belief, or a philosophical world view and teach it as part of a comparative belief and religion lesson would be OK, but to pretend it has anything to do with genuine science when it violates several scientific laws is not only dishonest, but downright fraudulent.

malak - - - sorry to have to correct you, but losing skin pigmentation is not evolution, as believed by evolutionists. If evolution simply means change then you are correct, but evolutionists believe that the changes are progressive, i.e. genetic information is increased and improved. The loss of skin pigmentation is exactly that 'a loss'. This would be better described as 'devolution', as it is a loss or degrading of genetic information.
As for wolves and dog breeds, this is simply variation within a kind, they are all still and will always remain dogs, however much you select genetic traits from the existing gene pool. Selective breeding, like adaptive variation simply selects and shuffles existing genetic information, it does not create information, which is required for the progressive evolution of Darwinian beliefs which purportedly transformed non-living matter into microbes, and microbes into humans.
'From goo to you by way of the zoo'

Answer 8

You're being a fool. Evolution exists, and it does not oppose religion. Man has evolved, is still evolving, every generation gets taller, smarter (haven't seen any actual proof of this, but that's the consensus). The first humans were black, and the ones who moved to colder regions lost the skin pigmentation, got lighter hair and eyes, because they didn't need the pigmentation to protect them from the sun. That's evolution. Sure, the ape to man theory is lame, but that is nothing but speculation, not fact, but man has evolved, animals have evolved. Look at dogs, we started with wolves, now have teacup poodles.

Answer 9

No, however, if you study evolution and balance it with the research of the many scientists who believe in creation, you will see how ludicrous the evolutionist claims are. I've recommended a couple web sites.

Answer 10

Why is it so important for you what we think? Just do what you think you should do. If you think its good to refuse evolution so be it... I thought for christians Jesus is the mirror not Yahoo answers...