Why can't some Christians accept Evolution?

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BlkPaladin said:

bouzane said:

The same reason why they thought the Earth was a flat disc in the center of the Universe, because the Church is still trying to further the Dark Ages to harm the advancement of mankind. Remember that the greatest enemy humanity ever had has not changed over the centuries.

It was the Catholic Church that caused the dark ages. 

That does not explain why the dark ages set in everywhere else. Actually, the cause of the Dark Ages was severe economic decline and the rising in power of foreign forces. The Roman Empire was on the brink of colapse for most of the 3rd century until the reforms of Diocletian and the Constantinian dynasty - when the Catholic Church replaced the old Imperial Cult. If anything, the Roman Empire was saved from entering the Dark ages 200 years earlier than it actually did.

In the Roman World, there were a lot of racists against Germanic peoples, and this would lead to heavy problems.
* The fall began when Julian the Apostate launched a campaign against the Persian Empire and lost against the desert tactics of Rome's old enemy. The Persians ended up conquering much of the Easternmost regions of the Roman Empire.
* The next major downfall occurred when the Huns came in from the East and displaced the powerful Gothic tribes from Germany across the Danube and onto Roman soil. The Romans reated them poorly, fed them dog meat and such, and this caused a revolt and the establisshment of the the Visigothic Kingdom under Fritigern. The Roman Emperor Valens from the East came in with an army of 75,000 in order to crush the revolt, but the Goths instead anihilated the Eastern forces and ravaged the Empire until Theodosius established peace and an alliance with the Goths.
* In 395 when Theodosius died, racial tensions increased and Alaric who was essentially ousted from the West Roman ranks formed up with his Gothic outlaws and began raiding and pillaging in the heart of the Empire, they sacked Greece and crushed the Spartans and extinguished their culture. 
* In the early 5th century the Rhine froze, and Vandals invaded, General Flavius Stilicho who had taken the majority of the froentier defense forces to deal with Alaric, had left France and Spain open to invasion, and the Vandals caused heavy damage to the region crippling the economies of France and Spain.
* Emperor Honorius had accused Stilicho (half German) of being a traitor and behind a consiracy - executed his family to lure him in, and then killed Stilicho (it was all jealousy due to Stilicho's popularity among the commoners).
* Many outraged took up arms, and Alaric gathered them all up into his rebel army and marched directly on Rome - Constantinople sent reinforcements, and the Legions were pulled from Britain to defend Rome but Alaric's army crushed them all, and sacked Rome in 410 AD, causing irreparable damage to the Roman Economy. Britain fell away to barbarians and the dark ages spread there.
* The Western Roman imperial court eventually dwindled and colapsed, leaving German Kings as delegates to the Eastern Emperor, and things actually began to improve drastically under Odoacer in Rome, the Visigoths in Spain, and the Ostrogoths Greece and the Balkans - but Zeno became increasingly suspicious - and created a war between the Ostrogoths and  Odoacer, the Ostrogoths were led by Dietrich von Bern (Also known as Theodoric the Great) who was perhaps the most capable leader seen since Emperor Constantine himself.
* Under Dietrich Von Bern in the early 6th century, who was Consul of Rome, and vassal to The Emperor (now stationed in Constantinople) the west began to flourish and saw heights not seen since the Constantinian dynasty. The Empire overall was benefitting. This was a key point where the Dark Ages could have been avoided.
* The Eastern Roman Empire became jealous of the Ostrogothic Kingdom and Emperor Justin (Justinian's predecessor) began having huge issues with them and also with the Persians. A few years later the successor Emperor Justinian launched an invasion campaign, and conquered Italy. Justinian robbed Italy of its wealth and brought it to Constantinople. Justinian also warred against Persia, and in the end the Roman and Persian world was severely weakened.
* With both the west and East weakened, and the Persian Empire weakened, a new power swept in and crushed them all - this was the Islamic invasion which finally destroyed the Mediteranean economy and brought the Dark Ages to Europe and the end of the Roman Empire.

 

But it really was a long string of events that caused the dark ages, and Catholicism had nothing to do with it.