Which christian denominations don't believe in evolution?

Answer 1

Christianity (I am a christian) believes that God (Yahweh) creats every person special and makes a special plan for their life ( while still allowing free will- as in whether or not we believe in Him or whether or not we love and choose to follow Him...) but His plan includes everything that will ever happen and that nothing is by chance

Answer 2

Some Christians do not believe in evolution as they assume evolution preaches that there is no God and everything was a huge accident. These will typically be the more evangelical southern denominations that take a very literalistic hermeneutical approach to biblical interpretation.

Southern Baptist

Seventh Day Adventist

Assemblies of God and other Pentecostal denominations.

Answer 3

The following is a partial list, with an emphasis on Christian denominations:

Catholic Church

The Catholic Church has now reacted favourably to evolution: Pope Pius XII stated in his encyclical Humani Generis (1950) that there was no opposition between evolution and the doctrine of the faith and that he considered the doctrine of "evolutionism" a serious hypothesis, worthy of investigation and in-depth study equal to that of the opposing hypothesis; Pope John Paul II, in an address to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences (1996), said that new knowledge has led to the recognition of the theory of evolution as more than a hypothesis; Pope Benedict has refused to endorse "intelligent design" theories, instead backing "theistic evolution" which considers that God created life through evolution with no clash between religion and science.

Episcopal Church

The Episcopal Church has said that the theory of evolution does not conflict with Christian faith. In 2006, the General Convention affirmed, via Resolution A129, that God is creator and added that "the theory of evolution provides a fruitful and unifying scientific explanation for the emergence of life on earth, that many theological interpretations of origins can readily embrace an evolutionary outlook, and that an acceptance of evolution is entirely compatible with an authentic and living Christian faith."

Church of England

The Church of England is considering the possibility of apologising posthumously to Darwin, for its earlier condemnation of his theory

Greek Orthodox Church

The Greek Orthodox Church is divided between Compatibilists who hold that science and theology are compatible, and Incompatibilists who hold that science can be incompatible with faith. Many Incompatibilists reject evolution.

United Methodist Church

The United Methodist Church does not have an official statement on any theories of evolution. However, at the 2008 General Conference, three petitions made the following changes to United Methodist documents:

• Petition 80050: accepts evolution and corrects some ambiguities under "Science and Technology" in the Book of Discipline.
• Petition 80990: endorses The Clergy Letter Project and its reconciliatory programs between religion and science and urges United Methodist clergy participation, in Resolution 11, "God's Creation and the Church" in the Book of Resolutions.
• Petition 80839: creates a new resolution, "Evolution and Intelligent Design," in the Book of Resolutions: "The United Methodist Church goes on record as opposing the introduction of any faith-based theories such as Creationism or Intelligent Design into the science curriculum of our public schools."

Presbyterian Church

The Presbyterian Church (USA) Office of Theology and Worship, 1969 GA-approved theological statement on the subject, evolution and The Bible, stated, "Neither Scripture, our Confession of Faith, nor our Catechisms, teach the Creation of man by the direct and immediate acts of God so as to exclude the possibility of evolution as a scientific theory." However, it appears that the Southern Presbyterians dissent from this view.

Mormon Church

Although the Mormon Church has no position on evolution, it has produced a number of official doctrinal statements on the "origin of man". These statements generally adopt the position, as a church-approved encyclopedia states, "[t]he scriptures tell why man was created, but they do not tell how, though the Lord has promised that he will tell that when he comes again".

Buddhism

The Dalai Lama does not, of course, speak for all Buddhists, but has indicated the acceptance by Buddhism of the science of evolution, going as far as to say that if a conflict were to exist between science and Buddhism, then buddhism must adapt.

Judaism

Conservative, Reconstructionist and Reform Judaism accept the scientific theory of evolution, and hold that it is possible to believe in both science and God at the same time. Orthodox Judaism does not.

Answer 4

Most religions including Christianity, Islam, and others technically disagree with evolution because they have their own creation stories that are incompatible with evolution. Some religions, such as Buddhism, do not necessarily disagree with it as they do not have inherent creation stories. Note, however that not all practitioners of a religion fully believe the creation stories. Some Christians, for example, believe in evolution, and view the Biblical story of creation as allegorical rather than a literal account of events.

Answer 5

In that religions are not unified (all members do not necessarily walk in lock step on any topic) it is difficult to say that "religions disagree with evolution". As an example the Pope, usually accepted as a Christian spokesperson has stated evolution and the big bang are real. Most religions have a creation story but this does not stop members of that religion from being scientists whose theories put them in opposition to these mythologies.

Answer 6

Within religions such as Christianity, Islam and Judaism, those people who actually keep the religion are more likely to disagree with Evolution than are their more liberal counterparts. Even then, there are exceptions both ways. Those who do disagree with Evolution, may do so based simply upon the principles that they've learned and been taught, or they may reject Evolution based upon examination of Evolution itself:

http://religion.answers.com/controversy/is-there-evidence-against-evolution

Answer 7

the Jehovah's Witnesses

the Hare Krishnas