Christians: Why is the evolution/big bang question so important to you?

Question

Christians, why it is so important to them to disprove the evolutionary / big bang theories?

I grew up in a very Christian environment and went to Christian school where creationism was taught. I am very familiar with the American Christian perspective. What I, however, cannot comprehend is why it is so important to Christians to impede science.

I was labeled by liberal friends as ignorant and hence finally got the nerve to inform myself about the two theories and found that creationists are only cherry-picking at at least one VERY well established theory (natural selection).

The strongest argument I've heard against evolution from fellow Christians is that it's not scientifically sound, and this coming from people who have never read a single book on the theory and know little about science.

Neither natural selection nor the big bang explain why the universe came about (they only explain in what manner) so where is the contradiction? Plenty of the bible is metaphorical.

Answer 1

Interesting question, and one that won't be solved in our lifetime.

I think your base question is not whether or not evolution exists, because even basic science can prove that things evolve and change over time us included, but where did man come from.

As the Creator of all things, God created man. What he used as the base ingredients or products is really academic. The important thing is that He did, and we are here.

We shouldn't get caught up in discussions that can't be resolved, instead we should ask "what can I do now to make the world better for all during my stewardship".

Answer 2

The last I heard was that scientists were very close to getting back to the Big Bang. I think it only makes sense that God would have done it that way. Evolution? Well, the last I heard or read led me to believe that they still haven't found the Missing Link. That's why it's still a theory, an idea about how something might work. It seems to me that in light of all the ancient bones that have been found, they would have found some evidence by now of the Missing Link. Satan is really working overtime, trying to mislead the entire inhabited earth. Did your liberal friends attend public school? They must have. We can't say anything about God in public schools. Have to maintain that separation of church and state, you know. By the way, evolution is not scientifically sound. Life cannot come from nothing, no matter how many times the primordial ooze is zapped by lightning or whatever. There is just no way that men, monkeys and mosquitos all had a common ancestor. Give me a break. There is such a thing as a species making adaptations in order to survive their environment or as a result of breeding, but they don't change species.

Answer 3

As a Christian I have nothing to prove or disprove. Theories are of little concern to me for they are a product of man and highly fallible. Christians can no more impede science than an illegal immigrant crossing the Rio Grand can impede the river. Specifically, regarding science, I will say that I have found it highly amusing that a few years ago a discovery was made that dinosaurs actually didn't drag their tails along behind them, but held them in the air. After that announcement, every dinosaur depicted had their tails wagging along behind them, high in the air. So much of "science" is pure folly, yet people buy into it as though every announcement was indisputable fact, just because it's "science." If science is "fact of known knowledge," it should be clear that knowledge changes, therefore making "science" highly speculative.

Answer 4

Being a Christian does not mean you have to be religious, yeesh, I wish more Christians would realize this! Religion divides and does nothing for our soul and your faith, it just puts up barriers between Christians. And the best answer I can give you is that being a Christian does not mean you reject science, in fact, Christians embrace science. Some of the most brilliant scientists on the planet are Christians. Do you know why? B/c science actually helps to prove God, not disprove Him. Matthew 7:7

Answer 5

I was not aware that it was important to Christians to disprove the evolutionary / big bang theories? As a Christian I have no problem with them. The only questions I have are: where's the missing link between modern man (Cro-magnon) and Neanderthal, and who/what created the Big Bang?

Answer 6

Some Christians view the evolution theory a direct threat to Christianity, because the theory makes God unnecessary.

Answer 7

It goes back to establishing the very authority of God--why would He say in His word that He created and then use a big bang? If you accept the authority of God and that his work is infallible, IT goes from there. Yes, some of the bible is allegorical--that does not mean that it is not scientifically inaccurate. I think it is a ploy of satan to divide--if we as Christians can't agree than we are marginalized --we can't be believed or trusted.

Answer 8

Belief in God does not impede science. It simply implies that someone authored the physical laws that govern the universe and keep it in order (e.g., preventing the earth from spinning out of orbit). The alternative is to believe that we have a self-creating universe and a self-initiating physical laws. What can be more unscientific than believing that inanimate matter can self-create itself?

Answer 9

The word 'beginning' used in the bible tranlates to 'dateless past'. No, I have no problem with the idea of a Big Bang theory.

Answer 10

it is science that seeks to impede creationism ,pushed even the word out of school when evolution is only a theory after all