How can people believe in evolution?

Question

The scientists try to make up theories that disprove God exists. But every single one of those theories is full of holes. The bible provides the only logical explanation.

For example: If we evolved from monkeys, why are there still monkeys?

Answer 1

I agree, Robert M., you're very brilliant.

Aha, I can see by the thumbs down I've got that the ignorant evolutionist types hate the truth of God! I rebuke you, Darwinians!

Answer 2

Strawman fallacy. Evolution does not say we evolved from monkeys. Learn the facts before spouting ignorance.

Theories usually will be full of holes. That's why they are still theories and not facts. Evolution, however, is a fact. It happens all around us. The flu is a good example. If it did not keep mutating and evolving, we might be able to cure it. There are theories involving evolution that do have holes or possible false information. That does not mean that evolution as a whole is false, just the particular theory.

Also, the bible is full of holes, contradictions, and false history. Consider that before claiming it is the only alternative to evolution.

Answer 3

Evolution has been around about 150. In the last 100 there has not been a single peer reviewed paper that goes against the big idea. How can you not believe it? There are no holes or there would be peer reviewed papers out there.

AND WE DIDN"T EVOLVE FROM MONKEYS....That single statement shows that 1- You have no idea what evolution says and 2- That you don't even have a rudimentary understanding of the mechanism.

You really need to do a little reading. I can't possibly fill in what you missed in fourth through about 10th grade science class in this format.

Answer 4

We didn't evolve from monkeys. Monkeys and humans evolved from a common ancestor. That means we're related. Since 96% of our genes are the same, that shouldn't be too hard to believe.

If I had a penny for each dimwit who asked this question, I'd be a millionaire by now.

Additionally, evolution does not attempt to 'disprove God's existence'. It doesn't mention God at all, actually.

Answer 5

The way to understand our origins is to remember that living organisms are in a state of constant change - It's not that evolution *can* occur, but that it *must* occur, simply because there is no mechanism in living organisms to ensure perfect, flawless reproduction for ever.

Suppose you could study a population of chimpanzees in the jungle, on a timescale of millions of years. Clearly, each individual only lives a few decades, so the population is constantly being succeeded by individuals which are different from their parents, because reproduction is imperfect - and remember, this is *inevitable*. It can't *not* happen. All the time this population is inter-breeding, the genes are getting mixed together, and only genes which work well with all other chimpanzee genes will tend to get passed down to successive generations (because individuals with genes that don't work well together will tend not to survive and reproduce).

However, suppose that circumstances arise which cause a group to become genetically isolated from other chimpanzees. This could be as a result of an accident of geography (e.g. an impassable river) or breeding preference or simply great distance. There will develop two distinct groups of chimpanzees which can never again exchange genes, because they have become different enough that mating will not produce viable offspring. This is what biologists define as speciation - i.e. the population has forever split into two distinct groups. Biologists have observed many instances of speciation, so there is no doubt that it occurs.

Assuming that both groups continue to survive, it is again *inevitable* that they will diverge genetically - There is no possible way that both groups, isolated and independent from each other, can change in exactly the same ways, and the longer they continue to breed, the more different they will become. Over millions of years, given that the rate of genetic change via mutation tends to remain fairly constant, the two groups will become as distinct as today's chimpanzees and humans are from each other, and from their most recent common ancestor.

All this is based on what we *know* is true - it's not supposition or guesswork, and remember it's not just possible, it absolutely *has* to happen, because there is no mechanism in biology to make reproduction a 100% perfect, flawless process.

NB: The reason we're classed as apes is that there is no valid way to group all the other apes together that doesn't also apply to humans. In other words, whatever criteria you use to define what is an ape, in order to include chimpanzees, gorillas, orangs and gibbons, humans will also fit those criteria. Indeed, chimpanzees are more closely related to humans than to gorillas, and gorillas are more closely related to humans and chimpanzees than they are to orangs, so any classification that separated humans out from those other apes would not make any sense.

Answer 6

Wow dude...the monkey of today, aren't the monkey of yesterday. The evolved into something different too.
Why is that people fight science? This is why people are leaving the Church. Not because they believe in Satan, but because they feel like they are being lied to.
The Bible was written by man for man about God. It was voted on by MEN. Maybe God did inspire it, but I'm sure he simply told us all what we were ready to know. You ever think that God is sending you guys all kinds of messages but you are so hung up on a book written 2000 years ago you don't see it? HOW does evolution change Jesus dying and rising fromt he dead three days later? Didn't Jesus dismiss the OT anyhow??

Answer 7

You know your absolutely right the bible does provide the only logical explanation. Once upon a time some powerful thing that has always existed and came from no where got bored and decided to build a lil ant farm with creatures that look like him so he could flood there villages and destroy their buildings. And when he gets really bored he throws some new vile disease at them to see how they react. Isn't better to say that there is no god than to acknowledge that, should he really exist, he is a malevolent son of a *****.

Answer 8

I have a lot more respect for a Creator who could create the laws of biology and their exceptions, and set the evolutionary process in motion than the God of the stories in Genesis. And if Genesis is the only explanation of creation, then which of the two stories is true?
example answer: Darwin never said that man evolved from monkeys. He stated that they both came from a common ancestor.

Answer 9

Again: the Theory of Evolution does not claim we came from monkeys. It says we share a common ancestor with monkeys.

We ARE still evolving. If you compare the average height of man today to what it was 250 years ago, you'll find that people are significantly taller than you used to be. That's just one small example of how we're still evolving.

Answer 10

Do you think you are being clever? That highly ignorant question went out with pointed shoes..!!

Your assumptions and information are totally incorrect next to mainstream scientific understandings and principles, so what the heck are you talking about..??

You are attempting to make a case against something that doesn't even exist, except in the scientifically illiterate mind.

This FACT alone should make you re think the credibility of your beliefs, but I'm sure you are far too ignorant to even consider that..!!

Pin head comes to mind..!!

Answer 11

The bible provides the only logical explanation?

Maybe you should get your head out of that book, go back to school, and take some science.