Why can't Atheists prove Evolution is a fact?

Question

They rant about it all the time, but when it gets down to it you cannot prove how life happened on earth, so why do you keep on saying you can?

so if evolution doesn't begin with life beginning where does it start?

I agree that you cannot prove God in any way, I never said you could.

Answer 1

Why put it on atheists to prove or disprove...come on fellow Christians...why not study it yourself unless you are afraid to do so. Evolution is not about being atheist.

The Ol' Hippie Jesus Freak
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Answer 2

The truth is evolution has been proved as a fact many, many times. The problem is that Fundamentalists simply refuse to believe anything that isn't "divinely inspired." and they relentlessly campaign to create the idea that Truth is a matter of public opinion. This is total B.S. Evolution has been completely verified by every rational means possible. Just because a few ignorant and superstitious Fundamentalists are incapable of understanding a perfectly rational scientific argument does not disprove the theory of evolution. The real reason scientists keep saying that they can prove evolution is a true fact is precisely because they can positively prove that evolution is indeed a true fact. That there are those among us who cannot (or will not) understand the truth serves to further illustrate that human intelligence is an evolved trait.

Answer 3

OK, fine. Can you prove the Biblical version? That the whole universe was created in 4004 BC? Thats what a literal reading of the Bible says. I don't think you can prove that.

Evolution is proven in the fossil record. Every time a breeder brings forth a new breed of dog, cat, or other animal, or that a new plant form is introduced, is proof of guided evolution. Why is it hard to believe that over a million years nature could bring forth variation?

Its true as you say, nobody knows exactly how life started, but for most of Earth's history life was very simple. Evolution is a totally different question though--how life developed from the very simple into the very complex. And evolution continues today, and it will as long as life exists.

Please do not shut your mind off to the wonder of the Real Creation! The universe is so vast, 18 billion years old, 18 billion light years across, there are forms of mass and energy that defy our imagination, yet we have the ability to concieve, however dimly, of their existence, of their reality. Knowing this, the Real Creation which science studies is vastly, incomprehensibly greater than the simple little fantasy expressed in the Bible.

Answer 4

You can't prove something in history happened b/c history is over, but you can take a look at all the facts and say it was reasonably likely that it happened. There is a lot of evidence for evolution: It's fact that species mutate and the strongest survive, and this can alter the gene pool and it shows the basics of evolution which can be demonstrated today.

Don't fret- You can still be Christian and believe in evolution. You can look at the story of Adam and Eve as figurative yet meaningful. Also, evolution doesn't explain how life began in the first place, so God could have still created everything and orchestrated evolution which would have led to us.

Answer 5

Evolution is defined as a change in a gene pool over time. This is fact. This happens. The theory of evolution explains that these changes account for the different species and different populations we see on earth. It doesn't say anything about how like starts, just how it develops. So I guess it would "start" the second after the first life appeared. And since it is a scientific theory, it means it is a very supported by observation, extermination and the scientific method.

Answer 6

Is it not the same as you saying God created Earth and all life? I fully believe in evolution and I'm an Atheist, but I also UNDERSTAND that you believe in God and believe that he created all. I respect religion, I respect church goers, I respect the beliefs; I just don't agree with them. I don't judge your beliefs or your views because everyone has different views. I know evolution has been prove, and there's no chance you can convince me otherwise. The same goes for you that God created life; Atheists will never convince you otherwise and religion will never convince atheists or evolutionists otherwise. Can I walk up to you and show you proof? No, I can't. You know God created life, but can you walk up to me a PROVE that he did? No, you can't either. It's all just a matter of beliefs, some of which are more scientific than heart-felt and vice versa.

Answer 7

It's because you can't get all the life there was sample's/fossil's and that you need for prooving and being 100% right. Besides Evolution could've been changed by life that could've comed from other world's some bacterie or something like that.

But if you would think about it logicly it sound's as a fact to me the"Evolution" theory.

At least this theory has most proof for it.I coudn't say that about theory "GodCreatedEarth" there's just ferry tales and books saying that god created earth but that has a really big doubt's and most of it imo is just writer's imagination.

Answer 8

Uh.. because it is a "theory." That is why it is called the "Theory of Evolution." A theory is not a fact. It is just a belief or set of beliefs that is supported by observed facts.

Why do you want to limit God into having to fit His actions into just your narrow bible? Will you "Christians" go back to stoning unwed mothers? It says to do it in the Bible. What is holding up the show?

In your creation "fact," how old is the Earth? How old is the Sun? How old are the stars and how far away are they? Is a whale a fish? Or a mammal?

I can show you a hundred places the Bible is wrong or out of date. (yes, stoning harlots is out-of-date, no matter how much fun you think it would be.)

Why can't you accept that God is infinite and able to work within any rules He wants... even if those rules are "survival of the fittest?" And why would God want His creations to be less than "the fittest" for their role in His world?

Did you know Darwin was an ordained minister of God?

Answer 9

As stated by others, the theory of evolution makes no claim regarding the beginning of life. It, along with natural selection, covers the development and survivability of different species.

In science, a theory isn't some sort of "best guess" or speculation. It's a plausible or scientifically acceptable general principle or body of principles offered to explain phenomena (M-W.com).

It's not dogmatic. It makes no permanent claim. It bases its conclusion on the facts at hand and will alter such conclusions if new facts develop. Unlike the religious version of the explanation of the diversity of life on earth, it is a flexible and alterable means not a static and permanent end.

Answer 10

How life happened on earth is not evolution.

The actual theory of evolution, as understood by scientists, has been proven time and time again. People just ignore that.

Edit: You said:
"so if evolution doesn't begin with life beginning where does it start?"
Evolution begins when there is a population of organisms and the frequency of genes in that population changes over time. Change in allelle frequency in a population over time is how scientists describe evolution.
Before you take a claim about evolution from a non-scientist seriously, try reading this list, here:
http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/list.html#CA
Each of the claims there has an associated link showing why the claim is false.

Answer 11

Scientists have proven "survival of the fittest", not the same thing as evolution. If evolution were true, monkeys would no longer exist in the same place as humans because those creatures would have also evolved for some reason or another. We evolve for a reason and apes are still doing fine without evolving. Those who can't survive in a previous state don't. That is why the original mammal no longer exists in other cases of "evolution." I want scientist to start naming other mammals that have evolved in the same way humans supposedly have. The funny thing is that scientists have tried to prove for years that biblical text is false but I have never seen an accurate study or one that hasn't backfired. You can't disprove the truth and those who try are afraid of it.