Do many Christians deny evolution because is attacks the very core of their faith?

Question

It proves that you weren't specially created. It proves that you have no special purpose to your life. It proves that you have no more extrinsic value than a rat and it also proves that morality doesn't come from god as it's an evolved phenomenon. Is this why you hate it so much?

I've asked this before but wanted to get some more opinions as I think it's a good, realistic question. Factual, not offensive.

Answer 1

mopar Mike is wrong! Evolution is observable science. It can be observed in prokaryotes because of their fast reproduction rate. They use binary fission as well as sexual reproduction. It can also be observed in virus's ( not technically living but they do have dna very contriversal topic). Why do you think you have to take the flue shot every year. Instead of just once in your life time.

Answer 2

I can't speak for all Christians, but you're probably right about some.



The demonstrable fact of evolution refutes the account of humanity's origins as presented in Genesis. If Adam and Eve never existed, then the whole foundation for their faith is unsound.



As a side note, Genesis 1 and Genesis 2 do not give matching accounts. So how the Bible can be taken literally anyway is a mystery to me.



Edit: To those who think evolution is refuted by probability - you're incorrect. The current complex system arose from simple systems that evolved to become more complex as greater complexity became more favourable. To take the metaphor of the numbered cards, it's true that it's unlikely to randomly be a series of 1-10. But if you look at the cards after a random dealing and keep in place the ones that are in their correct places, and only shuffle and move the wrong ones, essentially you are acting as a selection pressure favouring something you define as correct. This process mimics the inheritance of favoured characteristics intrinsic to the process of evolution.

Answer 3

I can only answer for myself, no. Within the Holy Bible you may find there is a way to God (I did). I have gone the way He's provided (Jesus the Christ) and am in a relationship with Him. Claims of evolution are OK, they don't effect our relationship.



The relationship hasn't been left up to science or someone else, He did this in such a way that the individual has to choose. I can only suggest "evolution" is stumbling block. We each have to make our own decisions though. Finger pointing won't work on the day of judgment. I'm relaying this because of the love He's shown me. He is Awesome! The invitation is open to all...until our physical death or His return. Now is a time of Grace.



If you would like to hear more, I would write you. Email me if you would like.

Answer 4

I think some might. Some seem to think that the old earth concept is against Christ and whatever they think the Bible says. But I'm under no such presumption. I can believe in an old earth, I can even believe in Evolution (I don't believe evolution happened as it is portrayed by either younger earthers or Evolutionists), they have nothing to do with Christ.



And there is the problem with some of my brethren! They have allowed something that doesn't even pertain to Christ to get in the way of the fundamentals of Christian doctrine: trust in Jesus Christ is the criteria God set for those who want peace with him. It has nothing to do with whether I believe in evolution or not.

Answer 5

We deny evolution because it can not work! Every thing in applied Biology (observed medical fields) shows that evolution can not account for different species. This problem has lead the averred knowledgeable atheists in these fields to propose that life of earth is the result of alien intervention and "farming".

Now I happen to take the proposal of alien intervention very lightly, but that is the lengths some will go to when the impossibility of evolution accounting for the origin of different species is accepted. But the fact different species do exist and no proposed mechanism can be proven (in fact all have been disproven to work) says the theory is wrong!

Answer 6

Yeh they don't deny it because it's wrong but because it rubbishes everything they believe. The weight of evidence for evolution is so complete and undeniable that you may as well deny the earth is round (see what I did there?).

If you ignore the genetic evidence, the fossils, the skeletons showing anatomical progression, the DNA samples found, the very world around you that screams evolution and you decide that a 2000 year old piece of paper that says we came from two people who lived in a magical garden and got out smarted by a snake is correct... Well.. You're not only mentally bankrupt but you're a f****** simpleton as well.

Answer 7

Even though the teaching of Evolution differs with the teachings of the Bible it is not the only reason that I disagree with it.



I do not argue with the facts of science but have my own ideas about the meaning of the facts. Meaning or truth cannot be empirically determined by a majority vote of atheist scientists. I am certain that there is no contradiction between true science and Christian doctrines and do not fear studying a controversial issue when all of the evidence is on the table.



I should at least be able to demand empirical proof of truth for the theory of macroevolution. Evolutionists brag that the evidence for evolution is as powerful as the evidence for the Law of Gravity. Is it too much to ask them to show it to me?



Some scientists complain that it is “unsporting” to demand empirical proof for evolution because “they are all agreed that evolution of life on earth is no longer a theory but a fact.” They do not mean fact as defined in the dictionary which is: (1) something known with certainty. (2) Something that has been objectively verified. (3) Something that has a real, demonstrable existence. A majority vote is not acceptable as proof for truth.



Neither evolutionism nor creationism is subject to empirical proof or disproof. Both are philosophies or metaphysical faith systems. A person must choose between them. It’s as simple as that.



I chose to believe in a creator God.

Answer 8

We deny it because it contradicts the word of God. It's also foolish to think that all life on this planet started by chance from one little organism that began reproducing "for no reason". We Christians already know that all life came from God Almighty, for His purpose and His glory. We have the Creator's Holy Spirit living within us. We know the truth.

Please watch - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEEaI1mMphI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ed5m9c_A32o



He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him.

Colossians 1:15-16

The same God you evolutionists keep rejecting, you will one day bow and confess that He is Lord.

Answer 9

Actually, evolutionary theory does none of those things. All evolutionary theory does is explain how life developed on Earth.



All of the things you list are human value judgments that evolution is neutral on. Those value judgements belong more in the realm of philosophy than biology.

Answer 10

When you used the word "ATTACK" you were 100%, totally CORRECT.



Evolution is the attack of satan on God's sovereignty as CREATOR/GOD of the universe...that is the reason some Believers spell it evil ution.



It actually makes NO impact on our FAITH...we know it for what it is....an evil attack on God...who is well able to take care of Himself !



AS a SCIENTIST said a few months ago..."There is absolutely NO PROOF of evolution"!

Since there is NO PROOF for evolution.......evolution certainly can NOT prove anything else!



Blessing ALL with Knowing there is NO HIGHER authority than God and He knows and Makes Known His Truth!

Answer 11

No offense taken. But Evolution can not prove anything. Try the simple ?.



WEhich came first, The Cluker or da Egg.

Answer 12

"Many" Christians do not deny evolution. That is just fundamentalists who, while a good number are in the United States, are only about 10% of Christianity world-wide. Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican, Episcopalian, Lutheran and others have no problem with science. If you are trying to attack the beliefs of "Christians" you should at least work on something that most Christians actually believe. Otherwise you are only deceiving yourself.

Answer 13

It doesn't attack the core of our faith - God could have "made man from the dust" in the manner put forth by the theory, infusing a soul into him in Gen 2:7. I reject evolution not on religious grounds, but lack of evidence put through the rigors of scientific method. Even Big Bang theory, which says the universe had a definite beginning and the first thing that existed was light is not at odds with Genesis. It's the evolutionists who have an anti-theist agenda that want to claim evolution disproves God.

Answer 14

Evolution has nothing to do with any of your stated points. The fact is that the universe has beginning and things don't come out of nowhere without a cause.

Answer 15

No, it is because evolution is a theory that is not proven nor can it be. Creation by the only true God whose name is Jehovah is a FACT.

Answer 16

Yes, and evolution is one of the millions of things that people from both before Christianity and after the Bible was written came up with that denies their faith.

Answer 17

No..... IMO.... usually because they are ignorant of both



and your post proves you are clearly ignorant of both

Answer 18

The theories of evolution attack nothing. Theories do not attack or prove anything. Only the scientifically illiterate believe this is possible.

Answer 19

No its not because of that, it's because you can't prove that everything evolved from the same species without assuming.

Answer 20

Christians deny evolution for many reasons, but the main reason is evolution is just a fairy tale for adults.

Answer 21

I deny it because its false....and silly



For instance Modern Man , everyway the same as us has been around 200,000 Years



What was he doing for the first 194.000? because the last 6000 has been WOW



simply silly

Answer 22

Wrong, atheist breath





Here's easy proof that evolution is a joke..don't be conned by atheists.



Probability and Order Versus Evolution

by Henry Morris, Ph.D.



One of the strongest direct evidences for special creation is the existence of innumerable highly complex systems in the universe, systems composed of components occurring in a pattern of "order" rather than disorder. Creationists maintain that highly ordered systems could not arise by chance, since random processes generate disorder rather than order, simplicity rather than complexity and confusion instead of "information."



For example, consider a series of ten flash cards, numbered from one to ten. If these are thoroughly and randomly mixed, and then laid out successively in a linear array along the table, it would be extremely unlikely that the numbers would fall out in order from one to ten. Actually, there are 3,628,800 different ways in which these numbers could be arranged, so that the "probability" of this particular ordered arrangement is only one in 3,628,800. (This number is "ten factorial," written as 10!, and can be calculated simply by multiplying together all the numbers from one to ten.)



It is obvious that the probability of such a numerically ordered arrangement decreases rapidly as the number of components increases. For any linear system of 100 components in specified order, the probability is one in 100!, or one chance in 10158 (a number represented by "one followed by 158 zeroes").



A system requiring such a high degree of order could never happen by chance. This follows from the fact that probability theory only applies to systems with a finite possibility of occurring at least once in the universe, and it would be inconceivable that 10158 different trials could ever be made in our entire space-time universe.



Astro-physicists estimate that there are no more than 1080 infinitesimal "particles" in the universe, and that the age of the universe in its present form is no greater than 1018 seconds (30 billion years). Assuming each particle can participate in a thousand billion (1012) different events every second (this is impossibly high, of course), then the greatest number of events that could ever happen (or trials that could ever be made) in all the universe throughout its entire history is only 1080 x 1018 x 1012, or 10110 (most authorities would make this figure much lower, about 1050). Any event with a probability of less than one chance in 10110, therefore, cannot occur. Its probability becomes zero.



Thus, the above-suggested ordered arrangement of 100 components has a zero probability. It could never happen by chance. Since every single living cell is infinitely more complex and ordered than this, it is impossible that even the simplest form of life could ever have originated by chance. Even the simplest replicating protein molecule that could be imagined has been shown by Golay1 to have a probability of one in 10450. Salisbury2 calculates the probability of a typical DNA chain to be one in 10600.



There are only 10 to the 82nd power atoms in the entire universe. You can see what a joke evolution is..numbers don't lie.

Answer 23

Yes, that is it. Evolution is opposed mainly because it goes against the bible

Answer 24

Of course. How else can you explain people denying Evolution in the face of massive overwhelming evidence? You have to be completely freaked out by it to be not only ignorant, but to willfully remain ignorant.

Answer 25

A-yep.

Answer 26

Yes!!

Answer 27

No, but because it's based on pure conjecture, not observational science.

Answer 28

Yes, that's why ...