Why do Christians who don't believe in evolution, totally denounce it?

Question

I've seen lots of Christians believe that God modified man from ape, and such, so why don't others?

Is there some sort of offensive image of God (though he has no appearance) that would mean he's any less of a being if he was an ape? Or even a fish?

Why, if God is amazing anyway, could he not be a fish?

Also: http://www.underwatertimes.com/news2/shark_web_feet.jpg

We all have common ancestors; you can't say somebody with the so similar DNA as you has descended from something completely different.

And how is it idiotic that I'd ask that? Your reply made no sense! Humans and fish DO coexist - one lives on land and one lives in the sea! Or would you like to argue that the sea is not part of the earth?

Can you substantiate what YOU believe without criticising other beliefs?

As I recall, yes, the bible doesn't say adam and eve were fish or apes. Nor did he say that they were human. How do you know, apart from faith, that early man was not ape?

I'm pleased to say that some rational minded Christians are answering this question..

What boggles the mind is how some people are totally arguing here, saying it's 'my problem' that I believe years of evidence over a book. That, incidently, contains no evidence of this. Christians (or the rational ones) believe god didn't write the bible, and understand man did.

Can you honestly believe that it's 100% FACT as opposed to symbolism?

Teran_whatsyourname:
How can it be a hurtful lie to tell somebody religion isn't 100% fact? Personally, I believe religion should be taught to children who are old enough to observe religion, as opposed to warping their mind and have them argue black is white. We need to teach people to think for themselves.

If the God theory is 100% true, then why are you so scared that people might want to explore other options? If it's true, then surely there's nothing to be scared of?

Ashalee, I never said they were legs. I'm just awed by the picture and wanted to share it with the intarweb!

Answer 1

Some people believe the Bible is literally true. They read the Bible to say that the earth is only ~ 6000 years old. Evolution, biology, geology, astronomy and many other sciences provide abundant evidence that the earth is much older. I do not know why the issue of evolution is the one we hear about most often but someone has to disregard a whole bunch of scientific evidence to believe that the Bible is literally true.

Answer 2

If the evidence supported this stance I would probably go for it, but the truth is that there is much evidence against it. Secondly, while it may promote unity to find common ground in an argument of opinion or even policy, this tactic is not wise when trying to determine truth (Think of the argument in the movie "Matilda" over her age. She said she was six and a half, her dad said she was four, so her mom decided she must be five.). The theory of evolution we know took off with Darwin not because it was more convincing than creation but because atheists had been looking for a way of explaining things apart from God, and this was the first theory of evolution to do so plausibly. Other theories of evolution had come out before Darwin but didn't work on any level (while Darwin's at least works on the small scale). The most well known of these was Lamark's acquired characteristics where, for example, the giraffe was purported to have gotten its long neck simply by successive generations of stretching up to reach the leaves. Of course Lamark's theory didn't work because such changes cannot be inherited.

It is also Biblically inconsistant since the account of the creation of mankind in Genesis 1:26 is specifically different from all other elements of creation thus far. It appears that God differentiated man from animals by making man Himself rather than merely by His authority, and it is clear that God sought differentiate the two by making man in His "image" (meaning the spiritual and mental likeness, not the visual). Matthew Henry suggests in his commentary that we are thus God's representatives saying, "As [man] has the government of the inferior creatures, he is, as it were, God’s representative, or viceroy, upon earth..."

There are other distinctions between man and animals in the Bible that would be difficult had man evolved from animals. Leviticus 24:21 assigns a different punishment for causing the death of an animal from that of killing a man. Ecclesiastes 3:21 says that at death the spirit of a man goes up while the spirit of an animal goes down. If we had evolved where would God draw the line?

Answer 3

because evolution is true? look at the skeleton of any mammal, look at the skeleton of all the great apes, these are:
Gorilla
Orangutan
Chimpanzee (Chimpanzee and Benobo)
Human

all are of the biological family hominidae

Orangutans are of the sub family Ponginae

Humans, Gorillas and Chimpanzees are of the sub family Homininae

Gorillas are of the tribe Gorillini and of the Genus Gorrilla.

Humans and Chimpanzees are of the tribe Hominini, with chimpanzees being of the subtribe panina and humans being of the subtribe hominina.

if you look at the skeletons of each of these creatures, you can see the work of evolution, they are so similar, yet ever so slightly different. Evolution is so elegant and beautiful, this planet is, but this planet is so small compared even to it's own solar system, let alone the universe, there is no way that there is a higher power looking at all this that we have.

For the most part, Chimpanzees, Orangutans and Gorillas display a higher level of intelligence than all of the religious bigots on here.

Answer 4

You're asking a question that goes back 100 million years.

The Bible was written in less that time.

Imagine this, what ever happened a very long time ago and were talking at least 150 million years. Who is to really say what kind of evolution mya have taken place in that time zone,
I know that we are living proof that life exhist's now in the year 2007 and not till several centuries ago did man strat to become civilized.
Do you mean to tell me that Man was so stupid that it took him over 100 million years to figure it out?????????????

Answer 5

They worry that it undermines their religious beliefs. They are right to worry.

Evolution disposed of any possible rational justification for invoking a creator to explain the natural world - that's why it is sometimes referred to as 'Darwin's Dangerous Idea'. Theists are left with a choice: Either claim that a process which obviates a creator was nevertheless the work of a creator (which is rather self-contradictory) or deny, against all evidence, that the process occurs at all. Some people plump for the former, some for the latter. It wouldn't be unreasonable to say that the latter are being truer to their faith. When you live by faith, rather than by reason and evidence, that attitude probably seems entirely justified.

Answer 6

i'm a christian and incredibly, i think interior the creation as the way it became defined interior the bible. And to denounce creationism is to quickly denounce the essence of Christianity. yet as a freethinker, I dont reject the potential for the thought of evolution. in fact, many of the time, i'm tempted to have faith that evolution is guy's war to define creationism. The information of guy isnt consistent, neither absolute. There are medical info that are later on disproved. in fact, maximum of our extra advantageous medical philosophies are nevertheless theories, that would desire to comprise einsteins relativity, quantum, and definite, even darwin's evolution. One might desire to settle for, that guy, (in our recent state of wisdom and discoveries) knew so little, and hadnt slightly taken a single step in direction of gaining wisdom of truthfully the fact. The extra we come across new issues and new ideas, the extra we are confronted with new questions, much extra complicated than the previous ones. With all due admire to the atheists' stand on issues, i might say to on the instant brush off the existence of God on mere frail theories of technological wisdom, is slightly arrogantly untimely.

Answer 7

People must believe in what their hearts and minds tell them is right.

My heart and mind tells me that there is a God but that evolution is very real because the evidence is there. My heart and mind tells me the Bible is just a book and the men who wrote it meant well (mostly) but were fallible.

My mother's heart and mind tells her that the story in Genesis is enough for her because she believes the Bible to be literal.

God doesn't care either way. God cares about how we treat each other. And one way to treat your fellow man is to not berate their beliefs, whatever they may be.

Answer 8

There are those of us who maintain that a belief in God and evolution need not be contradictory. The Biblical story of creation was written by ancient people who, at the time, were not aware of the scientific principals we are. The main thing is that God initiated the process that led to where we are today.

Answer 9

God created man in His image. There is nothing in Genesis to indicate that Adam and Eve were fish or apes. He created animals and man, not just animals. I believe in adaptation, but I don't think that people evolved from animals. There are too many holes in that theory. I do believe that Christians should educate themselves in the theory of evolution so they can argue it logically, instead of just saying they don't believe it and having no arguments as to why.

Answer 10

Honestly?

The Bible teaches in more places than Genesis 1 & 2 about Creation.

Jesus is called the Second Adam, and this is very very significant in understanding God's plan for Salvation.

Jesus is quoted in the gospels as taking the Creation LITERALLY.

So if Creation is not true as described in the Bible, the the Bible is completely false and useless as a book for Spiritual knowledge.

It is impossible to take the Bible seriously and embrace Evolution.