Why can't scientists and evolutionists get it right the first time?

Question

Why do they keep changing their theories? And you think Christians are wrong?

So, religion and Christianity has "evolved' and changed over the centuries too. The church used to believe the world was flat and also committed crimes, thinking they were doing God's will. This is no longer the case. Man's view of God has changed, growned or evolved. Yet atheists use the mistakes of the past to discredit religion. Both religion and science need to grow.

Answer 1

As scientific technologies become more sophisticated, and as more scientists study a subject, theories are rethought and refined.

Darwin was the first to publish a theory of evolution. But he did not know what mechanism allowed a species to change over time. He suspected that such a mechanism existed, because he could see the result of it in the fossil record, but he did know know about DNA.

Readers of Darwin's book were intrigued with the idea of a mechanism and began looking seriously for the mechanism. Gregor Mendel's work with garden peas was rediscovered (selective breeding leading to inherited characteristics) and further research confirms that DNA (genes) is indeed the mechanism by which individuals in a species are able to pass on their inheirted characterists.

I think I would be very hesitant to say "Christians are wrong." Christianity is a faith, not a scientific theory. Comparing faiths and theories is like comparing apples and oranges.

Having said that, I do not think that being Christian excludes one from accepting that natural selection acts on species over long periods of time. Who's to say that God didn't create the whole system and set up evolution so that species could adapt to changing environments over time? But, this is not something that scientists can observe or find evidence for in the fossil record. So they don't include it in their theory.

Answer 2

Science evolves with new information. Religion remains stagnant ignoring new found evidence (unless of course it suits their cause). It makes sense your Christian though. You'd rather be told what to think than think for yourself.

btw

Jesus doesn't love you. You make people turn from him. You horrible Christian.

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Do you know what cognative dissonance is?.

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Why do they keep CHANGING their theories? And you think Christians are wrong?

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So, religion and Christianity has "evolved' and CHANGED over the centuries too. The church used to believe the world was flat and also committed crimes, thinking they were doing God's will. This is no longer the case. Man's view of God has CHANGED, growned or evolved. Yet atheists use the mistakes of the past to discredit religion. Both religion and science need to grow.

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Cripes man! You even used the word EVOLVED!

Answer 3

Do I think Christians are wrong?

Let's look at the Bible. Start at the very beginning. Genesis chapter one clearly states that Adam and Eve were created at the same time, but in chapter two, it states that God first made Adam, and after Adam did a bunch of things, he felt lonely, and told God this. God agreed to give him a mate, and created Eve out of one of Adams ribs.

Two different versions of the same event, in the same book of the Bible. If you are to take the Bible literally, verbatim, like so many do, or you believe that when a story or theory changes, it means it's been proven false, then you're already screwed, and you haven't even gotten to the third chapter.

Deuteronomy 21:18-21 says that we should stone to death disobedient children.

Exodus 21:7 says it's okay to sell your daughter into slavery.

Exodus 35:2 says that anyone working on the sabbath should be put to death. So much for the NFL.

Corinthians 11:14 says that a man with long hair is a shame unto himself. Guess that makes Jesus a bad guy.

A true Christian believes that God is infallible, which means that if you believe one part of the bible, you must believe the whole thing, not just bits and pieces.

Did you know that in the Bible, God takes the lives of 2,270,365 people (NOT including the victims of Noah's flood, Sodom and Gomorrah, and the many plagues and famines, etc.)?

Satan is only responsible for 10 deaths, those of Job's seven sons and three daughters.

The bible advocates prejudice, superstition, cruelty, and murder.

Both of my parents are ordained ministers, I've seen and heard it all for more than 40 years, so to answer your second question; Yes, I think Christians are wrong, very wrong.

I do, however, still support their right to practice their religion, privately, provided I'm not made to suffer from it.

Answer 4

‘Evolutionists’, to use your inaccurate term, are ‘scientists’. Science changes because its knowledge grows and increases through research and learning.

Do you still live the lifestyle of the scientifically illiterate semi-nomadic tribes of Semitic goat herders who created the Biblical tales, or do you enjoy the results of the scientific accomplishments you are criticizing - including that practical application of Evolutionary Theory - Medical Science?

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Believing in Creationism is exactly the same as believing that the earth is flat – it is just wrong – and in this scientific era, it is just as preposterous.

Creationism is, in the truest sense, a complete denial of reality, of life, of the world and universe where we live.

The fact that so many Christians argue against evolution is absolute proof that, fundamentally, the religion has not changed and many of its adherents know no more about the natural world and environment that the illiterate desert tribes dating from the time of Abraham.

Answer 5

Holy crap! Stop making the same arguments! Scientists, in regards to any scientific matter, have never gotten it right the first time. Science, unlike religion, admits when it is wrong, and is amended to better reflect reality as new information emerges. We are attempting to approximate the infinitely complex, and you expect easy answers presented in a manner that seems infallible, but is only so because they do not acknowledge error.

Answer 6

It's a process of gaining knowledge. We don't know everything, any more than you do. But science is the process of trying to find out instead of blindly believing what others tell us. Being wrong isn't some kind of sin. When you are wrong, you learn something. It adds another piece to the puzzle. If humans had stopped learning and stopped looking any further than the Bible, you wouldn't be on your computer right now.

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Answer 7

Science changes as new things are discovered. That news article did not prove evolution was wrong at all.

Religion never changes though. Religion looks like swiss cheese with it being so full of holes but yet it never changes.

Answer 8

Theories, by their nature [and by the expert testimony of RS high school level scientists] evolve with discoveries of new evidence.

Naturally, any scientist welcomes new evidence with an open mind. Each waits hungrily to examine the evidence before forming an opinion. None cling to theories as though they were holy canon.

Answer 9

They can't get it right the first time because they didn't know everything the first time. The honesty and integrity of science is that it makes it's best guess given what's known, and changes it's guess when new information demands a change. Yay for science!

Answer 10

The entire point behind the scientific method is to test theories against the evidence and to reject theories which have been falsified.

This is better than religious beliefs which are never tested and are maintained even though the evidence clearly contradicts them.