Aren`t they the same?

Question

the theists and the atheists. None of them can scientifically prove how the Universe and the life were created. The big bang doesn`t explain everything, but neither do the holy books. You need faith to accept the creation presented by some holy books, but so you do to accept the evolution theory because there are some disambiguations. They accuse each other of being ill. So, aren`t they the same?

thanks mark but i`m not searching a label.

Answer 1

Atheists and theists are opposite, hence the "A" at the beginnng of atheist. A theist believes in God. An atheist does not. Actually evolution has been proven. I'm not sure what you mean by the word "disambiguations". Ambiguous means open to more than one interpretation. However, putting the prefix dis on it negates the word. So you are saying there is only one interpretation?

Answer 2

Evolution scientifically is a very good proof for how life evolved on Earth, religion is pure wishful thinking and is not scientific proof at all, so there is no contest, evolution is an evidenced scientific theory that has never been disproved and religion is fantasy impossible to prove or disprove though we can assume it is about as likely as the celestial teapot to be true. But atheism is not a belief system, so we don't say we believe there is no God we say we have insufficient evidence to believe in a god and that we think the liklihood of there being a god is as good as for the celestial teapot...in other words
Evolution is not conjured up by atheists so you are a little confused, it is not part of atheism it is just science so your question and the conclusion you draw is rather awry to say the least.

Answer 3

No, they're not the same thing.

Faith implies believing something without proof. Every creationist believes based on faith, because they cannnot and never will be able to produce a single piece of proof that there is a higher being that created the earth and everything on it.

Evolutionists, however, believe what we believe based on proof and logic. We admit that there are still gaps in our knowledge about every little step, but there are scientists who work everyday to try and lessen those gaps by observing evolution on a molecular and organismal level. We're not accepting anything based on faith: we're saying that steps which we have not yet unravelled the mysteries of are similar to steps we do know the mechanisms for, and logically we can conclude that the things we're still unsure about will be answered. Even then, we don't just accept it! We keep studying until we find what we're looking for. Furthermore, when we get results that don't agree with what we thought, we don't just throw them out (like theists tend to ignore any scientific facts that disagree with their faith and holy books), we try to figure out what they mean no matter the consequences to our supposed knowledge.

Answer 4

Nope. We can know more about the universe, and I think someday we could know everything. We know more now than we did 5 years ago, more then than we did 10 years before that, and so on. Science is constantly making new discoveries that should eventually lead us to a greater understanding of the universe.

However, religion is stagnent. It makes no discoveries, it explains nothing to my satisfaction - god is not testable, the claims of the bible are wrong, contridictory, or go against our experience. You can scientifically prove every fact and law of science - and many you can test in your own home. You cannot test religion. You don't need faith for science to work. It works anyway.

Answer 5

Not exactly....atheists depend on science to reason everything...so well how do they reason the existence of Ghosts...or other stuff out of the ordinary...now c'mon there cant be a logical explanation for each of these...and also the theory of evolution cant be supported by any fossils....It's been proved that all the so called evolutionary stages of animals were at one time or another species...and their (evolutionists) greatest evidence the "piltdown man" was found to be a hoax...after 40 yrs...now why would they be so desperate to prove a point unless they knew there was nothing to be found.....

Answer 6

Atheism and Theism are similar but opposite, they are both belief systems, and to Tom O who says atheists can admit they don't know then I suggest you look up the definition of atheism and agnostic, as atheism is the declaration and belief that god does not exist.

Are creation and evolution the same? that is the interesting part of your question to me, I do feel both sides fight without consideration when one theory does not necessarily disprove another yet the minor details are fiercely contended by those in the theist and atheist camp who both feel their belief systems are threatened.

Answer 7

Same in that sense, different in others. Evolution and Big Bang have a lot more evidence to support them than the Creation story, that's for certain.

Answer 8

No, they aren't the same because the theist point of view is imaginary - based on the stories of some ancient cave dwellers, while the atheist point of view is derived from research, testing and hypothesis based on observational data. No - fiction and fact are definitely not the same.

Answer 9

To some extent you are correct. Both theories rely in part on assumption and confidence to accept the thoery. However, religion is nearly totally dependant on faith and assumption whereas the scientific approach is nearly all evidence and a small amount of assumption. (In my opinion)

Answer 10

Try being agnostic - I am. I'd like to believe there is something but know that the science is far more accurate than any other theory.
I do however believe in one Force that governs everything and everyone - Mother Nature.