Do most Christians accept that evolution is fact.?

Question

I believe they do.

I believe that most Christians are not fundamentalists.

Do you agree?

Answer 1

Sorry to be later but I had to do a couple of things after I saw your question. I hope you get something out of this answer.


I don't want to get into the difference between a fact and a theory except tp point out that they are very dofferent thing. It is not as if a theory ever gets to grow up and become a fact.

I would rather address how many Americans reject Evolution both as a fact and as a theory.
The numbers are likely higher than you are willing to imagine.
Here is a story that will help,
http://www.livescience.com/health/060810_evo_rank.html

The next idea is about how much of the USA is Christian. Different studies place this between 72% and 80%.
Studies and surveys also place the Fundamentalists at between 40% and 50% of the Christian population.
That means about 1/3 of the USA is Fundamentalist.
If that number seems high then look again at the money the Mega-Churches are pulling in.

Here are some sites that give a better idea of the religious afiliations.
http://www.adherents.com/rel_USA.html#religions
http://atheism.about.com/od/religiousright/Religious_Right_and_Christian_Right_in_American_Religion.htm
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There is a reason why the atheists are worried about the American Fundamentalist movement. The reason is not that they are concerned about whether God exists or not. The atheists are generally worried that the Fundamentalists will drag the world back into the dark ages.
The Fundamentalist movement has built a strong propaganda network, they are have excellent financial backing, and they have been taking over large sections of the USA government.
I think that they are quite capable of getting the whole world involved in another war.

Answer 2

What many people are forgetting here is that the word "theory" in science, while not a universal law like gravity, is basically the closest something can get to being factual. Theory doesn't mean a random concept surmised by various people, written down, and then believed because it "seemed" right, like religion. It means a well tested observation that unifies a wide range of data. And, seeing as humans share 98& of their genes with chimps, I think a missing link might not even be needed. Plus, there are numerous links for other species.

Answer 3

No. Most believe that evolution is something dreamed up by some scientists, and Christians will not accept their factual evidence.

Also, evolution is not talked about in their Bible and conflicts greatly with the creation myth that is in the Bible.

Answer 4

It is the "theory" of evolution.If it were provable it would not be a theory but a fact.The facts are according to the theory,man and beast evolved from lower life forms.The big sticking point is,there are NO transitional forms....NONE.Nothing showing mans rise from ape to human.They have tried hundreds of times but have failed.Frauds have been set up then knocked down such as Piltdown man,Nebraska man,Java man,Lucy etc etc.
There is evolution within a species for environmental adaptibilty(spots,stripes,coloring etc) such as a fox in the Artic is white and a desert fox is grey.A lion is tan for the Savanna ,a tiger is stripped for the shady jungle etc.
I believe the word of God.I think "great thinkers " have the time frame way too short.The Bible doesn't specify how many years we have been here,don't let anyone fool you on that.

Answer 5

Worldwide? Undoubtedly.

However, worldwide most Christians are Catholics (the Catholic Church as formally recognized evolution as the mechanism used by God to develop species). Most Americans are not Catholics, and many of them do not even consider Catholics to be Christian. So if you ask an American Southern Baptist if most Christians believe in evolution, he'll probably say no.





But then, he's an idiot.

Answer 6

No they don't believe in evolution but I agree that Christianity is less fundamental than the other 2 monotheistic religions: Islam and Judaism, and other religions. However I think Buddhism is less fundamental

Answer 7

I am a catholic and I can tell you there are more and more every day accepting that we evolved through evolution, the church is slowly starting to tell the truth, and is preparing many priests for something most do not want to hear, we do believe in a spiritual world, but many are separating them selves from biblical myths that the Vatican will soon release.

Answer 8

Not in the United States.

Answer 9

Funny how most like to play on the fact it is a theory of evolution trying to say it is non factual. Can any of you fundamentalists out there show me facts that god exist or anything substantial to support ridiculous claims of creationism

Answer 10

Since most christians do not believe the theory of evolution AT ALL, I can't say that they would accept it as a fact. It is a scientific theory, not a fact, just as the Big Bang Theory is a theory and not a fact.