religious arguments against evolution....?

Question

are nothing more than arguments from personal incredulity.

can we agree on this?

basically, they just cant imagine how it could happen, and thats the foundation of their disbelief. they generally know little about genetics to justify it, and they never will....because they dont want to know.

Answer 1

There are two major evidences that I am aware of:
1. Time: There isn't enough time for the small rodent like mammals left after the last extinguishing event to bring them to the size and variety of the mammals the roamed the earth during the last major ice age.
2. Viruses have been known to man for approximately the last 200 years. During that time there have been billions of generations, yet never has a virus jumped species. Yes the have varied but they remain viruses.. IHS Jim

Answer 2

A long time ago life was horizontal. This means that all life would share their genes and adapt in this way. This was very fast and efficient. But, then, there came one strain of bacteria that kept it's superior genes to itself. It evolved according to Darwinism. Eventually, all life did this. This was vertical evolution. Now we are entering an age of genetic engineering where we will make life horizontal again. This is because we will take the best genes from different forms of life and cross breed. So for that huge swath of time between the two horizontal ages evolution was undeniably following Darwinism.

Answer 3

OK, I know plenty about genetics (not everything, but enough to make an intelligent decision) and plenty about the theory of evolution..so answer me this, if evolution is true and, through a long, drawn out series of processes we evolved to the form we currently have, then how did certain organs and functions come into being? Take, for example, the human heart and circulatory system... did they evolve in one complete step? What good would a heart be without veins, vessels, and capillaries to take the blood to the necessary areas? Same goes for the eye...how did it evolve to its current state and why don't others eyes continue to evolve rather than stop at a primitive state when the animal would clearly benefit from better vision? Although we have seen certain traits increase the viability of an animal or its species, we have yet to see the creation of a new species, one transition fossil, one break in the law of biogenesis or one piece of evidence to prove that things can move from disorder to order. I denounce the theory of evolution because it is bad science. I didn't believe in it BEFORE I became a Christian, and I don't believe in it now.

Answer 4

< irreducible complexity > has not been debunked as suggested above. An argument can be made against it but in no way has it been debunked. I find it amazing that even with the technology we have today, there still isn't a single example of a live transition from simple to complex that is beneficial. You would think there would be at least one considering that the more time evolution has to propagate, the more we should see it. Can't see it but you believe it. There is another word for that..faith.

Answer 5

I think you are oversimplifying and misrepresenting the creationist side. While many creationists do use argument from incredulity to defend their position, I think this is a rationalization and not the origin of their belief. The basic motivation for many creationists is the belief that if they accept the whole Bible as written, they'll get into heaven. Presented with a choice between believing nonsense or going to hell, they choose the nonsense and make the best of it. This leads them to a variety of rationalizations, but if you go after the logical fallacies, you miss the point.

Answer 6

No.

I am very into science, and studying genetics, biology, zoology, and geology.

Why would you possibly think christians would agree with you when you call them stupid?

Some christians, granted many christians, don't know much about the science or don't care, but some do, and there is much to know.

Jessica - feel free to email

Answer 7

It's the same as geocentrism. Some people get terrified at not being the center of the universe. Others are terrified that life can exists without humans, and that, for millions of years.

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About the argument of Jim B about viruses. We have observed viruses mutate into new forms like AIDS or jump drasticly from invading one kind of creature unto another (Avian flu: from chicken [birds] to humans [mammals])

Answer 8

Evolutionary theory and evidence has multiple gaps. Acceptance requires an act of faith. Even with all the gaps filled in the believer can still respond "Isn't God clever." The important question is still not "How did it happen?" but "Who did it?" Where you come down on that question determines which set of ambiguities that you are comfortable with.

Answer 9

I am an atheist who thinks its unlikely that evolution is how we got here and i would be quite happy to discuss it with you and it has nothing to do with personal incredulity whatever you actually mean by that.

Answer 10

On the contrary, though many who argue against evolution are not aware, there is much SCIENTIFIC evidence to support a young-Earth/intelligent design theory.

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