Why do christains appear to have an issue with not knowing something?

Question

What is wrong with not knowing something? I constantly hear things like 'ok then how was the world created then if it wasn't god'

The simple answer is I do not know how the world was created! I am intrigued to know but I am never going to know this, nobody will for sure. So why is this an issue? Am I supposed to believe in god becuase there is no better answer?! Is this how religion got people on boad in the first place? It also doesn't mean 100% that I believe in evolution although it seems more likely. I don't have to believe in anything!!!

epidavros_I think you make a very good point in reference to the gaps, the ones that have been filled in by 'god' slowly get filled in by science over the years as we progress therefore religious has to evolve itself over the decades to account for the things it got wrong.

cristoiglesia-In most cases an atheist was brought up to think by himself. A religious person in most cases did not get that choice because their parents were religious. What chance would a kid have with religious parents not to believe in creationism?!

spike-Yes interesting point. I just don't think there is anyway of going back to the start of this wonderful planet and knowing for sure how it came to be.

turntable_ I am by no means an expert on evolution but thought there was plenty of evidence to make it a theory worthy of considering.

Answer 1

Its an obsession with gaps. Read The God Delusion - Dawkins very accurately describes one of the main planks of anti science religious rhetoric today - seeking the gaps.

The irony is that science progresses precisely by identifying the gaps, and ultimately of course filling them. This means two things. (1) the religious are destructive of science, and hence a huge danger to an economy (like America's) that depends on it. (2) the religious are ultimately on a self defeating expedition - the gaps have a nasty tendency to get filled in, leaving them to rail against reality.

You are quite right, the religious answer to "what's in the frige", "i don't know" would not be "lets look" it would be "whatever god put there - praise him".

Answer 2

No...we don't believe in God because we can't explain creation. There is so much more to God then that. God isn't just an answer when all else fails. God is a real and interactive being. This is evident in more then the creation of the earth.

And your comment that atheists are raised to think for themselves whereas children of religious parents don't have a chance...um...shows that you aren't really using your ability to think. Considering we have many atheists who were raised in homes that believed in God, I'd say that comment is unfounded. Additionally, there are atheists who now believe in God.

My priest was brought up in an atheist home. They weren't anti-God, but he was not taught religion or a belief in God. He became a NASA scientist and then over time came to believe in God and ultimately leave NASA to become a priest later in life. His family supports him, but they do not agree with him at all.

There are multiple examples of people thinking for themselves, both Christian and atheist. God is not just something thrown out there when we can't think of any other explanation.

Answer 3

Christians want a system with all the ready-made answers even if they are the wrong ones... they just don't seem to care so long as they don't have to exercise their grey matter and think for themselves.
Perhaps when the research results come in from the new Hadron Collider at CERN recreating the conditions that existed less than a billionth of a second after the Big Bang then the so nick-named "God's particle" or Higgs boson may be identified and we will have a fuller explanation of what gives particles their mass...it will be a giant step nearer to a confirmed scientific explanation of creation.

Answer 4

i don't think there is a problem...but i think that since evolution can't explain everything many people assert it as it can explain everythin...thus attacking the faith of Christianity...faith and science cannot explain how the world came to be...faith doesn't require proof...that's why it is faith...but science requires proof in order to be fact...the scientific theory of evolution doesn't have proof to show it to be fact otherwise it wouldn't still be a scientific theory...i think neither or both should be taught in school because neither nor both can't be proven...

Answer 5

there are a lot of things that Christians don't know, just like everyone else...i find it interesting that you 'know' that nobody will know know for sure how the world was created...for someone who admits to not knowing things, the things that you 'know' are certainly all-encompassing! i have faith that one day, i will know the answers to a lot of questions i have...because i will be in the presence of the One who DOES have all the answers...

as a smarty-pants BTW, i DO know how to use 'spell-check'...and i DO know that i need to use it from time to time

Answer 6

I don't see how anyone would believe evolution is more likely as that belief seems to be an even greater leap of faith than creation. At least in creationism there is a source of creation, in evolution there is not.

In Christ
Fr. Joseph

Answer 7

Too bad I can't >give< points for an excellent point.

Okay, 12 points.

Answer 8

There's alot this Christian doesn't know but I am always learning new things and that's what life is all about.

Answer 9

The problem is more that their presumed all encompassing explanatory model is challenged.

Answer 10

I don't really know maybe the next person will tell you the right answer