I keep seeing Christians claiming they understand evolution and how it works on Y!A and because they understand it so well, they can make an informed decision to reject the theory. But do they really understand evolution? I bet not one Christian can name the very basic mechanisms that drive evolution in the next 20 minutes. Good luck!
2007-08-31 18:21:13 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No Christian even dared try to name any mechanism.
2007-08-31 18:43:35 · update #1
What I find funniest is they think if evolution isn't real then they are right. They never stop to consider the other countless creation myths that could be right.
2007-08-31 18:29:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
I'm curious, do you understand all the mechanisms that drive evolution and why it must therefore be true?
I'll admit, I'm not an expert. But here's what I do know. There's Evolution, where changes occur rather dramatically, as in from one kind of creature to another over certain periods of time and there's evolution where minor changes occur where creatures adapt over time to adjust to their environment or sometimes mutate due to harmful changes in their environment.
The latter evolution is adaptation/mutation and that, christians have no problems with, as far as I'm aware.
However, when it comes to one creature over time, developing amazing bodily features and functions that work in a very complicated intricate fashion for the survival, not convenience, and hence becoming an entirely different creature is not so acceptable. Some scientist will claim this form of evolution explains things, but ya know what? It really doesn't. The "doesn't" part is not made public. There are fare more creatures that confuse the argument for evolution than support it. Even "Lucy" who was to be the "proof that man evolved from ape" turned out to be all wrong and in the end actually disproved it.
And believe it or not, there are plenty of scientist who study biology, physiology, chemistry, botony that have set out to prove Christianity wrong and in their intense study, have converted.
I'm sorry I don't have a list of sources. As I said, I'm no expert. But they're out there if you look.
2007-08-31 18:44:24 · answer #2 · answered by hae 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the theory abounds in proof that's why it's an accepted theory
by real science . But delusion by the god proxy requires
nothing but the ego transference of false superstitious thinking
and can justify anything just like the person who swears they have seen Criss Angel saw himself in two and are convinced that the illusion is a reality and they are not deluded . Science can't answer this except through psychology such as fathered by Sigmund Freud who explained the phenomenon of religion.
2007-08-31 18:47:42 · answer #3 · answered by dogpatch USA 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
r u kidding me? You think that if a christian knows the mechanism's of evolution that they will believe in it? Well guess what there are alot of very educated Christians that do not believe in evolution as a matter of fact there are alot of Christians who believe that God ordered evolution and there are those who laugh at the thought of evolution? Which one do you think I am?LOL In the Beginning God Created the heavens and the earth,,,,,,,,,truth read it it's there in the BIBLE!
2007-08-31 19:11:19 · answer #4 · answered by LILBITOFKY 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Natural selection, genetic drift, random mutations to name a few.
Now, since you're so highly educated, I have a question for you. Please tell us what evolutionary mechanisms are responsible for the origin of life. And provide references to the evidence.
The first living cell did not have any previous organisms to evolve from. All evolutionists acknowledge that abiogenesis is speculative -- nobody has observed it, no lab experiment has replicated it, no theory of abiogenesis has been validated. How did life begin on earth and how do you know?
2007-08-31 18:55:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
Let make this one clear, brother, i don't want to be a monkey, and i wasn't a monkey anyway, if you are a monkey in the day past, proof it in the next 20 minutes. Good luck !
2007-08-31 18:36:02 · answer #6 · answered by Michael J 2 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I know some Christians who know a lot about evolution. Of course, they're Christians who DON'T reject evolution! You don't have to be Biblical literalists and creationists to be a Christian.
2007-08-31 18:31:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
As for those that say there's no proof, pick up a Biology book. Nonfiction books actually prove things.
2007-08-31 18:30:07 · answer #8 · answered by ǝɔnɐs ǝɯosǝʍɐ Lazarus'd- DEI 6 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You're going to just get a lot of copy and paste answers, watch.
That said, there actually are very informed about evolution, well-educated and intellectual Creationists.
And it's their personal free-will.
Let us respect that.
2007-08-31 18:28:54 · answer #9 · answered by ✡ 5 · 2⤊ 4⤋
the same goes for evolutionists. can they fully understand the bible in full context and have a good enough reason not to believe it? or do they just all say that its a cult that trys to bring you into its religion and that its all crazy talk?
2007-08-31 18:30:16 · answer #10 · answered by Charissa M 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋