Why can't some Christians accept Evolution?

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MaulerX said:

Andrespetmonkey said:

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.

Please read: http://notjustatheory.com/ Don't worry, it's short and easy to digest.

 

And the fact still remains that science has not proven evolution with any type of certainty, as referenced in that very link you posted. IMO the different meanings of the word "theory" become irrelevent as long as that fact remains. Ironically, it is people in the scientific community that refuse to accept things that have not been proven to a certainty.

 

Personally I believe that some things have evolved, but that not everything has evolved. If certain things evolved from an origin, then how did the origin came to be?  I believe that there are questions that we may never know the answer to.

If you want to get philosophical about it then you can never "prove" anything in science or religion. You can only disprove previous work. For some people (namely creationists) they think evolution disproves their interpretation of the bible, thus feel threatened by it and deny it. Some of the minor details of evolution have been disproven and new theories have arisen and improved our understanding, but evolution as a whole has never been disproven. On the contrary, more evidence has arisen to support it. If new evidence actually arise that disproves evolution, then the scientific community will change their views.

As for how life arose, that's not really evolution per-se, rather abiogenesis. It's a huge area of research with numerous theories (too many to cover in a post), but you can google it for more info. There's loads on the topic.