Why Do Some Christians Find Evolution and God Noncompatable?

[porterjack]

He probably thought about man kind and said "OH CRAP! I need a break!"

SHE needed a rest

 

[alice in chains]

Can some one interpet this post for me because it makes no sense to me and contradicts itself.

wheres the contradiction peter? it's all about good communication...

 

[Panacea]

I will say, I have known Christians who claim evolution is a ploy by the devil to turn people from Christ. I've also known someone with a graduate degree who claims the facts surrounding evolution are untrue.

Surely this is not the norm, and I'd wager many just debate the origination of life, but there are still some around who question the science of evolution.

 

[darkcgi]

i for one believe in evolution and God
so nyaaa
why not
you can do anything if you put your mind to it

 

[Dana]

Same thing happened when Galileo said the earth revolves around the sun. It's not that Galileo proved God doesn't exist. It's just the Copernican model contradicted the church approved Aristotelian model. It took a while for the church to catch up with science.

Some people still believe that the sun revolves around the Earth, the the Earth is bigger than the sun and that dinosaurs never existed yet fossil evidence has to be wrong.

 

[Dana]

wheres the contradiction peter? it's all about good communication...

to evolve is to believe in evolution, no? You can't have it both ways. I for one think we're aliens :ninja

 

[Minor Axis]

The problem are the people who want to take a made up book and believe it is the absolute truth. If the facts don't conform to the book, they are discarded. In reality, most of the people I talk to who call themselves Christians, do not take the Bible literally.

 

[darkcgi]

I think we are evolved from something else and that when god said he made man
he did, just not the way most people perceive it to have happened
he planted the seed that would grow to be a man and that was the way it was made from clay
picture it dust/dirt/cay formed to the initial state of something that would get things from the earth to make it more complete till it became what we know today as man
but I dont know really the answer this is just a possible answer

 

[darkcgi]

The problem are the people who want to take a made up book and believe it is the absolute truth. If the facts don't conform to the book, they are discarded. In reality, most of the people I talk to who call themselves Christians, do not take the Bible literally.

ditto

 

[doombug]

The problem are the people who want to take a made up book and believe it is the absolute truth.

Why is this a problem?

If the facts don't conform to the book, they are discarded. In reality, most of the people I talk to who call themselves Christians, do not take the Bible literally.

Facts or not it is faith that seems to be the important thing.

 

[Francis]

I ran across this.. Any thoughts..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDHJ4ztnldQ

 

[doombug]

I ran across this.. Any thoughts..

Why did Marshal Brain remove his name from his own website?

 

[Minor Axis]

Why is this a problem?

The perfect illustrative retort from a believer. We ARE the center of the Universe, NO NO, we are! The Earth is 6000 years old, yes! Right here in this book, see??

 

[alice in chains]

to evolve is to believe in evolution, no? You can't have it both ways. I for one think we're aliens :ninja

there are many many ramifications as to why christians can acknowledge evolution but believe they were divinely created at the same time. donnot really want to go there because i know where it will end up, just wanted to say that

 

[Francis]

Why did Marshal Brain remove his name from his own website?

Don't get me wrong.. I'm no fan of his.. But what exactly are you getting to.. His name is on his web site ?

http://marshallbrain.com/

 

[doombug]

Don't get me wrong.. I'm no fan of his.. But what exactly are you getting to.. His name is on his web site ?

http://marshallbrain.com/

No, I mean his other website.

 

[doombug]

The perfect illustrative retort from a believer. We ARE the center of the Universe, NO NO, we are! The Earth is 6000 years old, yes! Right here in this book, see??

On the contrary no. I am really curious as to why you have such a problem with people who believe in the bible. Such vitriol for those who believe in something you consider to be a fairy tale. If you don't believe in it then fine don't believe. There is freedom of religion here in the US and that also means you can choose to believe or not how you wish. So what if someone wants to believe in what you consider fiction. How upset would you get if a young child were to tell you that you would be put on Santa's naughty list if you are bad? Would it bother you? Would you be worried you would recieve a lump of coal in place of goodies for Christmas?

 

[Peter Parka]

I don't hate people for believing in the Bible. I just find it strange that people believe in a book which has been proved to be fictional.

 

[alice in chains]

On the contrary no. I am really curious as to why you have such a problem with people who believe in the bible. Such vitriol for those who believe in something you consider to be a fairy tale. If you don't believe in it then fine don't believe. There is freedom of religion here in the US and that also means you can choose to believe or not how you wish. So what if someone wants to believe in what you consider fiction. How upset would you get if a young child were to tell you that you would be put on Santa's naughty list if you are bad? Would it bother you? Would you be worried you would recieve a lump of coal in place of goodies for Christmas?

not trying to anger you or create a problem, but as much as you may or may not believe in the Bible, he has just as much right to question peoples' beliefs.

 

[doombug]

not trying to anger you or create a problem, but as much as you may or may not believe in the Bible, he has just as much right to question peoples' beliefs.

Where did I say he didn't have a right to question anything? He is clearly bothered by other people's beliefs.