Why do some christian people justify their beliefs through denial of factual evidence?

Question

Some deny that pre homo sapien species of men existed, yet finding are factually accurate on the matter and there is no denial of facts. Some will deny that mankind as we see them today existed before 6000 years ago, yet again there is factual evidence. I am agnostic and neither athiest nor christian, but I think that christians need to determine how these factual finds would fit into their beliefs and not answer these questions through denial. Does anyone know why the want to deny so much evidence?

Answer 1

"Many believers admit that nothing could change their mind about their religious beliefs, which means they are no longer seekers of truth and have become, in essence, mindless religious robots. Religion consistently and effectively discourages introspection and inquiry. That isn't by accident."-- Bob Peters



"I would challenge anyone here to think of a question upon which we once had a scientific answer, however inadequate, but for which now the best answer is a religious one. Now, you can think of an uncountable number of questions that run the other way, where we once had a religious answer and now the authority of religion has been battered and nullified by science, and by moral progress, and by secular progress generally. And I think that’s not an accident." -- Sam Harris



“Rational arguments don’t usually work on religious people. Otherwise there would be no religious people.” - Gregory House, M.D. Season 4 Episode 2 The Right Stuff.

Answer 2

It is not the evidence they are rejecting- it is pseudo-science they are rejecting.

Christians have reason to believe some events are not pre-historic.

Take the scientific dating for Pangaea! Science claims that the last one broke up 250 million years ago. The Bible states it broke up some 6000 years ago.

The Bible clearly shows that mankind as we know it is Human model 4. That mankind has been changed drastically on three different occasions. All of which fall with in recorded history. While science agrees that we are not the same now as other ancestors they also date these much earlier.

It is not the facts we disagree with- it is the estimates of science based on best guess that have to be wrong if for no other reason then they are just educated guesses and not scientific fact!

Answer 3

Why do some christian people justify their beliefs through denial of factual evidence?



Because they are ignorant about that evidence and arrogant in denying that the evidence exists.



The Anonymous poster shows that with his stupid link. In answer to that link, what are those below? Chopped liver?



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@Old Man Dirt calls science pseudo-science, but it is his creationist nonsense that is the pseudo-science. He says the breakup of Pangaea occurred 6000 years ago according to the Bible.



That is total bullcrap! If the separation of the continents had occurred in such a short time instead of the millions of years as science has determined, the friction and the exposing of the earth's magma as the continents separated would have caused the oceans to boil away and all life on earth steam cooked. See my answer here for a fuller explanation as it relates to the Bible.



https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20150527003844AA5Lugj



And the same can be said for every other responder who refers to creationist arguments and web sites. They are nothing but pseudo-scientific bullcrap.



As for pre homo sapien species of men existing, see below.

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Answer 4

Evidence =/= proof.



Thats why



All evidence is not factual. Sometimes it just seems to be. It's open to personal interpretation. That a bear and a whale have a similarly shaped bone is NOT evidence that they came from the same stock. Thats beyond ridiculous.

Answer 5

Because it's the only way it'll work. Facts and scientific evidence continue, today, to defeat the cult garbage in the BuyBull, and the only way for christians beliefs to stay solid in their little brains is for them to ignore science, education and facts.



They used to burn people at the stake for so many reasons --- one example. The BuyBull cults used to believe the world was flat because the BuyBull says so. That's the main reason why so many people still call BuyBull believers "flat Earthers". They only way the church could combat science (science that was proving their beliefs wrong) was to suppress science... by killing scientists! -- by burning them at the stake!! It was effective, but only for a while.



Science and learning always wins out in the end -- yet, you still have stupid people believing in the bronze-age cult nonsense in the BuyBull!

Answer 6

Because facts make the Christian religion obsolete.



Evolution is proven. Which means 'God' didn't create Adam and Eve. Without Adam and Eve there's no original sin. Without original sin there's no need for a 'Jesus'. Besides that, their Bible describes a clear blood-line between Adam and Jesus. Without Adam, Jesus never existed either.



So, they have to deny facts in order to keep their beliefs intact.

Answer 7

I've studied a LOT of science.

Science rests on SCIENTISTS? YES? And they are FLAWED human beings with BIAS setting out to PROVED their religion, or code or belief system.



You're brainwashed, worship their product, inaccurate as it is.

You CALL it FACT but where is a single SHRED of PROOF?

You only have your belief.



I have much more than you.

You are in delusion.

Answer 8

"factual evidence"? You really do need to investigate radiometric dating and the assumptions that go into it, rather than lemming-like blindly accepting what you are told to think on the matter. It's based on a gross extrapolation of the data which rarely works in the real world.



For instance, if I bend a coat hanger wire one way and it doesn’t break, and then the other way and it doesn’t break, does not mean that if I bend it back and forth one thousand times it won’t break. Or if I energize some particles with one million volts and they accelerate to 1% of the speed of light, and then I energize those particles with two million volts and they accelerate to 2% of the speed of light, that doesn’t mean that if I energize those particles with 110 million volts they will accelerate to 110% of the speed of light (or 10% faster than the speed of light).



If that were not enough, scientific data that shows the earth to be thousands of years old rather than billions is simply totally ignored.



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc5GzeoA84I

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr8Az3QQZdI

Answer 9

Why do some christian people justify their beliefs through denial of factual evidence? Earth is flat; stands on 3 pillars (the Most Holy Trinity); pillars stand on water at zero Kelvin. Zodiac is planetary prison of demons; don't believe in horoscopes or you'll exhibit the traits of the trapped demons. Most thoughts and dreams are from demons; demons never do good. Sleep fully clothed; pray the Jesus prayer. Pray to your guardian angel to have normal sleep. Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov was the last prophet before Enoch and Elijah return to preach against the antichrist. According to Ruski Orthodox Christian Vyacheslav Krasheninnikov: Humans were created about 7525 years ago.



Birds participate in time creation. It's a sin to kill birds. Dinosaurs live under our level. They will get out through sinkholes and lakes. To kill them, go for their nerves. Save the birds; but kill the dinosaurs. First dinosaur will come out of Volga River in Russia. Demons grow human skin (from a sample taken during abduction) and put it on so as to look like us. Demons will invite people to be healed inside their UFOs; those who go will be like zombies after. Gov't provides demons with diamonds and allows demons to abduct people. If you're being abducted, slowly pray the Jesus prayer.



Don't panic. Demons use diamonds and souls to power their UFO craft. The bigger the diamond, the more it lasts. Demons have 4 UFO bases: 1)Moon 2)Inside fake mountain Kailash in Tibet 3)In lake Baikal in Russia 4)In Atlantis which is underneath the Mariana Trench in Pacific Ocean. There are no aliens. Nobody lives on other planets. Airplanes that go down are hit by demons because they need the airspace to fight Jesus. Antichrist is pale with red eyes. He's possessed by Satan since he's 12 years old. He flies. He wears gloves to hide long nails. He's surrounded by demons who appear as angels of light.



Don't go into a UFO to be healed by demons. 666 is given by isotope rays on wrist or forehead when people stretch hands to receive small plastic grey card with no name on it (World Passport). Police will microchip and isotope ray people on highways. Food stores will isotope ray people too. Antichrist will also release prisoners to mark people. Reject 666 at all cost. If you're about to be marked, pray the Jesus prayer. Hide with Orthodox Christians to escape 666; leave all electronics behind so that antichrist's minions can't track you. Give to charity in the name of Archangel Michael; he rescues people from hell twice a year (or brings them up a level, that is, to a level with less punishment; eventually, people are freed). Feed the pigeons; when pigeons bow down, people are saved from hell. Forgive me.

Answer 10

People have choices on what to believe. Some people just aren't going to believe what you believe. I don't have any problem with the earth being odr than 6000 years, and I'm still a Christian.

Answer 11

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829). Lamarck, a Catholic priest developed Lamarckism, the first coherent theory of evolution, proposing in Philosophie Zoologique (1809) and other works his theory of the transmutation of species and drawing a genealogical tree to show the genetic connection of organisms.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church_and_evolution

Answer 12

Wake up! The evolutionists literally say the moon doesn't exist because it looks created!!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RMNGToGAEg Who is in denial? Why do you not ask why you are taught known lies?? They admit the rock layers formed rapidly! They admit the "geologic column" does not exist. They admit their "star formation" ideas are scientifically impossible. They admit no evidence in fossils hence "punctuated equilibrium"! Wake up! They admit to these things! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8GgrUposII You need to stop denying evidence! Jesus Christ is the truth. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOhwyutHZzQ and so on forever. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbh7S6WWdMc

Answer 13

there is no denial of facts.



- You can deny anything as a fundie.

Answer 14

What, evidence of a dream you had or the dream your in?

Answer 15

sorry, no proof pre homo sapien species of men existed

evolution is believed by faith without proof



no human history prior to 4500 years ago

Answer 16

Stupidity is their guide.

Answer 17

Science is a TOOL OF SATAN!



SATAN is a LIER and Science is a LIE!