that doesn't prove religions are not mythological..
think about deists' claim..
2006-10-11 03:53:57 · 8 answers · asked by skeptic 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I am misunderstood. :-)
I'm not a theist
What I mean is: Theists say evolution is impossible, there should be a creator
and I say ok, assume there is a creator
does it have to have a relation with organised religions
maybe it is a kind of supreme being like which deists believe
a supreme being with no relation to religions
2006-10-11 04:06:26 · update #1
My husband is a theist and believes in evolution. Who says they are mutually exclusive. He believes a god created the Universe, and millions of years later, life formed on Earth and evolved to present day.
2006-10-11 05:30:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah. As far as that subject goes, the most that science will ever be able to say is, "An intelligent creator exists." It wouldn't be able to provide specifics -- like WHAT intelligent creator of WHAT religion exists -- because then you're getting into the supernatural, which is out of the realm of science. And it obviously wouldn't be able to prove miracles or virgin births or anything like that, because that kind of stuff isn't provable.
That's the flaw with the Intelligent Design concept. The most you can prove with Intelligent Design is that SOMEONE or SOMETHING created life. That's the furthest you can go. But who or what did the creating? The Christian God? Allah? Zeus? There's no way of knowing... at least with science.
2006-10-11 11:02:12 · answer #2 · answered by . 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm a theist and I say evolution isn't just possible it's an indisputable fact. I neither speculate or feel it is important to know what role God played in creating the universe or the physical laws that govern it because a lack of evidence makes that a waste of time.
2006-10-11 11:12:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
One side won't convince the other, and the more one tries, the more the others will become firmly entrenched in their opinion. The best outcome I see is to agree to disagree, and live and let live. If the deists won't try to establish a theocracy, the atheists won't outlaw religion.
I know, that's horribly oversimplified, but it's the best I can do in 200 characters.
2006-10-11 10:58:52 · answer #4 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've heard some theists say that there is nothing that could ever shake their faith. Many of these are the same people who claim that dinosaurs and man roamed the earth together 6000 years ago.
2006-10-11 11:00:21 · answer #5 · answered by Kathryn™ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well, according to the greeks, there were lots of gods and zeus cracked open his head and his kids came out. but we dont believe that do we? and what about native americans, they had lots of gods for lots of different things. or the native africans, they had lots of gods too....
what makes your god right? yours came along a lot later then all the ones i mentioned........
and you think that billions of years of trial and error on natures part is impossible? but *poof* here's a human, let me take a rib out of it and make another one actually makes sense?!?!
2006-10-11 10:59:08 · answer #6 · answered by mickey g 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the definition of myth is:
tale with supernatural characters, how the world and mankind began. untrue idea. imaginary person.
2006-10-11 10:59:36 · answer #7 · answered by cloud 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
look for more info on Natural History , DNA , dinosaurs , fossils , mammals , geneticist finally early human. then go through ur bible.
2006-10-11 10:58:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋