Why is Christianity opposed to the theory of Evolution?

[sfs]

And I'd have to say that any Christian who believes that Genesis was an allegory that it really happened over millions of years is also calling God a liar for the reason I posted above.

Well, since I don't think Genesis is historically accurate, and I don't think God is a liar, there must be a flaw in your logic somewhere.

 

[AV1611VET]

Well, since I don't think Genesis is historically accurate,

Neither did Yasser Arafat.

Just out of curiosity, and in your opinion, who was never-existed Abraham's never-existed wife?

 

[sfs]

Neither did Yasser Arafat.

Neither did Origen.

Just out of curiosity, and in your opinion, who was never-existed Abraham's never-existed wife?

Never-existed Sarah, of course.

 

[Jimmy D]

Neither did Yasser Arafat.

Cheers AV, made me laugh out loud in front of my colleagues.

 

[AV1611VET]

Neither did Origen.

Peter S. Ruckman, if I remember correctly, in his book Manuscript Evidence (?), chapter 5 or 8 (?), called Origen a "walking, barefoot, b_____d," because he walked barefoot (for some reason I can't remember) and wasn't saved.

 

[sfs]

Peter S. Ruckman, if I remember correctly, in his book Manuscript Evidence (?), chapter 5 or 8 (?), called Origen a "walking, barefoot, b_____d," because he walked barefoot (for some reason I can't remember) and wasn't saved.

A statement that speaks volumes about Peter Ruckman.

 

[AV1611VET]

Cheers AV, made me laugh out loud in front of my colleagues.

Without the book of Genesis, the Jews can't make the claims they do.

Even Jesus used Abraham to show His pre-existence.

 

[AV1611VET]

A statement that speaks volumes about Peter Ruckman.

Did he lie?

He even quoted Paul.

And I suspect you know what verse I'm talking about.

 

[JonFromMinnesota]

Explain that? Last I heard, that's what Evolution states. First there was a bunch of acids, then they came together and cells were somehow born out of that, and so on and so forth.

Your entire post was basically "I don't understand this, therefore it's false" That is an argument from ignorance. Your post here is confusing what the theory of evolution is. You are confusing it with abiogenesis, which is a completely separate study that is not a scientific theory yet. Evolution explains the diversity of life.

 

[Xalith]

Well, since I don't think Genesis is historically accurate, and I don't think God is a liar, there must be a flaw in your logic somewhere.

Or, perhaps there's a flaw with yours.

How, then, do you explain Exodus 31:17 then?

God Himself said He made the Earth in 6 days. Either He did or He didn't. If you say He didn't, then you're calling Him a liar. If you say He did, then... why, again, are you saying you don't think Genesis is historically accurate?

 

[Aman777]

As should be clear from some of the responses in this thread, many Christians who reject evolution are pretty fuzzy about what the theory actually states (or even what a scientific theory is).

The true part of the ToE is the measurement of changes in the allele frequency in a population over time. God calls it changes within His and Their kinds but unbelievers reject His Truth.

The problem with the False ToE is that is ignorantly supposes that Humans evolved from the common ancestor of Apes. This is provably False and I will be glad to show you the evidence from Scripture, Science, or History. God Bless you

 

[sfs]

Or, perhaps there's a flaw with yours.

How, then, do you explain Exodus 31:17 then?

God Himself said He made the Earth in 6 days. Either He did or He didn't. If you say He didn't, then you're calling Him a liar. If you say He did, then... why, again, are you saying you don't think Genesis is historically accurate?

He didn't make the Earth in 6 days. He also didn't say he made the Earth in 6 days. Is it really a surprise that I don't think Exodus is historically accurate, when you already know I don't think Genesis is?

 

[JonFromMinnesota]

The problem with the False ToE is that is ignorantly supposes that Humans evolved from the common ancestor of Apes.

It doesn't suppose anything. There are mountains of evidence that point to common ancestry. The evidence has been presented to you in several other threads. You ignore it.

The problem with the False ToE is that is ignorantly supposes that Humans evolved from the common ancestor of Apes. This is provably False and I will be glad to show you the evidence from Scripture, Science, or History. God Bless you

Cite one peer reviewed study that demonstrates that common ancestry is false.

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

I'm assuming you're limiting the term 'evolution' to Darwinist evolution instead of including other views, such as micro-evolution and theistic evolution.

The reason I reject the 'how' of Darwinian evolution is because there's absolutely no evidence for the theory. For me personally, it's not about Adam or Eve or original sin or the coming of Jesus, it's based on Darwinism being pseudo-science, a faith-based belief system wrapped in the guise of science.

Well, yes, there is evidence for evolution. For example, one can see vestigial, useless bones in whale skeletons, easily explained as left overs from the evolutionary process, difficult to explain as the result of intelligent design process.

 

[Aman777]

It doesn't suppose anything. There are mountains of evidence that point to common ancestry. The evidence has been presented to you in several other threads. You ignore it.

Cite one peer reviewed study that demonstrates that common ancestry is false.

The only evidence is the similarity of the skeletons of prehistoric people and Humans (descendants of Adam). Adam was alive for more than 10 Billion years BEFORE the first bones of any other living creature appeared. The answer is that Adam (Human) was made on the 3rd Day Gen 2:4-7 BEFORE the Big Bang and the FIRST bacteria of our Earth which appeared only 3.77 Billion years ago. Do the math.

Adam was one of His kinds. (Jesus/Lord God) The sons of God (prehistoric people) evolved from the first creatures made by God (The Trinity), from the Water. Gen 1:21 Our bones are the same because God knew Adam would sin and mankind would have to live for Millions of years in a body of flesh. Our bodies are so much the same, we can produce children with each other. Gen 6:4

Your False Theory of Evolution is refuted by the best and only information available. It's God's Literal Truth which Science CANNOT know because it's "willingly ignorant" of God's Truth ll Peter 3:3-7 that Humans were made on another world which was destroyed in the Flood. God Bless you

 

[justlookinla]

Well, yes, there is evidence for evolution.

Depends on which view of evolution you're referring to. If you're referring to the evolutionary view that all life is the result of random, mindless, meaningless, purposeless and goalless naturalistic process acting on an alleged single life form of long ago (Darwinism), then you're wrong. There's no evidence that you and I, as well all life forms, were 'created' by such a process.

For example, one can see vestigial, useless bones in whale skeletons, easily explained as left overs from the evolutionary process, difficult to explain as the result of intelligent design process.

If you wish to present a view on the basis of 'looks like', then one could also claim that tactile sensory units in life forms are intelligently designed because they 'look like' they were. In the case of tactile sensory units though, there are additional indicators that they are indeed intelligently designed....not just 'look like'.

 

[JonFromMinnesota]

The only evidence is the similarity of the skeletons of prehistoric people and Humans (descendants of Adam). Adam was alive for more than 10 Billion years BEFORE the first bones of any other living creature appeared.

I asked for a peer reviewed published paper. Not your copy/pasted ad-nauseam response that has been refuted umpteen times on this board.

Are you unable to provide a peer reviewed paper? Yes or no?

 

[Dave-W]

So here is the REAL question: Did Jesus and Paul believe Genesis 1 - 3?

If they did - then believing it is not just some modern christian fundamentalist invention. They were Jewish, not christian.

Jesus was/is God and was intimately involved in creation; and Paul wrote what he did from divine revelation; so I take their understanding as authoritative.

 

[Paul of Eugene OR]

Depends on which view of evolution you're referring to. If you're referring to the evolutionary view that all life is the result of random, mindless, meaningless, purposeless and goalless naturalistic process acting on an alleged single life form of long ago (Darwinism), then you're wrong. There's no evidence that you and I, as well all life forms, were 'created' by such a process.



If you wish to present a view on the basis of 'looks like', then one could also claim that tactile sensory units in life forms are intelligently designed because they 'look like' they were. In the case of tactile sensory units though, there are additional indicators that they are indeed intelligently designed....not just 'look like'.

I know you will continue to deny the evidence. Accepting the evidence would be against your religion.

 

[Alawishis]

Is it because it refutes the idea of Adam and Eve, original sin, and coming of Jesus?
Or are there any other reasons?

Pretty much.
Evolution's version of how life emerged on this planet is very very different from the Bible account. But that's understandable because the Bible tells us that all life emerged as a result of the supernatural means of a creator. Our God the creator made all things in seven days; for the most part by speaking it all into existence out of nothing, ex nihilo.

Science is a science of natural processes. Anything supernatural is beyond the scope of science. It's like a blind man trying to measure light photons with a yardstick. Science only knows natural processes and attempts to define everything in terms of natural processes. Most things can be if they actually are a natural process, but creation is not so science has come up with the only way of explaining it as a natural process. That's what the theory of evolution is; science's attempt in part, to explain creation (a supernatural occurrence) in terms of a natural process.