Charles Darwin, the man who wrote "The Origin of Species" and "The Descent of Man" was in fact a Christian. In fact it was his belief in God that lead to his understanding of evolution. On a trip to the Galápagos Islands he noticed that on each different island there were species of birds that were almost identical except for the fact that their beaks were different sizes. He realised that there beaks were suited to their diets. Because of his belief in God he reasoned it must be an adaption rather than God having designed them specifically like that as it would mean God was incredibly lazy and not at all creative, as he thought God was fantastic.
Does this information make evolution more acceptable to you Christians out there?
2007-06-07 03:26:50 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Some people will say anything to sell their bill of goods. Well, I ain't buying.
2007-06-07 03:30:01 · answer #1 · answered by Fish <>< 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Actually, evolution was "discovered" long before Darwin. The ancient Greeks, including Plato, were writting about it 800 years before the time of Christ. Several lengthy texts on the subject were in common usage before Darwin.
What Darwin added was a possible mechanism to make evolution work. It was taught the animals passed on to their children traits that they developed during their lifetime. Such as if each generation were to strain its neck to get to the highest leaves of a tree, it would cause their children to have longer necks. But as genetics was discovered, scientist realized that that theory was wrong. (Yes people - science has been "wrong". How many centuries did science spend teaching that the earth was flat and everything was made from four elements).
Darwin introduce that idea that changes were always happening from generation to generation. Those that changes for "the better" survived. Those who changed for "the worst" did not. Results would be an continual improving of animals, and new species. It is called "natural selection".
Darwin did not "discover" evolution. He merely made a change in the theory. Oh - most evolutionist today reject much of Darwin taught. It has been replaced by a new theory called neo-Darwinism. As evolution is still just in the "theory" stage, and not yet a complete or provable science.
2007-06-07 03:39:34 · answer #2 · answered by dewcoons 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The concept of evolution dates back before Christ.
The concept of evolution by natural selection was developed independently by two Christians, Alfred Russel Wallace and Charles Darwin. Unlike Darwin who became agnostic in later years, Wallace remained a Christian all his life.
2007-06-07 03:42:13 · answer #3 · answered by novangelis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Pope John Paul II embraced the theory so this question should really just be posed to those radical Protestants out there.
But I don't think it'll matter to them. They're sold on what they believe and are afraid to believe anything else. If you're afraid to even add 2 and 2, then you're never going to accept 4. Don't you understand that math is the boogeyman?
Regardless, asking this question is like asking an atheist if the fact that another atheist 'got saved' and became and evangelical Christian gives him faith.
2007-06-09 18:10:33 · answer #4 · answered by square 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Soon they will lie and say he was an atheist that recanted on his deathbed....sigh.
One thing he found was that there was this botfly that laid its eggs solely in a type of caterpillar, and the young would eat themselves out of the caterpillar, as it died a horrible death. He believed that this was the result of NATURAL forces because his god was good, and no good god would create such a thing!
In my experience, Creationists lie about Darwin, evolution, and their own religion, since they think lying is alright by it.
2007-06-07 03:35:38 · answer #5 · answered by LabGrrl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you are completely confused as to whether you want to attribute the theory of evolution to Christianity or portray Darwin as a believer in God.Let me inform you that no where in any Book does it say that Darwin's theory is a scientific fact but it is called till today as The Theory of evolution.His theory Goes against Gods revelation in the Quran and in the bible that we were all created from a single pair of male and female that is our parents Adam and Eve and not from apes as Darwin Proposed.He himself did not believe in this theory but because it made him understand certain aspects of creation he pro ported this theory.
2007-06-07 03:51:57 · answer #6 · answered by sonu 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Darwin went too school for theological training-as many do, he was not a Christian. He may have been an Anglican, but he was not a Christian.There is a difference.
2007-06-07 03:36:45 · answer #7 · answered by johnnywalker 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Just to add,
And he wanted to become minister before he wrote "The Origin of Species".
2007-06-09 01:13:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
EVOLUTION, in the DARWINIAN sense, is accepted by the Catholics (55% of ALL christians) and the Jews.
It's a minority that has problems with it.
Don't you STUDY the subject!
2007-06-07 04:06:18 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
nice try, but the evangelicals will NEVER accept the fact of evolution...they simply can't...but i hear the catholics and some sects of protestants are a bit more hip to it...
2007-06-07 03:31:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes ironic. Evolution is the creative process of being. we all change no one remains the same. through that change you discover who/what you are.
2007-06-07 03:30:24 · answer #11 · answered by abstract_alao 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋