Christians, do you actually understand evolution?

Question

I don't mean to generalise as I know there are Christians who do, but quite a few seem to have no idea at all. I will try and explain a bit first before I ask my question. Think of it this way. You know how people all are different, with different size feet, arms, noses and the like? Well all animals are like that as well. Millions of years ago lived a creature that was the common ancestor between apes and humans. Different climates ,predators and food sources in different areas meant that some of these ancestors with particular traits flourished in different areas. The animals that were best suited to their environment survived. This continued for millions of years, tiny difference by tiny difference until you get the modern day apes and humans.

Why are some christians so opposed to trying to understand evolution, if not simply so as to be able to refute it?

I clearly haven't made it clear enough for some people. I am NOT saying that humans evolved from apes. I am saying humans and apes evolved from a common ancestor.

And Matt D? I do understand evolution and the idea that we all come from one common ancestor. What am presenting here is an explanation of human evolution not being from an ape.

Answer 1

Simply:

Evolution is survival of the fittest on a large scale.

Answer 2

i'm sorry to assist you comprehend yet evolution isn't a actuality. it extremely is a scientific concept. learn the version. Evolution is not extra a actuality than is Newton's regulation of Gravity which all of us comprehend has been outmoded by potential of Einsteins concept of Relativity. a scientific concept is a kind of the organic ecosystem based on the ideal attainable hypotheses, examined by potential of remark and experimentation. it is no longer reality yet a ideal in fantastic condition kind of it. once you start up off saying issues like Evolution is a actuality you modify into very unscientific. each scientific kind has to withstand scrutiny and can be overturned if a extra robust kind comes alongside. to assert that any scientific concept is a actuality is to stick you head interior the sand and not be open to new observations or discrepancies interior the thought which will require a extra robust concept to describe the observations. No scientific theory that has the final public of consensus of the scientific community is a actuality even regardless of the undeniable fact that it is the present ideal in fantastic condition kind.

Answer 3

I am a Christian who believes in evolution, but still believes in creation too. When I was younger, I always asked questions that my family couldn't answer eg. Why does the bible not mention dinosaurs ... & more.

It wasn't until I was in Jr. High that I received an answer. The Bible tells us that God created the world & all its creatures in 7 days, but were those 7 days the traditional 24 hours that everyone believes. Personally I say NO, there is proof that dinosaurs lived on earth, and that apes & humans do have common ancestors.

Maybe my beliefs are wrapped, but I believe that God did created earth and every living thing, but I don't believe S/He did it in 7 24 hour periods.

Answer 4

No, I spent all those years in public school learning evolution for nothing.

Seriously, I was raised as an atheist, and fully bought into evolution. I was good enough in science to CLEP the course for six semester hours of credit, and also took biology in college.

Since becoming a Christian, the blinders have come off, and I reject what has been taught in the name of "science." (Evolution is really a faith-based belief system, since you must have faith to believe it.)

There are no witnesses to what occurred during creation, and anything that man comes up with is a theory, and unable to be proven through a scientific process, which requires the scientific method.

The scientific method requires:

# 1. Observe some aspect of the universe.

# 2. Invent a tentative description, called a hypothesis, that is consistent with what you have observed.

# 3. Use the hypothesis to make predictions.

# 4. Test those predictions by experiments or further observations and modify the hypothesis in the light of your results.

# 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until there are no discrepancies between theory and experiment and/or observation. (Or lie about the results to continue receiving the government grants.)

But this is supposed to be based on observable facts. Evolution cannot achieve this using the traditional scientific method. What does that leave?

Faith.

Just like those he criticizes for following myths, the evolutionist is practicing his faith. The evolutionist believes in the theory. They have their own scriptures, and apologea. And woe unto those who knowingly or unknowing tread on "holy" ground. They'll eat you alive. You'd think for all their vitriol, that you were in a church full of hypocrites.

Answer 5

We dont have to be able to know all the details to be able to refute atheistic philosophy.

Besides, you yourself dont understand it. You make the classic mistake that atheists make by describing minor variation within a species (not naturalistic darwinian evolution that teaches we all came from the same puddle of primordial slime billions of years ago) and using it to say apes turn into men. This is all so they can get people to Q faith in God, and eventually deny him saying that we were made by nature.

Why are so many unbelievers not able to see the tactics of atheism?

Answer 6

South Park has a great evolution episode where Mr.Garrison explains to the class that according to the theory of evolution thay are direct dissendants of retarded insestuous fish monkeys (or something like that)... I laughed till I cried, but the sad thing is that Christians don't generally care enough to understand evolution.

Answer 7

well it is easier to believe that God created animals to survive in there environments then evolution. when you look at DNA and RNA cannot change to produce other life forms then those they were designed to produce. evolution has put it self in the problem now that it now needs to believe in miracles to get interspeicies evolution. the fossil record does not show it.(ever major evolutionist has said that the fossil record does not show it.) the chance of a mutition reproducing is 10 to the 80th power that reaches to miracle realm. common ancestor argument comes down to this that one woman gave birth to an apelike creature and a humanoid. otherwise you can not be ancestors and science shows that can not happen.

Answer 8

The opposition arises from two quarters
1)Theological/Biblical. Evolution is opposed to the creation account in the scriptures which Christians believe to be authoritative.
2)Scientific. Evolution is not science. Even if I were not a Christian, I would not accept the claims of evolutionists. Evolution is a theory to explain the data of the natural world, but it is not part of the data of the natural world. It is a a-priori worldview erected to explain empirical elements, but is not itself empirically verifiable. It is a theory of origins (one of many). It is not science.

Answer 9

another one who missed the news that evolution was thrown
out of their own comunity and are working on a new theory
There are no confirm humans by DNA and that lived more
than 12 thousand years ago . In Fact they are no longer sure
of date testing since they dated a man made object a few
years back , that was a year old , but carbon dated it some
2or 3 million years old . Go figure.............

Answer 10

"God did it, and that is good enough for me" is a far easier road to travel than attempting to wander through the maze of evolution. Simple minds prefer simple paths. Why do you think that christians, particularly the completely non-thinking fundies, would care to be challenged to think for the first time in their lives?

Answer 11

It's in direct contrast to their core faith

If man evolved that means he wasn't created perfect, so no redemption (Jesus getting strung up) is needed

I'm surprised when a Christian says he believes evolution