Sep 23 2009
Why do some people have a problem with evolution?
Probably because it’s so misunderstood. Darwin, who is creditted with the theory, got a lot wrong… and there are some who use the adjustments to his theories as reason to throw out the entire concept.
Theologically, there are two main problems with evolution:
1. Timeframe
Human civilization has only been around for about 10,000 years. For this reason, most religions date the age of the Earth (and pretty much the entire universe) at below that number (6000 years is the number given by Abrahamic religions.) Since evolution uses millions of years, it is in direct contradiction to almost all religions.
2. Dominance of Man
AKA, species narcissism. Almost all religions (and even philosophies that are not religious in nature) seek to place Man at the pinacle of species… in other words, people like to think of themselves as the most important thing in the universe. Evolution shows that not only is Man not the pinacle of life on Earth (or anywhere else), Man hasn’t even been around long enough to have any real significant impact.
Heck, even those “crazy leftest” like to give Man more importance than he has. The one thing Chernobyl has conclusively shown is that Nature will do just fine no matter what man does. The nuclear disaster in Chernobyl wiped out everything within miles of the plant… and today (20 years later) not only has the land recovered, it is actually doing better than it was previously. This shows that even Man’s worst nightmare (Nuclear Holocaust which wipes out all mankind) will have very little impact overall… and that only for a very short time.
