Creationist, what do you not understand about evolution?

Question

I ask this because most of the answers I see pertaining to this argument usually have nothing to do with the evolutionary process.

Answer 1

yes

Answer 2

Everything

Answer 3

Evolution or anything about the natural world we live in is separate from the lessons of the bible.

There are many scientists who are Christians. Believing in God and / or any religious teachings does not preclude accepting the results of reasoned inquiry into the workings of the universe.  The written Bible is a communication from God.  It tells us of His love and it tells of how to live a righteous life and achieve salivation.

Have you heard someone say that the world around us is proof that God exists?  The world is also a “communication” from God.  Since a “bible” is, at its core, a communication from God the existence of the world really constitutes a second Bible.  There are really two Bibles- the written Bible and the natural Bible.  The natural Bible is the universe we live in and its rules that tell us of the existence and nature of God.  Each Bible has its “message.”   As stated in 2 Timothy 3:16, “All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:”  The key words here are, “in righteousness.”  Using English rules it could be clarified as, “…is profitable for doctrine in righteousness, for reproof in righteousness, for correction in righteousness, for instruction in righteousness:”  The written Bible is a book of God’s love, of how to live a righteous life and achieve salivation.  It is not a scientific text.  Those who use the written Bible in ways for which it was not intended are dishonoring God and his creation – the universe and everything in it.

The power of the written Bible does not lie in it being word-for-word literal.  The power of the written Bible lies in its ability to go outside the literal.  The verse in Mathew 5:13, “Ye are the salt of the earth:” makes no sense if taken literally – we are not salt.  But it becomes beautiful if taken metaphorically.  Because the written Bible has metaphor and allegory and other literary devices it must be studied to understand its true meaning.  Without Bible study it is possible to misinterpret the written Bible.

The natural Bible is the most direct communication we have from God.  It is right in front of us, under our feet and over our heads, everyday.  Whereas the written Bible is, at best, a copy of a copy of a translation of a copy of a translation of the original text – the natural Bible consists of the world and universe we live in and the rules God set down at the creation of the universe.  These rule are with us today and these rules are everywhere the same.

The natural world and its manifestations – the animals and plants, the rocks and fossils, the land masses, the planets, stars and galaxies are all as a result of the rules laid down at the creation of the universe.  But, just as you must study the written Bible, so too you must study the natural Bible.  At first glance, as a child, I thought I lived on a flat Earth with the Sun going around the Earth.  Man had such an initial view of the universe, too.  It was through study of the natural bible – the world As It Is - that we found that God’s universe was more beautiful and profound than that first simplistic view.  Those who want to take away the majesty of the universe and force it into a constricted, literalistic view taken from the written Bible are dishonoring God and his creation.  Each Bible has its area of validity.  Just as Social Darwinism was wrong because took lessons from the natural Bible and tried to apply them into the world of human conduct – so, too, creationism is wrong because it takes lessons from the written Bible and tries to apply them into the world reality that is here before us.  To use the bible in this way dishonors the world that God created.

Just as a atheist can read the written Bible and understand the power of a verse like Leviticus 19:18, “… thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself…”  so too an atheistic scientist can study the natural world and uncover the God-given rules that exist in the world today and have existed since He created the universe.  The rules, so discovered, are just as valid as if uncovered by a Christian who is a scientist if both use a developed capability to reason given to man by God.  The key here is SCIENTIST - "one who seeks to know."

It is up to each person to use their intelligence and whatever proficiency to reason they have developed in order to decide issues for themselves.   Each person has been given a potential to reason but just as being given a potential to play the piano does not automatically give that person the proficiency to play the piano-.so, too, the proficiency to reason must be developed.  That is why some people are swayed by irrational arguments that deny God’s creation - AS IT IS.

Answer 4

blarg?

Answer 5

"Yes" probably fits for them.

Answer 6

Those who do not believe in evolution do not truly understand it. Evolution is the mere progression of a species into another. It is about survival. Bacteria evolve all the time. When you expose bacteria to anti-bacterial soaps, most of the bacteria die, but some EVOLVE and grow immune to the soap. Thus creating a different species of bacteria. Animals change according to their surrounds in order to survive. THAT is evolution.

Answer 7

The flying spaghetti monster created life the universe and everything, evolution is a myth.

Pirates are coming back, this spells an end to global warming, yay!

Answer 8

What evolutionary process?  I don't understand....  Oh, do you mean the unobserved processes your science teachers had crammed down their throats and you had crammed down yours?

Answer 9

  I am a creationist(not christian) and  I know just about as much as we can know about creation and evolution,  in the spiritual sense..Feel free to Email your Questions... God bless.

Answer 10

Consider this

Mysteries In Science

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zTXxpXOo...

The Young Age of the Earth

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

The Origin of Man by Dr. Duane Gish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3FZDysZK...

The Origins of Life

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

Evolution: Challenge of the Fossil Record - Part 1 of 6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NkO6fQvy...

Skull Fossils - As Empty as the Evolutionary Theory

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yu5jN897...

Neanderthals - Smarter Then We Thought

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxL636n3w...

Dinosaurs: Those Terrible Lizards

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVvGByvp1...

Atheist's NightMare: Evolution

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

Our Solar System: Evidence For Creation

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=...

Answer 11

wow some people are just stupid,they leave all there thinking done by a bible!

Answer 12

I don't understand abiogenesis while realizing that many evolutionists consider that to be a different topic. Still, the basis for evolution is abiogenesis since the theory doesn't allow for a divine Creator right?

Then I don't understand how chance mutations can add vast amounts of complex DNA code with the process of natural selection cancelling out all of the mistakes.

I don't understand how a single celled creature can go on to become a human being given enough chances over time.

http://www.foolishfaith.com/book.asp

Featuring an impressive cast of world-class scientists and scholars, Foolish Faith exposes the failure of mainstream science to answer the ever-present question of where we came from — unveiling a surprising store of controversial facts that support the existence of God, but are largely ignored by the media.

Answer 13

where is the proof man came from monkeys? you know......the one that proves that evolution is more than theory

Answer 14

Creationism is based on religious belief (faith) and is thus ipso facto irrational. Evolution is based on observable fact, which is quite a different thing.

As Mark Twain put it, Faith is belief in something you know ain't so.

Answer 15

Nice parody question.

Answer 16

what you don't understand about creationism

i understand most kinds of evolution , i just don't agree with them all- those that don't make sense to me.

Answer 17

It is still a theory not a proven truth how can you put fath in it

Answer 18

Have a taste of your own medicine:

It doesn't exist!

Hahahahahahaha!

Answer 19

It is not real. It was made up by some guy - Darwin - who refused to believe in God so he made something up and he got followers and now somehow our children are being taught it in public schools.

Answer 20

1 when did apes learn to have deductive reasoning

2 what about the "missing link"

3 if it is truly evolution why are humans not evolving still today into an ever higher life form

in order for evolution to be true all parts of the platform must still exist today but alas they do not there is no missing link and not even a trace or fossil of 1 furthermore we as humans are still just that humans no human has ever evolved into anything but a human

there for there is no evolution simply because we r not evolving

Answer 21

They were lied to by the professional creationists who make millions off of selling their absurd mythology.

They are partly right.  What they think evolution is, is completely absurd.  However, they are simply ignorant of what the theory actually states.

Answer 22

charles darwin wanted to be a preacher he failed a few courses he got depressed went on a cruise that went around the world he made a book about how some animals have the same characteristics then decided to be mad at God and make a new religion later on  in his death bed charles darwin apologized for making the religion and said what i just said ...do some reasearch child