Why can't some Christians accept Evolution?

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MaulerX said:
But isn't the theory of evolution.....a theory? Until this very day scientists have not been able to prove with any type of certainty that evolution is what got us from ape to human, even though that's exactly what they're pitching. And to be honest, there are plenty of non Christians that don't believe in evolution for that very reason. A theory is a theory.

Evolution is a scientific theory, not "just a theory". You are mistaking scientific theorem (a collection of facts to explain an observation or process) with a different term than "hunch" that happens to use "theory" as a synonym.

The "theory" in scientific theory, is a different word with a different meaning than the word "theory" which is a synonym of hunch.

 

Also, as someone mentioned above - the Big Bang theory did re-validate the Cosmological argument for the existence of God because of the astronomically low probability of a life permitting universe occurring by chance. The quanitities, conditions, constants (such as the gravitational constant) and initial conditions are so precise - that it appears that some form of intelligent design did take place there. The cosmological argument is not something new either, it has existed for thousands of years, as long as there has been philosophy. The only time when it had not been considered valid since at least pre-Roman Classical Greece is between the mid 18th century and the discovery of the Big Bang in the early 20th century. 

 

1. Every finite and contingent being has a cause.
2. A causal loop cannot exist.
3. A causal chain cannot be of infinite length.
4. Therefore, a First Cause (or something that is not an effect) must exist.

 

1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause.
2. The Universe began to exist.
3. Therefore, the Universe had a cause.