Why Is Evolution So Widely Believed?
by Tim Barnett
A common question which often comes up after I give my talk on Evolution and Christianity is: “If there are so many good scientific arguments against evolution, why is it so widely believed?”
I recently came across an article by Dr. William Lane Craig where he responds to this exact question. In his brilliant response he make two key observations which I will highlight here.
First, Dr. Craig points outs that the mainstream acceptance of the theory of evolution is not for scientific reasons; it’s accepted for philosophically reasons. More specifically, a commitment to methodological naturalism. He says,
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Methodological naturalism simply means that scientists must assume philosophical naturalism–only nature causes exists–when doing science. Of course, this assumption immediately excludes all supernatural explanations a priori–before looking at the evidence. Therefore, for anyone holding to methodological naturalism, creationism and intelligent design are not on the table as possible explanations. Even if the all the scientific evidence pointed away from evolution and towards intelligent design, they would still need to cling to the theory of evolution because it’s the only possible naturalistic explanation…
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Evolution is so widely believed because people are so self centered that they can’t believe that there is an entity that is so far above us , that created us, that loves us. Most can’t fathom that. We must be the top of the food chain.
Grow up. There is a God and He loves each and every one of us. He sent his son to die for us, to give us a chance to have eternal life. Evolutionists don’t have eternal life, as they will find out.