Why aren't there more good Christian creationists like me who actually studied evolution?

Question

I finally decided to take a step and went to a biology class. And I was interested but still skeptical. So I took 5 more classes. And now I understand what you guys are talking about when you say creationism is a bunch of bs. I see it now. Science is not a democratic process and all the arguments that I used to use like....where r the transitional fossils for say...the horse? All of these evidences were there all along. I just had to open my eyes. I would like to thank God that he showed me the true path....and may God, the Holy Spirit bless the rest of the creationist to finally see what the one and only truth.

Now it seems to me that I’m the only one that made the cross over. So are there any Creationists out there like me who made the effort to learn about evolution?

Answer 1

Christians who believe in evolution are actually quite common, we're just often less vocal about the matter. And good for you on learning the other side of the argument. I don't have a problem with creationists in general, just the ones that claim evolution makes no sense when they haven't learned anything about the subject. But don't get carried away with that one and only truth business, especially when you're talking about evolution. Scientific theories have a way of changing over time. It's part of the system, because science is supposed to be self-correcting.

Answer 2

A christian who believes in evolution (bravo) Not. God made monkeys then men. Not monkeys and let them turn to men. The famous "evolution of man" picture was drawn from some bones. When in actuality, the bones these pictured refered to came out to be false. One was a jawbone of a pig and one of the skeletons of a human was from a man who suffered severe arthritis. Some other bones weren't from monkeys either. They were misled.

The test of any theory is whether or not it provides answers to basic questions. Some well-meaning but misguided people think evolution is a reasonable theory to explain man’s questions about the universe. Evolution is not a good theory—it is just a pagan religion masquerading as science.

1. Where did the space for the universe come from?

2. Where did matter come from?

3. Where did the laws of the universe come from (gravity, inertia, etc.)?

4. How did matter get so perfectly organized?

5. Where did the energy come from to do all the organizing?

6. When, where, why, and how did life come from dead matter?

7. When, where, why, and how did life learn to reproduce itself?

8. With what did the first cell capable of sexual reproduction reproduce?

9. Why would any plant or animal want to reproduce more of its kind since this would only make more mouths to feed and decrease the chances of survival? (Does the individual have a drive to survive, or the species? How do you explain this?)

10. How can mutations (recombining of the genetic code) create any new, improved varieties? (Recombining English letters will never produce Chinese books.)

11. Is it possible that similarities in design between different animals prove a common Creator instead of a common ancestor?

12. Natural selection only works with the genetic information available and tends only to keep a species stable. How would you explain the increasing complexity in the genetic code that must have occurred if evolution were true?

13. When, where, why, and how did: a) Single-celled plants become multicelled? (Where are the two- and threecelled intermediates?) b) Single-celled animals evolve? c) Fish change to amphibians? d) Amphibians change to reptiles? e) Reptiles change to birds? (The lungs, bones, eyes, reproductive organs, heart, method of locomotion, body covering, etc., are all very different!) How did the intermediate forms live?

14. When, where, why, how, and from what did: a) Whales evolve? b) Sea horses evolve? c) Bats evolve? d) Eyes evolve? e) Ears evolve? f) Hair, skin, feathers, scales, nails, claws, etc., evolve?

15. Which evolved first (how, and how long, did it work without the others)? a) The digestive system, the food to be digested, the appetite, the ability to find and eat the food, the digestive juices, or the body’s resistance to its own digestive juice (stomach, intestines, etc.)? b) The drive to reproduce or the ability to reproduce? c) The lungs, the mucus lining to protect them, the throat, or the perfect mixture of gases to be breathed into the lungs? d) DNA or RNA to carry the DNA message to cell parts? e) The termite or the flagella in its intestines that actually digest the cellulose? f) The plants or the insects that live on and pollinate the plants? g) The bones, ligaments, tendons, blood supply, or muscles to move the bones? h) The nervous system, repair system, or hormone system? i) The immune system or the need for it?

Answer 3

I have learned a bit about evolution. They have no way to get life from nonlife, so it can't get started, and it's in direct contrast to the creation of different kinds of life written about in the Bible. I'll believe God over any man, but as for man's ideas, evolution can't get off the ground if life can arise from nonlife, and it can't. The horse evolution isn't evolution, it's still a horse. Change within a kind proves nothing, except that animals have variability. It's just as possible that God created animals to have such variability. Indeed, we do as well, all kinds of skin tones and body shapes have arisen out of the genetic variety God built into Adam and Eve.

I have learned about evolution, it's a rather simple idea to be honest, but it fails at its beginning. It can't get started, and even the idea of mutations producing genetic information when they so often seem to destroy it, is simply wrong. Evolution needs new information, but this doesn't happen. I haven't read of any examples.

Answer 4

The thing is, you were smart enough to know what sources are accurate. You took biology classes since they are only concerned with education, knowledge, and science. This meant you were given accurate information.

Many people get their information from sources that aren't scientifically accurate and whose agenda is to promote their opinions.

Answer 5

Kudos to you. Keep it up and you'll go far.

That said, there are many Creationists who understand evolution quite well. I knew them in college. Sadly it requires something approximating schizophrenia to believe both things in seperate areas of their life.

Answer 6

Biology is a favorite subject of mine.

But then, Catholics were never opposed to evolution. It may have happened. And if it did, God's hand was there helping us along.

Answer 7

Boy, congratulations... I've never heard from one like you before. Very noble of you to look into it, rather than dismiss it...

Edit- Jereme is the antithesis, btw... He's an excellent example of someone dismissing a subject that he knows absolutely nothing about. And why? Because he WANTS so badly to believe his religion has all the right answers.

Answer 8

Wait, so you're NOT a creationist? Or are you? Good for you for learning about evolution anyhow.

Answer 9

I studied evolution in high school and I know about the proofs. It does not really make sense to me. I prefer to stick to the Bible literally on this issue for God made it clear that He created the world in six days when He was giving the Ten Commandments. (Check it out).
Again, don't be so concieted by saying that you are a good Christian.
Do you know that some scientists have dicovered that chicken bones can fossilize in a matter of days, given the right conditions?

Answer 10

But this is something I just don't get. I was taught evolution as a fact in Catholic school.