This is for evolutionists and atheists but all are free to answer?

Question

There are people who are now dead who aspired and believed, just as some of you do, to disprove creationsm and do away with all likes of discussion of it, and so far it hasn't worked. They didn't even leave anyone with an idea of "just wait and you'll see." When your life is over and the world has come to an end, how relevant will it be to know, or have known, how we got on this rock? What does the belief that we came from a puddle of water, or monkeys or a gigantic stick of dynamite lead to? What does our hopes and dreams and personal aspirations end with? Please answer informatively, I really want to understand this.

P.S. Please don't give dull answers like: there is no purpose, or just because, or something lame like that.

Answer 1

Humans like to "know" things...it gives us all a sense of purpose to know why. The only problem is is that no one knows how we got here, what our purpose is, and why life is the way it is. Hence the creation of Macro Evolution and Creationism.
To some people, they want a "god" in their life...either to feel like they are not alone, or to explain existence. Some people do not want a "god" in their life, they want humans to be it, the most intelligent...to know it all on a human level. Hence Evolution...the use of science to give a sense of self.
I myself am a creational evolutionist; I believe that "god" set everything into place and let nature take over until he was needed again. Lol, I guess that covers all of my bases. I would like to think that there is a "god" out there that is in control of everything...a "god" that set everything in place, that there is order in this universe and that even when life gets screwy, there is a purpose to this madness. But I also believe that nature can and will take care of itself; that there is a natural order to things in as much as a scientific manner (i.e. the weeding out of the species which is a natural occurrence that happens in nature).
But I don't know...no one does. Both points are valid, and both points confirm a persons ideas on this world and where they fit into it...which is all humans want; to belong.

Answer 2

Imagine you and I are walking down the street and we see a quarter lying on the sidewalk. I could conclude that the quarter was an exact replica made by aliens, who placed it there as part of a behavioral experiment on humans. How would you disprove that? You can't. The more appropriate question is, why would I ever make such an outlandish claim if there's a perfectly normal explanation--someone dropped a quarter? If I insisted on the alien hypothesis, your natural response would be, "Prove it." It's not your job to disprove my explanation if you have a simple, adequate one yourself. Similarly, if you think some supernatural being directed the origins of life and the universe, it's your job to provide the evidence. Evolutionary scientists (who never call themselves "evolutionists", by the way) have plenty of evidence for their claim, and it's all based on mechanisms which are already known to exist: reproduction, mutation, and natural selection.

How we apply scientific findings to our philosophy of life is a wholly separate question. If life doesn't have the meaning we thought it did, or would like it to have, that's no grounds for disputing the scientific findings. Personally, my life gets meaning from the things I do and experience. My hopes and aspirations have no less meaning just because my DNA evolved from other lifeforms.

Answer 3

There are things that prove or at least suggest that evolution did happen. Nothing outside of the bible suggest that creationism happened.

I believe in God, and I am more spiritual then most bible thumbing preacher, but it is naive to think Adam and Eve are a true story when there is NO evidence to suggest it happened besides the story in the bible.

Seriously as an adult I find it both funny and sad that rational adults still believe in this story even with so much evidence suggesting something else might have happened and no evidence that this happened. Do these people still believe that the world is round or that the Sun is God or that rain is God crying.

If you had true faith, you would see that science is just a tool of God's.

Answer 4

why are you asking for proof? Can't everybody have faith, even if it isn't in your God? Believing differently doesn't mean believing nothing. Maybe some feel comforted thinking they will be dead when they die, and can live free from judgment, and can finally rest, instead of having to take a journey. Everyone yakes on faith for their own reasons, none more valid than another. Personally, I believe in evolution, as it is still a standing theory that cannot be disproven by anyone. There is evidence of adaptation, everywhere you look. That doesn't mean I think we came from monkeys, but there is certainly a lot of evidence that we are related to them. I like knowledge. It keeps life interesting. But, I realize there are people who don't like to be challenged, think for themselves, or question anything, They like to have all of the answers, and be right all of the time. They have a right to exist, as well. It's just not me

Answer 5

This is a sad question because those who answer will only generalize against those who believe. My personal hopes has been given to me which is the gift of eternal life with no doubt and the ones who have left will be elated when judgment day comes! Satan has blinded the eyes of those who refuse to believe in God.
People don't believe don't have a purpose in life and some end their lives sooner because of the void! So Sad.

Answer 6

Your question is really mostly retorical. Unless you really want to know of what benefit evolution is to me as a person. Personally I enjoy knowing the scientific truths of the history of earth and human life on earth.

Science fills in the gaps of religion and religion fills in the gaps of science and this is how it is for most well balanced people.

Creationism can be disproved and I love to discuss it! Evolutionists don't tend to want to do away with the discussion of creationism, we actually like a good discussion. I find that many creationists want to do away with the discussion of evolution. You may be the first person I have seen who really wanted to know about what we think and why.

Answer 7

The only thing it could bring is a change in how we live our lives, and how the subsequent generations live. That's probably enough. We need to make decisions based on what's really true, and religion is not our best guess at that. We just need to aim a little closer to the bulls eye now that we can. I am less concerned with people's warm and fuzzies than I am about their making good decisions based on good information. This is the only life we get, let's tune it in and do something cool.

Answer 8

As humans, we seek knowledge. We send machines into space. We explore the depths of the oceans. We pose philosophical questions. It's natural to explore the questions like "where do I come from" or "why am I here".

Our "hopes, dreams and aspirations" hopefully end with having lived a purposeful, generous life.

Answer 9

You make evolution sound like its a big joke saying, puddles and monkeys. But it has been proven how things in time evolve and change because our enviroment is changing. But to me it sounds so silly and would take pretty far out thinking to believe theres this God and he's out there in space just waing for you to Die to give you love and a nice place to live. No proof of any of that. And if a powerful God like that was out there why not give it to you now why do you have to suffer first?

Answer 10

Aspiring to "disprove creationism" is not something typical atheists or agnostics do, that would be like "aspiring to disprove the existence of gnomes", it doesn't make any sense.

I think what most realists are doing in arguing against Creationism is try to prevent the death of logical thought, common sense & science in America, where Creationism (and, incidentally, Fundementalism) were invented. Both of these "isms" were invented purely to try and make a buck. If you don't believe me, do the research.

The only downside to Atheism if the atheist is wrong is he could doom himself to eternal hell.

The downside to Creationism, if it is wrong, is that it arrests progress and teaches generations of vulnerable children "facts" that are in fact completely wrong...