Why do Christians say that there is no proof for evolution?

Question

There is more proof for evolution than your man made creationism stuff.

I have evidence of the world's first fish that lived millions of years ago that came out from the water and into land and breathe for couple of days wnd go back into water.

This fish overtime in thousands years later evolved into reptiles like lizards and snake and it evolved into dinosaurs.

And humans and apes have common ancestor!

Walking with Dinosaurs - Chronology: 65 Million Years Ago - ABC
http://www.abc.net.au/dinosaurs/chronology/65/default.htm

Scientists Discover Fish That Walk On Land, Answering A Lot Of ... http://elitedaily.com/news/world/fish-walking-land-video/732605/

Evolution: Out Of The Sea - Scientific American Blog Network
http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/science-sushi/evolution-out-of-the-sea/

Human/Ape Common Ancestry: Following the Evidence - Evolution ... http://www.evolutionnews.org/2011/06/following_the_evidence_where_i047161.html

Hominid Species - The Talk.Origins Archive
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/homs/species.html

Answer 1

Those Christians who say such a thing are simply abysmally ignorant, and have tied themselves to a religious belief that desperately tries to keep them so.



I'm a Christian. And I say there IS proof for evolution, and I should know because I've read it. It's been around for over a century and a half, and I heartily recommend that others read it, too.



There's actually a second proof, now, founded in a branch of biology that's less than 60 years old: molecular genetics.

Answer 2

Not a Christian here but I am wondering why you included a link that seems to support ID, instead of contradict ID.



http://www.evolutionnews.org/2011/06/following_the_evidence_where_i047161.html



Also I have to wonder about what they are going to find from a fish that lives now with both lungs and gills to tell them about a fish that has been extinct for about 500 million years. If they are extremely similar, this tends to argue against evolution for the constancy of species. If they are not, then there is nothing to learn.



Personally, while I still think the theory of evolution is the best explanation, I cannot help but get annoyed at SOME scientists taking every opportunity to claim some new finding confirms evolution, when generally they do not. To be clear, there is a TON of evidence supporting evolution. But lets looks at some claims.



For example: Chimps and Human DNA are 99% the same thus demonstrating common ancestry.



This is not accurate at all. First, there are more than 1% differences between humans and chimps in most every measure. You have to pretend that genes that are SIMILAR are the same while not counting the differences between them. Then you have to PRETEND that all of the DNA that we don;t understand enough to know its function is "junk DNA" and eliminate that "junk DNA" from consideration. Then you have to ignore any changes in position of the genes or duplications on either side. All to give this now meaningless 99% statistic.



Second, similarity in DNA is explained by similarity in function. If we had no idea at all if we were directly related to chimps, we would expect that since we are similar in function, the DNA would be similar. We could have literally evolved from different fish and still expected similarity in DNA because of similarity in function.



Look, unlike young-earth creationism, the study of evolution is SCIENCE. I get you have to put up with YECers and you want to take jabs back at them any chance you get.... but this is science. Resist the urge and to quote Joe Friday "Just the facts, Ma'am".

Answer 3

Why do Christians say that there is no proof for evolution?



- Because it takes thinking and intelligence to understand and to fundies those are sins.

Answer 4

There is a lot of circumstantial evidence and of course, even young earth creationists agree with microevolution. But there is no smoking gun, so to speak. We have not seen an organism jump the species barrier. The one that is often pointed out is how wolves became chihuahuas. However, as different as wolves and chihuahuas might be, they are still the same species and can produce offspring which is fertile and produces more wolves/chihuahuas.

However, when we look at the variety of life, we can compare, for example, house cats and weasels. They are both small fuzzy playful creatures, but they have different arrangements of chromosomes. Supposedly somewhere in their history they have a common ancestor but that means that common ancestor would have had to rearrange it's chromosomes to produce both species. That means somewhere along the line an animal had to beget an animal with a different chromosome arrangement and the offspring had to be fertile and breed true. Show me the evidence that this is possible.

Answer 5

THE VERY FIRST PROOF OF EVOLUTION WAS IN THE WORD OF GOD WHICH IS HIDDEN IN THE BIBLE !!! Yet satan has many dupes teaching everything created in 6 24 hr days only thousands of years ago ! I always suggest everyone take a course in COMPREHENSION then read THE BIBLE again !!! This as I see everyday those whom are destroyed by satans lying counterfeit christians !!!That common ancestor Science seeks is the serpent/caveman whom was Cain's father !!! It evolved from the primate family ! Adam was only of SUPERNATURAL CREATION !!! After you learn comprehension read again LET THE WATERS BRING FORTH then LET THE EARTH BRING FORTH ! Perhaps then you will realize LET US MAKE MAN is something different !!! THEREFOR E THE CONTENT OF YOUR QUESTION NEGATES ITSELF BECAUSE IT IS BASED ON LIES !!! When you discover some truth come back and ask questions based on that and I can at that time increase your wisdom knowledge and by that using THE WORD OF GOD YOUR FAITH !!! Stop letting satan's christians bring you down with them for their god satan uses them and their lies to destroy many such as yourself !!!

JESUS BLESS YOU

david stotler

Answer 6

For many, because they don't want to know...



Most here that deny it, have no idea what it actually is or what it says...



They are too worried that they won't go to their heaven or scared of their hell...



IMHO

Answer 7

OK. But theories change. Look at some of the fanciful animals people imagined when paleontologists first began studying fossils in the 18th century. Now they are saying that dinosaurs may have been covered in feathers.



The fact that we no longer believe that the earth is flat or that the stars revolve around it does not disprove the existence of God. Neither does the theory of evolution.



You as an individual probably do not know anything first hand that occurred before you were 4, and you are merely listening to the hearsay of others when you say that the earth is not flat and orbits around the sun. Truth is in the eye of the beholder.

Answer 8

Because that's what their parents probably told them. When you have this sort of mentality, that I'm right no matter what, you can believe the unbelievable.

Answer 9

>Why do Christians say that there is no proof for evolution?



Because they are terrified of actually admitting that there is, because it obliterates both creation myths in Genesis.

Answer 10

There isn't any evidence for evolution. Wake up. Get a kjversion Bible and believe. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbh7S6WWdMc and so on forever. Jesus Christ is the truth.

Answer 11

Observation is the first step of the scientific process.



No one can observe anything that happens over millions of years.



Evolution (in the sense you speak of) is not scientific.



It's a belief.

Answer 12

A fish that can walk on land doesn't prove it evolved or that it will evolve, in fact it doesn't even suggest that.

It's just another of God's creatures. Some animals adapt to changing environments, but that's not evolution. The fish remains a fish. There are examples of fossilised jellyfish. How long do you think it takes for a jellyfish to disintegrate on the beach? Just a few days at most. Certainly not millions of years to become a fossil. Fossilisation is something that happened instantly, probably during the flood of Noah's time. With huge amounts of water and land and debris. Causing huge pressure. The land itself would have liquified and become as debris filled water.

https://answersingenesis.org/search/?q=fish+walking+on+land&site=AiGall

http://www.genesispark.com/exhibits/evidence/

http://www.icr.org/fossilization/

Answer 13

And the proof for human evolution?

Answer 14

I disagree. You would have to define evolution first, and then, here is the challenging part, stick to your definition.

Answer 15

I have seen more evidence supporting Creationism.

Answer 16

Everybody knows Gandalf created the world duh.