Do Christians just reject all Science outright?

Question

I can't find any place in the Bible where it says Evolution did not occur. Scientist have presented clear evidence that it has. What is Christian objection to Scientific fact that their Bible doesn't dispute?
Kisses Betty B.

Answer 1

Joshua stopped the sun. What damn scientist would ever be able to do that?

What? The sun doesn't go around the earth? Yeah well whatever. Well, then what about God changing the Nile River into blood? Science can't do that.

Case closed.

Yeah, and what about Eve and her talking snake? Science has never been able to get a snake to talk, but the Bible can.

Answer 2

Betty, you know better than that.
The overwhelming majority of Christians have no problem with evolution. The concept was first proposed by Christian theologians. Back when the majority of the planet believed that the earth had been created in the recent past, Christian theologians like Origen argued for an old earth. There early Church didn't even accept the book of Genesis as Scripture until nearly the 4th century, and even then it was interpreted allegorically. Theistic evolution is actually Christian dogma for over 55% of Christians world-wide.

Just because 60% of American Christians are Evangelicals (not all of whom reject evolution in the first place), don't assume that the other 90% of Christians share those same opinions.

Answer 3

They only reject science which they can't somehow reconcile with their beliefs... they didn't put Galileo's eyes out for agreeing with church doctrine...yet when they found some clever way to explain their beliefs to where they no longer disagreed with his findings, they even taught what he knew as fact... the Vatican 6 years ago: God created life to evolve, evolution is a tool used by god to create... Vatican 7 years ago: Evolution is a lie from the devil...


Evolution is a known fact. Just How evolution occurs is what is called "Evolutionary Theory",

Gravity is a clearly demonstrable fact, not to be confused with "Gravitational Theory"

EDIT: for foxfire below me..

Evolution is a vital, well-supported, unifying principle of the biological sciences, and the scientific evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of the idea that all living things share a common ancestry. Although there are legitimate debates about the patterns and processes of evolution, there is no serious scientific doubt that evolution occurred or that natural selection is a major mechanism in its occurrence. It is scientifically inappropriate and pedagogically irresponsible for creationist pseudoscience, including but not limited to "intelligent design," to be introduced into the science curricula of our nation's public schools.

Answer 4

No, Christians do not just reject all science outright. The truth is that Christians accept SCIENCE 99.99999 %.

Your problem lies with the definition of science. And further, what do you mean by evolution? If you mean the observable and reproducible varation within a gene pool, ALL Christians accept this. If you mean the gradual accumulation of small changes that leads to a new and more complex species, most Chritians reject this. Even some evolutionists reject this : Stephen J Gould, for example.

By the way, the Bible does not prohibit smoking. But most Christians reject this based on health principles that the Bible DOES support.

Macroevolution is not a scientific theory; it's merely a hypothesis. Most Christians who call evolution a theory do so with the general (and original) meaning of the word, as used by Darwin. I am still wondering just WHEN did evolution change from being a theoretical theory to a scientific theory.

Answer 5

There are many many Christians who are, in fact, scientists, doctors, naturopaths, psychologists and all the rest of it. Science is a set of methods and principles which explore the creation. There is no contradiction. The Bible does not purport to be a book about science.

Answer 6

Hey, Betty Boop, you sweetie!
No, I do not reject anything about Science.
NO evidence in the Bible to dispute evolution, but there is also nothing to PROVE it 100%.

I believe in evolution, though.

Kisses, Batty

Answer 7

No, no, and definitely No. I have taught science for years, and know many scientists, even university professors, who are deeply committed Christians. It is a myth that science and Christianity are opposed. In fact, much science came directly form the work of Christians.

Answer 8

Evolution collapses in the fact that the Bible says that God created the animals first by speaking them into existence, and then He hand-created Man last, as the epitome of His Creation.

Scripture also states that when God was finished, He saw that His finished work was very good, so there was no need for change afterward. Yet evolution postulates that Man evolved from apes over millions of years, which contradicts Scripture and makes God incompetent.

I continually find it hard to understand that people would rather believe that we evolved from a hairy, grunting, lice-eating, knuckle-dragging animal than believe that we were hand-created by a loving God.

There is ample evidence of man and dinosaurs co-existing, but when such evidence is found it is quickly and ruthlessly suppressed by scientists who refuse to believe the evidence before them.

For example, in the 1800's, a fossil human footprint was discovered, a footprint that had crushed half of a trilobyte. The imprint was so detailed that under a microscope the threads of the cloth of the sole could be seen, as well as the stitching attaching the sole to the upper shoe piece.

When examined by a leading scientist of the day, he exclaimed that it was the most phenomenal imitation of an artificial imprint by natural causes that he had ever seen. In other words, he rejected it because he refused to believe it.

The same with human artifacts ( a brass bell, iron pot, silver bowl, gold chain) that have been found encased in blocks of coal. Metallurgists who examined the artifacts said that the items in question could not have been made in today's world as the composition of atmospheric gases were far different when they were created than they are now. In other words, these are pre-Flood items.

There are other examples, but I think these will suffice. There has been no solid proof of evolution to date, and there never will be. No transitional fossils showing one lifeform evolving into another have been found, and there never will be.

If evolution was a fact, it wouldn't still be called a theory would it? A theory is a postulation awaiting proof. As no proof has been found, evolution is still a theory.

Answer 9

If they take their Bible literally (as Answers in Genesis and many/most churches do), then a six-day creation is completely incompatible with millions of years of evolution.

People usually acknowledge change via natural or artificial selection on a small scale, because we can see it happening (ie controlled dog breeding). I suppose they just deny that it can actually produce new species.

Answer 10

Christians can't accept evolution, BB. If they do, that means they have to question the Adam and Eve bit and the Noah's Ark bit. And if the bible got those wrong...