2007-11-26 11:33:20 · 6 answers · asked by david w 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
They don't, actually. Geology is as much in their sights as evolution - mainly because of their insistence on a 6000-year-old Earth, and the historicity of Noah's global flood, both of which are flatly contradicted by all the evidence. Young-Earth Creationists, of course, cope with this by ignoring or lying about the evidence.
In their ignorance, they tend to paint all the sciences that they don't agree with as "evolution" - so you quite often see things like "evolution claims the world is 4 billion years old" or "evolution says the flood didn't happen", when "evolution" makes no such claim, but geology does.
As to why they have this problem, I don't actually think it's *because* of their literal interpetation of the bible, as the previous answer says - I think that's just a secondary reason. The real underlying reason is their wish to be "special". Evolution makes us just another animal, albeit a very successful one. Creationists for some reason can't cope with this - they have to imagine a world where we are the whole point of the universe, which was created simply for us to live in. Pure selfishness.
2007-11-26 18:25:46 · answer #1 · answered by Daniel R 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you scratch at all deep you will find that they have problems with *many* parts of science ... biology; geology, paleontology, and archaeology (because they support an old earth); astronomy, astrophysics (because they support the Big Bang theory); even physics and the science of radioactivity (because it is the basis of dating techniques); and even Einsteins theory of relativity and the speed of light (because the only way to reconcile the age of distant stars is by arguing that the speed of light must have changed in the last 6,000 years). But you are right, the fundamentalists do seem to obsess about evolution ... even to the point of putting *all* of these things under the single banner "evolution."
It *all* boils down to confict with a *literal* interpretation of the Bible. They find that evolution *directly* conflicts with the events described in Genesis ... specifically the details of the Adam and Eve story, and the Noah's Ark story. Geology and all these other fields don't *directly* contradict a particular story ... they just contradict the obscure passages that list the generations from Adam to Moses which places the earth at a ridiculously young age of 6,000 years.
2007-11-26 23:56:58 · answer #2 · answered by secretsauce 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Likely because evolutionary theory has more direct implications toward humans; it suggests we evolved from simpler organisms through a process that did not require the intervention of God.
Geological theory mainly just has implications regarding the way the Earth was created, its age and Genesis. It's relation to humans is through evolutionary theory. So it's arguably less blasphemous.
2007-11-26 19:48:15 · answer #3 · answered by yutgoyun 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, they often do. For example, they have a theory that the Atlantic Ocean was carved out in one go when the Flood happened, and that dinosaur fossils are found in older rocks because they are heavier than other animals, so they sank further. What puzzles me is how rarely it bothers them that the Universe seems so big.
2007-11-27 11:52:23 · answer #4 · answered by grayure 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since when did a Christian have to be consistent and rational in their views?
2007-11-26 19:38:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world is flat.
surely everyone knows that!
2007-11-26 19:41:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anti theist 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋