To the evolutionists?

Question

For me personally, i believe the literal account of creation in Genesis, but i do consider evolution a possibility, i dont think its wrong to believe in evolution, it doesnt take anything away from God's power and to tell the truth is, is more in his character to let things work in a process more so than instantly. My question to you all is why do you act like evolution is fact? What proof do you have?

Answer 1

Look around you. Watch how things change. It is quite obvious that change from generation to generation take place.

Have you considered animal and plant selective breeding? That is exactly how it works.

I think evolution is rather well prooven. You just need to actually study the academic writings of people in the feild.

Why would God not include such fun and variety into His creation? Think on.

Answer 2

First of all you are confused. Evolution does not even try to explain the creation of life on earth only how all of the diversity of life came into being. The creation of life on earth would be abiogenesis.
Secondly you must understand the concept of what a theory is exactly. In science, a theory is a mathematical or logical explanation, or a testable model of the manner of interaction of a set of natural phenomena, capable of predicting future occurrences or observations of the same kind, and capable of being tested through experiment or otherwise falsified through empirical observation. It follows from this that for scientists "theory" and "fact" do not necessarily stand in opposition.
Finally, there is extensive fossil evidence that supports evolution. Also there is clear and evident modern, every day proof that evolution amoung living organism is indeed a fact.

Answer 3

Evolution is a scientific “theory” that is known with the same certainty as the “theories” of: electricity, gravity, relativity, nuclear theory, etc. The main failure of science education is American society’s rampant scientific illiteracy where so many people do not know the difference between a “scientific theory” like evolution and a mythological belief like Creationism which is based only on the folktales of quasi-historic semi-nomadic Semitic tribes of illiterate goat herders who lived thousands of years ago and who thought that the earth was flat and occupied the center of the universe

Evolution is an observed, replicated, verified, established empirical and scientific fact. There is an abundance of evidence from multiple sources that apply consistently and predictably worldwide. There is no contradictory evidence – every argument raised against it has been demonstrably shown to be wrong or deliberate deception and intentionally dishonest.

More than just fact, the theory of evolution is the most powerful general explanatory model in all of science. Without it, every life science collapses and all biological knowledge is false.

This includes medical science which, if evolution were false, would be no more than voodoo and the mystical mumbo-jumbo practiced by Witch Doctors. Creationists, as well as everyone, who submits to the care of a modern physician is placing their health and lives in the hands of Practitioners of Evolutionary Theory.

Answer 4

there is much proof of evolution... it's insane to try and prove the origins of the universe or even the earth... I don't agree with that part.. it's quite unscientific actually... but when Darwin says we come from apes the whole congregation is in an uproar... and you end up with the argument "you don't know how the universe evolved" that isn't the point evolution can be proven... evolution and natural selection... evolution is how it occurred and natural selection is where nature itself is heading... look at the plant life and the animals even the insect world... sickness is quickly healed when it strikes them... only the human race is burdened by never ending illness... Why?.. because we practice religion... you have no proof of the promises your god makes yet you make nature and those who learn from it jump through hoops to prove what is easily understood... by practicing religion you have place yourselves above nature.. well nature can and does fight back... there is never teaching of respecting nature in your bible.. you are taking your life on this planet for granted... well that isn't how nature works.. and if we aren't careful... we, the human race shall be made extinct..

Answer 5

There are many unexplainable holes in both religion and the theory of evolution my question is this: why couldn't our creation have happened from both? lets say that god created the heavens and the earth and the FOUNDATIONS for life and from the foundations so we came, evolving from those life creating materials. Anything is a possibility and I think it helps fill in the gaps. to think that this universe is all an accident and explosion is absurd. And also to say that evolution which is backed by many facts is wrong. oh and it seems that no one understand the true meaning of the word "theory" they throw it around as tho it means something unproven; hypothesis would be the correct term since it basically means an idea. theory means something that has been tested so throughly that it is taken as fact in the scientific community.

your welcome

Answer 6

The word theory has a different meaning to scientists than lay people. In science, theory means a logically consistent way to explain what happens, even if no reasonable doubt exists that it's true. In everyday life, if your theory is that the butler stole the jewels, it means that you admit that you could be wrong. If the theory of relativity was wrong then the GPS and particle accelerators wouldn't work. If quantum theory was wrong your computer and digital watch wouldn't work. If the theory of evolution was wrong, then everything science has discovered in the last 500 years would be wrong and medicine, cars and all modern technology wouldn't work.

Answer 7

You are right that it is just a theory that will never be proven. However, it does contradict Christianity. Adam and Eve were humans. The Big Bang Theory and the Theory of Evolution (which pretty much go hand in hand) trace us all the way back to leptons. Eventually we evolved into fish, apes, humans, etc. That is not at all what the Bible says.

Answer 8

I personally feel that if God existed, then evolution would've really been the concept of creationism, just slower. I feel that creationism is basically evolution, just texted to make it look as if God was so great that he could whip up a world in seven days. I believe what really happened is creationism occured over a long period of time, say 2 billion years. It's simply texted to make god look better instead of a lazy slob.

Answer 9

When you have millions of individual facts from dozens of different fields of study which are all *exactly* as they would *have* to be if evolution were true, then it takes vastly more faith than I could possibly have to deny that evolution is true.

Answer 10

Fact: "confirmed to such a degree that it would be perverse to withhold provisional consent"

And seeing as how evolution has a large amount of evidence for it in the past 140 years, it is a fact. The theory of evolution explains how it happened. Most all scientists regard evolution as fact.

And why is this asked in the religion section?