Believers, How do you choose what to believe? Please read the entire question before answering, thanks.?

Question

As an Atheist I've noticed many believers dismiss the possibility that science may come up with an answer to the origin of life. I realize that if scientist do come to a conclusion on the origin of life and it does not match the believers belief it could cause serious problems for the belief industry. I'm thinking you would probably think that it would be impossible for scientist to discover any other possibility then the one you've read in the bible. So that begs the question, do you believe anything else the scientist say. Like do you believe we landed on the moon, cured polio, or how about advances in surgery and medicine? Do you believe the evidence that points to global warming?Do you believe the evidence that shows evolution is happening?Keep in mind believers have been wrong before. Galileo was found guilty for heresy in 1633, imprisoned, and not forgiven until 1992 by the church for his scientific theory that the earth circled the sun. Not the opposite as the church "believed"

Answer 1

I think the important question for you is,

Why do you think you need to challenge the beliefs of these people?

You are sounding more Christian in this respect than they are.

What are you so afraid of, that makes you think you need to prove something about them.

You obviously have some idea about their belief system that frightens you or you would see them as just being silly.

Of course you won't, or can't admit this because frightened people always pretend to themselves that they are just right about, not afraid of what they feel the need to attack.

Think about this, ignore them and see to your own life. Your own actions are what you have some possibility of affecting

Answer 2

Christians do believe in science. They just believe that God created the world. There are many holes in the evolution theory. An example is that the earth can not be more then I think 5,000 years old because then the sun would of burned it up.

There is also evidence for creation like the chance for all of the right elements for live coming together on earth. Also this world is very complex. Scientist still barely understand some of it.

As for other scientific achievements Christians use them just like everyone Else.

Answer 3

You have broached a honorable question with questionable intentions. It is important to understand that dogmatic assertion take place on both sides of the issue. I have been studying the Philosophical rub of religion for the better part of 9 years now. And to be honest neither side can state empirically that they have irrefutable truth. Here we have the simple notion of fundamental presuppositions. Basically if we question anything long enough we will come to a point where an assumption must be made. Basically if you look at the woes that the logical positivist movement encountered in British empiricism's maturity you will see that you will either be an eternal skeptic doubting anything and everything or through existential leaps put the spoon full of cereal to your mouth I believe it was G.E. Moore who said that if we had to be wholly (from a philosophical standpoint) convinced that it was necessary to eat we would never undertake such a frivolous act. So I turn your question back to you how do you know anything. An atheist has just as much faith as a Jew Christian or Muslim. The only innocent party is the agnostic but if you look at the Latin derivative of the word you will understand why the highly educated would rather choose atheism over agnosticism. It is pure hubris to bully the theist merely because their illative sense is founded what is seen as faith versus reason and claim that through humanism reason is king. Best of luck in your search I encourage you to read Bertrand Russell not his mathmatica but his progression from early logician to linguistic analyst.

Answer 4

As a Christian, I have no problem accepting the scientific method of discovery. Two things you mentioned have yet to be verfied by science, and as a believer I believe will not be verified:

I have not seen any credible evidence that evolution is occurring. No problems with adaption of species, but yet to see a bunch of fruit flies mutate into something other than a mutated fruit fly.

I'm not sure if scientist will ever agree on the origin of life. Kinda hard to go back in time and prove the origin of life. Even harder to figure out where matter came from... did something just arise from nothing?

Believers have been wrong in the past. Non-believers have a few mistaken beliefs in their past too. Let's leave the scientific questions to science and religious questions to religion...

but who decides which questions are which?

Answer 5

Science could never dispute the presence of superior being or a purpose of creation. It may discover the origins of life, but those are merely the tools used. I was raised in an atheist society where people had a difficult time believing anything. The country was very chaeotic and unsettled. The older I get and the more I study (4 years of college, 4 years of medical school), the more spirituality makes sense (to me anyways).

Answer 6

I believe in Jesus Christ. He is my savior. I believe in evidence. In fact, you and I look at the same evidence when determining our beliefs. It's not likely that we would have any disagreements on the hard evidence gathered, but rather in the interpretation of that evidence (or lack thereof).

You might not know this, but there is a definite faith based philosphical belief system behind atheism, evolution, and the like, which is openly espoused by leaders of such movements.

If you would like to find some interesting free material that examines the evidence from a Christian perspective, try visiting the site: www.answersingenesis.com You may be surprised by what you find there.

Grace and peace to you, friend.

Answer 7

I believe in Jesus Christ sure. I believe what the Bible says you bet! I also agree with what science has uncovered. I also believe we are all on the verge of something big! I also believe that the Bible is one big mystery and ones view of how life originates isn't always the right view. I think its possible someday scientist will uncover the great mystery of the origin of life and it will closely coincide with the Bible. Do you believe that? Or do you not want to believe that? Remember scientists have also been wrong b4!

Answer 8

The answer is in the "if". You write "if scientist do come to a conclusion on the origin of life and it does not match the believers belief it could cause serious problems for the belief industry." But they haven't and faith becomes even more validated in science's failure.

So, of course, people decide to choose what to believe, usually based on their heritage. Societies have been trying for hundreds of centuries to explain our place in the universe, and science's failure to respond simply places it into another one of the many demonimations that have faithful followers that accept the invariable holes in the "theory" of where we all are.

Choose what you believe? That's simply taking faith in the theory for fact.

Answer 9

All of the universe is a mystery and all of mankind from the beginning of time to the present have been striving to unravel that mystery. Man will make advances far into the future. Man will stretch his bounds beyond this universe and still not completely unravel the mystery that is the universe…yet man will not cease. Mans’ thirst will never be completely quenched, because what lies ahead is a limitless future of discovery. God is not limited as humans are. God is infinitely greater than the vastness of everything man has known or will ever know. God is, after all, God.

Answer 10

You confuse Christianity with the Catholic church. You "assume" that scientist "know" how we got here. They do not. I would even bet that most scientist do not believe in evolution. We believe anything scientist tell us that they can prove. They do not have a clue on origins. You have not checked this out-you should. I think you would be amazed at how little you actually know.