what can be done to harmonise these two opposing opinions
2006-09-30 04:21:06 · 8 answers · asked by gasp 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I think most theists don't understand selection effects. They don't understand how vast and diverse reality is. They observe reality is conducive to our existence but fail to realize that the selection effect of our existence is the reason for it.
It is a lot like the myopic snowflake who finds himself in a snowstorm and concludes he was designed by a snow pixie. His argument is that the world is the perfect temperature for snow to form. When in reality the world is vast and only in small portions of it can snowflakes form.
Another thing is when will fundies such as the one below stop coming up with the dishonest strawman that evolution depends only on time and "random chance". Natural Selection is the furthest thing from being random.
2006-09-30 04:31:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think the biggest separator between the two has to do with science and philosophical concepts behind it. Both sides involve faith, one side believes in a God that can intervene and create, and the other side says that only time and random chance exist to explain our universe. Those that believe in God come to conclusions that explain things far differently than the atheist view, and both sides come to conclusions about the other that cannot be easily refuted. As a Christian myself, there are things that I can't explain, but that only adds to the plausibility of a truth outside of myself that can explain things. I don't believe atheists have that advantage.
2006-09-30 04:59:32 · answer #2 · answered by ccrider 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Atheists use logic and evidence to support their ideas. Theists refer to old books written by men.
2006-09-30 04:27:51 · answer #3 · answered by Michael 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Generalizations... on both sides....
The only thing I can see that would help is to take each person as an individual and not as the perceived generalization.
2006-09-30 05:30:43 · answer #4 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Opinions are like billy-clubs...just because you have one it doesn't mean you have to run around and beat people over the head with it!!! Stop trying to convert or convince...
2006-09-30 04:30:48 · answer #5 · answered by Jedi Baptist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, that proposition, while enchanting, is hardly possible, as both seem to have the inner need to change other people to their own way of thinking.
2006-09-30 04:32:17 · answer #6 · answered by finaldx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Separate Church from the state.
2006-09-30 06:27:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The value of the requirement for evidence, versus the value of faith without evidence.
2006-09-30 05:14:47 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋