Why do Americans reject Evolution so much?

[Star_Cards]

Do you know what I find funny about Creationists?

They are willing to accept many THEORIES that science has come up with:

Gravity
Atoms
Germs
Heliocentrism
and several others...

However, once we get to Evolution....it's ONLY a theory, it should NOT be accepted....but why?

Gravity, atoms, germs, etc is not mentioned in the bible....why do Creationists accept these theories and not evolution?

Very simple....Evolution goes against Genesis, that is the ONLY reason why!

Despite the fact that 99.9% of scientists all agree that evolution is true....creationists refuse to accept it because it's in direct contradiction to "god" creating all animals and man in their present form.


The other amazing thing about Evolution is the fact that accepting it doesn't mean that God is not real (Although, like I said, it does go against Genesis).

In other words, YOU CAN BELIEVE IN GOD AND EVOLUTION!

I agree. It is curious. I think most of it has to do with the investment that those people have made into a religion. If it goes against one of their main core systems of belief and what they've been taught most of their life it's hard to be all that objective when it comes to this sort of thing.

Very true. evolution really doesn't mean that you don't believe in a god or even that god didn't create something. I'd think that they could believe that their god just placed the right circumstances on earth for humans to evolve and grow into what we are today.

[TyrantsASupremeBeing]

using wikipedia as a source reference? highschools and middleschools have even banned wiki

and depending who you ask, there has been not only bones but footsteps of man and dino side by side

and where does the bible say dinosaurs and humans were created together? or are we back to the 6000 year old earth?

I recently seen a program where they showed a dinos footstep OVER a "mans" footstep, now whether he was a Human Man or Alien i cant say.
If it were an Alien, i dont think it would have been barefooted..
I was raised a catholic but after learning the realities of Human evolution, Alien intervention in our evolution, i no longer pray to Aliens
If there is a "GOD", where did "that being" come from & DONT say "it" was always there

[tpeichel]

I find it odd that people can't think that it may be possible that we evolved from apes or from single celled organisms millions of years ago but can believe that god created man from dirt.

Christians believe in the Resurrection and other Biblical miracles, so why wouldn't they believe in an all-powerful being capable of things no other human could do?

To me it seems more preposterous that a single celled orgranism evolved into humans and that of all the thousands upon thousands of creatures that evolved from single celled organisms, only one, humans, are capable of evil.

Christianity has a very good explanation for why some humans take pleasure in the suffering of others, how does evolution explain that only humans have "evolved" this capability?

[Monsterx]

Christianity has a very good explanation for why some humans take pleasure in the suffering of others, how does evolution explain that only humans have "evolved" this capability?

It's possible that humans aren't the only beings with that capabiltiy. Possibly, a societal kinda thing.

[Star_Cards]

Christians believe in the Resurrection and other Biblical miracles, so why wouldn't they believe in an all-powerful being capable of things no other human could do?

To me it seems more preposterous that a single celled orgranism evolved into humans and that of all the thousands upon thousands of creatures that evolved from single celled organisms, only one, humans, are capable of evil.

Christianity has a very good explanation for why some humans take pleasure in the suffering of others, how does evolution explain that only humans have "evolved" this capability?

That's my point. They was to use science to say that there's no possible way we evolved from such simple beginnings and yet they will believe a supernatural being created man from dirt.

I'll take a living organism, even if single celled, evolving into human than a supernatural being creating us from dirt. That's not to say that I know or anyone knows for certain, but it just seems more plausible to me personally.


I have no clue why humans are more capable of certain feelings more so than other animals. If other animals lacked this pleasure in the suffering of others it doesn't really prove anything about creationism vs evolving.

[Monsterx]

That's my point. They was to use science to say that there's no possible way we evolved from such simple beginnings and yet they will believe a supernatural being created man from dirt.

I'll take a living organism, even if single celled, evolving into human than a supernatural being creating us from dirt. That's not to say that I know or anyone knows for certain, but it just seems more plausible to me personally.

I'm with ya! But the issue I run into is - How was the single cell created? I'm science through and through, with all things, but this eludes me.

[Star_Cards]

I'm with ya! But the issue I run into is - How was the single cell created? I'm science through and through, with all things, but this eludes me.

It's definitely a classic debate. I'm not all that scientifically versed so I can't really say. I'm sure there are some theories out there as to how a living cell can be started from certain elements and the right conditions. I don't know if that's what's claimed or what evidence there would be to support that. I just know I personally lean to explanations based in reality that we all experience on a daily basis over the supernatural. The supernatural just seems too easy of an explanation. To me the theory of creationism doesn't even try to figure things out. It just goes right to magical, snap of the fingers type of stuff to try to explain.

[tpeichel]

That's my point. They was to use science to say that there's no possible way we evolved from such simple beginnings and yet they will believe a supernatural being created man from dirt.

I'll take a living organism, even if single celled, evolving into human than a supernatural being creating us from dirt. That's not to say that I know or anyone knows for certain, but it just seems more plausible to me personally.


I have no clue why humans are more capable of certain feelings more so than other animals. If other animals lacked this pleasure in the suffering of others it doesn't really prove anything about creationism vs evolving.

Fair enough. I can see people being skeptical of an all-powerful being that created everything, just as I am skeptical of The Theory of Evolution. If it's been going on all this time, what is the speed of evolution? In theory, evolution is an ongoing process, why do some species seem to have stopped evolving? And as I mentioned previously, how come no other species is evil? Humans were in identical environments as other species, why are they so different?

[Star_Cards]

Christians believe in the Resurrection and other Biblical miracles, so why wouldn't they believe in an all-powerful being capable of things no other human could do?

To me it seems more preposterous that a single celled orgranism evolved into humans and that of all the thousands upon thousands of creatures that evolved from single celled organisms, only one, humans, are capable of evil.

Christianity has a very good explanation for why some humans take pleasure in the suffering of others, how does evolution explain that only humans have "evolved" this capability?

there are plenty of animals that are capable of evil. for one example... an adult lion will kill off other cubs and then mate with the mother of those cubs they just killed. That seems pretty evil to me. It's not like the male killed the cubs that weren't his for food. He did it for his own reasons.

I don't know if theft is considered evil, but there are lots of examples of theft in the animal world.

[Star_Cards]

Fair enough. I can see people being skeptical of an all-powerful being that created everything, just as I am skeptical of The Theory of Evolution. If it's been going on all this time, what is the speed of evolution? In theory, evolution is an ongoing process, why do some species seem to have stopped evolving? And as I mentioned previously, how come no other species is evil? Humans were in identical environments as other species, why are they so different?

I think the speed of evolution varies, but is typically very slow. Again I'm no expert so I'm not sure about the rate as which it's proposed that humans evolved to where we are now from whatever we evolved from.

As for the some stopping, I'm not sure exactly. Maybe certain things plateau as they get adapted to things. Maybe they are still evolving but we just can't see it in a generation.

I don't follow the evil thing. Evil exists in the animal kingdom. If nothing else it's more brutal than how humans interact with each other.