how do christians blindly follow creationism?
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No, creationism is real but it was the Flying Spaghetti Monster who created the world look i have proof:\n\nhttp://www.venganza.org/
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Creationists will not give up.  They'll come up with something new and try again.\n\nUnfortunately, they're hardly a minority.  If polls are to be believed, less than a quarter of male adults in the US subscribe to the theory of evolution.
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depends...there are two types of creationists, biblical and intelligent design creationists. Biblical and religious creationists believe God created the humans and all otehr creatures as they are 5764 years ago. Intelligent Design believers say God created humans according to an intelligent design and we have evolved from there
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Absolutely not. That's ridiculous. I think there's a LOT they don't understand. I'm the only Christian one in my family, if I was intellectually lazy I wouldn't believe in God at all, just like them.
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Interesting answers so far.  I will add my arguments for fun.  Those who believe in literal Creationism have a few problems answering this simple test.  We can clearly prove that light from distant galaxies have arrived at our location.  That process in the current state of the universe takes billions of years.  So there are two options:  1) God has created the whole ball of wax, and made it look like it was very old,  or 2) God (who is not limited by time anyhow...) created the universe over millions and billions of years.  Why would God deceive us?\n\nAfter you use your brain (created by God to think critically) you hopefully will come to the conclusion as to the age of the world.  Once that is established, many of the questions regarding evolution can be placed in similar context.  Would God evolve hundreds of thousands of species, yet pull man out of a hat a few thousand years ago?  There is no conflict in this view with scripture if you read it to get the message intended.  Scripture is the guidelines for experiencing God, communication with God, not a systematic description of the Universe.\n\nA case in point, in Genesis, before Eve, God gave Adam the job of naming all the plants and animals.  Is that not science?  Of course Adam became bored with that and wanted a woman...  Science, though a holy endeavor, is no substitute for the love of a good woman.\n\nFaith hinges on the unknown.  Once something is known, some portions of what you believe may change.  But, that is peripheral to the core of Christian belief.  For the Christian, faith should be exercised to promote life, not argue about science.  And for science, it is validated only to that which is observable.  Those who try to use science to disprove the existence of God, do not understand science.  At least this is my opinion, for what its worth.
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Well, that's pretty much the official belief of many Christians, including the Roman Catholic Church. They believe in evolution, an old-earth, etc. They just believe that God was the driving force guiding that evolution.
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No, almost by definition, a creationist believes what they do based on faith, even in the presence of overwhelming information disputing creationism.  If a delusional person believes they are Ceasar, for example, you cannot "prove" to them that they are not, no matter what evidence you give.  I don't mean to say creationists are delusional, just that a belief based upon faith is one that, by definition, neither needs any evidence nor is swayed by evidence.  In addition, evolution isn't "proven" it's just an extremely powerful theory that has a great deal of evidence supporting it, no real evidence disputing it, and seems to describe the real world as we know it very accurately.
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There does seem to be a disproportionately aggressive response to the suggestion (not to say that the anti-creationism response isn't often pretty harsh).\n\nAs I doubt that many Christians think the Bible is absolute word-for-word truth the whole 'creationism is the only solution' debate seems rather bizarre to me ... who documented it?  Did God leave preliminary sketches?  Religion is the construction of man.\n\nNotwithstanding the above I respect anyone's right to have a belief ... I just don't have to respect your actual belief.  I also do not see that evolution is a threat to religion, assuming you take the view of going with the flow of it rather than the absolute adherence to man-made scripture.\n\nPeace out
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Tell you what.  Spend six weeks in a biology lab with some species with very short life/reproductive cycles--say, drosophila or flatworms--and they'll be your witnesses to evolution.  Is it easy to argue against the existence of something one can actually see happening in front of one?  For example, how do you explain the constant mutation of the flu virus.  It's not a point of theory--it's an observable fact.  So, how does that happen, if there's no evolution?  You see my point:  we don't need "witnesses," because we have real empirical evidence.\n\nBut in any case, it doesn't matter what I believe or what you believe.  There is room both for your cosmology and for mine in the world.\n\nWhat does matter is what is taught in school.  As of yet, right-wing Christian evangelicals have not succeeded in imposing their particular worldview on the entire country by changing our laws into Evangelical Christian shariah, and our schools into Evangelical Christian madrassas, despite their repeated efforts.  Until that time, it does matter that science, not religion, is what we study in science class.\n\nBy the way, try reading other eye-witness accounts to the creation of the world.  Upon what basis, other than your community's belief, is your religious creation myth more demonstrably true than that of Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Parsis, Baha'is, Jains, etc.?  Show me the legitimate, objective, neutral, non-theological criteria that proves your book's eyewitness account more true than theirs, and you might have made a real point.  Until then, not really.\n\n(By the way, any answer that says the Bible has the true answer "because the Bible says so" would not count as a reason outside your faith system.  I'm not saying you're wrong--just that that's not science.)
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There will come a time when people will see Christ on the earth (millenium and after the millenium) and still refuse to believe Him.  Many of those who demanded "proof" will get it, and STILL reject God in the face of undeniable truth.  \n\n"...As it is written, The just shall live by faith.\n\nFor the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness.\n\nBecause that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath showed it unto them.\n\nFor the invisible things of Him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE:\n\nBecause that, when they knew God; they gloified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became conceited in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.\n\nProfessing themselves to be wise, they became fools."\n\nRomans 1:17-25\n\nReligion is not the answer.  Knowing God and His Son, Jesus Christ is the answer.
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Planets form from the same dust cloud that forms a star.\n\nPlanets are round because rock is not strong enough to hold its shape under its own weight.  \n\nIntelligent design is a variety of the pseudoscience of creationism, which was created by Christian fundamentalists.\n\nThe Christian doctrine of creation, as understood by mainstream Christians, teaches that God created and sustains the universe. It does not specify whether the original creation was accomplished by divine creation (creation ex nihlo), the Big Bang, or by another means.\n\nFundamentalists believe that the Bible is inerrantly and infallibly true. They fear that if any aspect of the Bible is not "literally true" (that it doesn't mean what they interpret it to mean), then the salvation promised by Jesus was a lie.\n\nThis extreme belief, coupled with general knowledge of science, has led fundamentalists to create a set of beliefs to rationalize their interpretation of the Bible with their knowledge of science. That set of pseudoscientific beliefs has evolved from creationism to scientific creationism, to intelligent design.\n\nBy far, the large majority of Christians believe in the spiritual truths revealed in the Bible, including Jesus' promise of salvation, even though they believe that the Bible contains factual errors, such as referring to the "four corners" of the earth.  \n\nThus, by a wide margin, most Christians believe in the doctrine of creation, but do not believe in the pseudoscience of creationism, whatever name it goes by.
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Creationism was created to protect Fundamentalist's belief in the inerrancy of scripture.  As they see it, the Bible is inerrantly true and if any small part of the Bible, even one word, were to be proven false, then all of the rest of the Bible, including it's spiritual truths, would be called into question.   \n\nThis understanding of the Bible does not make sense to very many people.  Most everyone can see that the Bible is full of inconsistencies, contradictions, myth, and legend.  Further, hardly anyone believes that an error in the Bible's statement of fact casts doubt on its expression of spiritual truths.\n\nThe Fundamentalists and their ilk, the Evangelicals, are way out in la-la land on this.
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I have actually once been called "too smart to follow the church the way you do"  So, in my opinion, you are not stupid, or brainwashed.  Non believers don't understand, and don't want to.  You can't convince the unwilling- that applies to you too.  People who don't believe can't make us stop believing, and Christians can't make non believers believe.  \n\nOne day, I believe some will cry out- "I should have listened"  Christians are supposed to be fishers of men- we just don't get many bites--:)
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OK, I will put this nice and simply.  There is absolutely no scientifically credible evidence that supports creationism, or the idea that we originated from two individuals.  Faith is a wonderful thing but is not a substitute for evidence.
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I can point you in  direction that Christians will not like at all, my friend. Look at the Creation: it consists of possibly infinite number of parallel universes, each containing billions and billions of galaxies, each one with billions and billions of stars.\n\nThe only way the Bible can possibly be true, is if the God that Christians believe in is limited to the solar system or just this planet. I don't believe that is true at all. You have asked a very sensible question.\n\nIf there is one God (yes, I do believe that) then 'He' is the God of the whole Creation and we are but tiny little specks on the edge of one galaxy. What the Bible says only matters to the people who were alive when they wrote it - and they didn't know anything about astronomy or science as we know it.\n\nThis doesn't mean that the Bible is all rubbish - there is lots of wisdom in there about how to lead a good life and get on with your neighbours and all that. But when it comes to unscientific dogma and tortured theology, it's now time to take it all with a pinch of salt.\n\nThere are Christians who enjoy this kind of question and are not fightened of them. If you are interested, you could try the Quakers, the Bah'ai faith, Unitarians, the Progressive Christianity Network, etc.\n\nDon't be frightened to 'think outside the box' - it's your divine intelligence to ask good questions and seek proper answers.
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Creationism is based in religion, but there is scientific backing..  The scientific evidence for it is called Intelligent Design and offers a great deal of evidence for a creator.  "Darwin's Black Box" by Michael Behe give a great scientific refutation of macro-evolution (species into species evolution).  If science is the search for truth then all avenues must be explored.  I'm a creationist and a scientist, the best science I've seen supports a creator.  Darwinian and Neo-Darwinian evolution have major flaws and gaps, how did the information in living beings come about.  When we see an ordered room, machine, book, etc. we know an intelligent agent was at work.  Same in nature.  If evolution didn't create things, then there was a creator.  As Sir Arthur Conan Doyle said, "When you eliminate the impossible, whatever is left, however improbable, must be true."
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Christians suppose themselves to be so humble, but they are confident to tell you exactly what the second most powerful supernatural being, who wants to trick us, wouldn't do.  You all ought to say "I don't know."  \n\nI think the existance of dinosaurs definitely threatens the veracity of Genesis, and the supposed 6000 year age of Earth.