Our ancestors were ape-like creatures. Whay do theists fear this?

Question

I find it truly....wonderful

O Saint Lucifer, stop it!

(actually, don't!)

Glenda, you;re "special"!

busy-little-bee, you're busy alright, but not getting educated!

Answer 1

no no no
The history channel said they are some organisms that grow off the Australian coast (our ancestors)
I don't believe this and there is no proof or evidence of that.
It's just a theory so there is nothing to fear.

Answer 2

Because of the way evolutionists couch the subject. Many on the evolutionist side of the debate insist that, if they can prove evolution, then they can disprove God. It is used as a direct challenge to the belief in a higher power.

Personally, I do not have any fear of this. I know that God created us, but he never went into the details of how. He did not use evolution in the normally understood Darwinian sense (an unguided process of mutation and natural selection) as this would deny his sovereignty over His creation. But to say that there was a guided evolution I think would be within the realm of possibility. Of course, an evolutionist would have a heart attack if this was ever brought up and we would get an earful of "Intelligent Design is not science" claims.

By the way, why do so many athiests fear teh idea that a higher power made us? I find it truly wonderful.

Answer 3

I am a Christian and have been for quite a while, however I never have feared mans imaginations regarding evolution.
Every time I read about it or here of it, I just think to myself there goes another poor deluded soul waylaid by lies and fabrication.
Satan continues to peddle lies and atrocities making people think that God does not exist and that the universe created itself.
Answer this question to yourself:
given the large diversity of plant and animal life on this planet why is there an enormous gap between humans and our supposed ancestors?
Also to the person who said we have 98% same DNA as apes, well I have been told that we share 70% DNA with a cabbage, so by rights we should be rooted to the ground in rows in a field.

Answer 4

Not religious but until the missing link is found it cannot be proved that we evolved from apes. And given that it was discovered some time ago that neaderthals and cro magna lived at the same time the theory looks shaky. Why can't we just accept that right now we don't know.

Answer 5

Well, because it means humans are no longer God's special creation, made in his image.

The Catholic church is OK with evolution ... I don't know why other Christians can't just accept the creation story as either (1) allegory or (2) the understanding of ancient people, which has now been supplanted by science. Neither one necessarily has to negate faith in God.

I don't "fear" the idea of being made by a god. I simply find it absurd.

Answer 6

I fear all things not explained by the Bible. I fear evolution because it is not taught in the scriptures, and I fear that God in his divine wisdom and justice will send me to the lake of fire if I believe something not included in the Good Book -- even if scientific evidence supports it. I am also afraid that if I admit that I don't understand how evolution works, people will know I'm not that bright.

Answer 7

It's not fear, don't put words in that don't belong. Nobody should fear the truth. I just can't see, from my studies, that it can be true. I've looked at both sides of the argument objectively, can you say the same?

Answer 8

It is wonderful. Darwin himself said it, There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.

Answer 9

Because the whole idea of evolution goes against the spiritual idea that God created men. I can't recall exactly, but there were TV documentary about Christian college students who are struggling to stay faithful to their religion while learning about evolution.

Answer 10

I wasn't aware that athiests feared the theory of evolution but if you really want to scare someone tell it to a christian. They believe in Adam and Eve and you aren't going to sway them.

Answer 11

I am a "theist" and I don't fear it or disbelieve it. I think the science of evolution and creationism can coexist in harmony. I find the concept of both interacting with each other as you say, wonderful.