Is it safe to assume that a lot of Christians do not understand what evolution is?

Question

I am only asking because I always see answers posted by Christians saying that the idea that we came from monkeys is absurd. However, that is not even what evolution states.

Answer 1

Ahhh, nothing like broad, sweeping generalities coupled with a rhetoric of hate to show a true spirit of fairness...

As a Christian and a former chemist turned IT guru, I believe in the general concepts of theory of evolution. However, what I and many of my fellow Christians (who, contrary to your stereotypes, are not the ignorant slugs that you'd like us to be) believe is that it was not a matter of mere cosmic and atmospheric coincidences that created all life on Earth, but the divine actions of our Lord G-d. If you wish to mock us for that, then so be it; that is your prerogative. However, at least have the common decency to properly portray our viewpoint.

Moreover, you laugh and scoff at our belief that it was G-d who created the Universe and everything within it. However, you're willing to accept a theory that all the matter in the cosmos, the trillions upon trillions upon trillions of galaxies and all their contents were, at the supposed beginning of time, compressed down to a point smaller than that of a needle's head? And that when the pressure finally gave way, all that matter somehow managed to blow itself across the vast infiniteness of the cosmos, creating the Universe as we know it now? Yet we're the silly ones that believe in "fairy tales"...

Answer 2

I'd say yes. But a Christian studying evolution is like an atheist learning New Testament Greek. They already have doubts about the subject, so they do not study the core of it. Personally I do not accept evolution, I have not studied the matter but I do not say it is necessarily false - I just have not studied it for myself. I took it in high school but my teacher was atheistic and mocked the Bible so I did not really have the opportunity to have a real view of the evidence for evolution. Personally science bores me, so if I am to study evolution I would want my research to be from sources who can explain things in a way I could understand and also have solid evidence. My biology teacher had neither.

Answer 3

It is not only safe, but wise. It is important to recognize that the people who are posting such nonsense are the same that are using their own malformed opinions as justification to try to prevent evolution from being taught in schools.

It is the same ignorance which will be producing the alternatives to evolution which seek to be taught as a legitimate theory.

Yes, it is much more than safe to assume that many Christians do not understand what evolution is. They are not taught what evolution is, because it is much easier to debunk the fabrication that is passed off as evolution than it is to debunk the proved theories of the real evolution.

Answer 4

Yeah... yeah, evolutionists now say we had a common ancestor. Boy, you must be smarter than a lot of Christians out there, huh?

I have to agree with T. Wallace, "A major reason why evolutionist arguments can sound so persuasive is because they often combine assertive dogma with intimidating, dismissive ridicule towards anyone who dares to disagree with them. Evolutionists wrongly believe that their views are validated by persuasive presentations invoking scientific terminology and allusions to a presumed monopoly of scientific knowledge and understanding on their part. But they haven’t come close to demonstrating evolutionism to be more than an ever-changing theory with a highly questionable and unscientific basis. (The situation isn’t helped by poor science education generally. Even advanced college biology students often understand little more than the dogma of evolutionary theory, and few have the time [or the guts] to question its scientific validity.)”

Answer 5

Well, according to evolution, humans did not come from monkeys, but that ape, monkey and human MAY have had a common ancestor in some time past. (and there is a difference between monkeys and apes) No scientist that has studied the THEORY of evolution will ever say that humans came from monkeys.

SO creationist theory, evolution as a theory or any other theory out there, no one knows exactly how this world came to be. You can buy into whatever theory you want to - christian, agnostic, buddhist, muslim, scientific etc.

Answer 6

do no longer forget approximately that the creationist lie device coined the term 'macroevolution' as a purple herring to confuse the fewer properly knowledgeable. there is merely evolution (no micro or macro). stay to tell the story this internet site for a on an analogous time as and you're able to be able to witness creationists calling the super bang and abiogenesis evolution. It makes you pick to bang your head against a brick wall while confronted with such wilful lack of know-how.

Answer 7

It is safe to assume that a lot of Christians do not even understand what Christianity is.

Answer 8

Yes, that is a very safe assumption.
I'm Christian believe evolution to be very possible.
There's room even for the entire we came from monkeys or ameoba type thing.
But the basic principles of evolution, survival of the fittest, natural selection, is a very sound theory, and it just takes morons to not realize that.
What do you think breeding animals is?
Very very small scale evolution, am I right?
Yeah. Safe assumption indeed.

Answer 9

No I keep hearing people who want to believe in evolution that we come from monkeys. Which is not true. They have not found our missioning link and most likely never will. You have to have huge faith in evolution to truly believe in it. But heck it sounds great on paper so lets preach it.

Answer 10

It says we "evolved" from monkeys. Christians believe that God created the Universe; and therefore created Adam and Eve. They don't believe in the Darwinian theory; and therefore do not believe that we were bred from monkeys.