(April 11, 2014 at 11:36 pm)Deidre32 Wrote: Understand. But, why is it essential for Christians to perpetuate this myth that evolution is a falsehood? In other words, why do they feel that refuting it is necessary to supporting their faith? Many denominations support evolution, it is more the 'fundie' side that doesn't because they uphold Genesis as literal truth. Many denominations treat Genesis as metaphorical in nature.
Head scratcher.
You've answered your own question. Because they are fundamentalists, they HAVE to oppose it. They are completely obliged to, in spite of any and all evidence. They will certainly latch onto any 'evidence' that throws into question the theory of evolution, but evidence is not their guiding light, and that which comes into conflict with their ancient books must be thrown out because it threatens their position.
The point about fundamentalist religion is that they already have their result. Their job is just to make the pieces fit in as best they can. This is above all why creationism is such poor science, because they know already the result they are aiming for.
