2006-12-16 00:55:19 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
i only understand evolution at very high level and i find that there are still a lot of unexxplained areas and missing links...so i cannot trust it fully.
2006-12-16 00:59:29 · update #1
Nope, not at all. My neighbor upstairs is a true-blue atheist and he doesn't fully believe in evolution. But then again, he's an old fart.
2006-12-16 00:57:32 · answer #1 · answered by Sick Puppy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not mandatory, not least because we've not proven that consistency of belief is an absolute requirement!
Good question, though. What are the other options?
(it's not mandatory, not least because we've not proven that consistency of belief is an absolute requirement!)
You can manage to get the problem off-earth with the idea that life was planted here, accidentally or deliberately. ( Exogenesis, Panspermia, alien seeding...)
That still leaves either pure chance and development or the creation of life by pre-existent intelligence, even if that was a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far, away.
But where did such intelligences come from? They either evolved or were created, and we're into the same loop. Hop dimensions ,or bubble universes, and you haven't really escaped. (Which parallels the classic "Who created God?" question.)
Turtles all the way down.
How about, "We were created by a deity that no longer exists"? So it would be correct to be an atheist now, and evolution would not be a necessary belief. I'm not saying that's true, but it's a way to wriggle.
2006-12-16 09:21:31 · answer #2 · answered by Pedestal 42 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but anyone who is rational would.
You do not need to understand all of it to believe in the general idea. I agree with you that there are missing fossils. No big deal, fossils are hard to make and even harder to find. There isn't going to be a full set. There are also times that evolution just happened too fast to really be accounted for by the current theory.
That doesn't change the big picture. The fossils started simple and got more complex over a long period of time. Any valid theory has to explain that . Evolution happened somehow. You can argue over how. You can even say Darwin was way off. It doesn't change the fossil record that it happened.
2006-12-16 09:15:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Intelligent Christians know that evolution is real and makes sense. I know "intelligent" and "Christian" might not seem like they belong in the same sentence to you, but yes, Virginia, they do exist. To qualify as an atheist you only have to believe that there is no God or gods.
2006-12-16 09:00:30 · answer #4 · answered by Paul H 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, you don't have to believe in evolution to qualify as an atheist. You just have to believe that there's no God, and in that case, no creation. As an atheist, I believe in evolution because I don't believe in creation.
2006-12-16 09:01:46 · answer #5 · answered by renaudldw 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that really has anything to do with it. I think it's kind of silly how people link the universe coming into existence with one's spiritual beliefs.
2006-12-16 08:57:44 · answer #6 · answered by angk 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
throughout the history there have been always atheists even before the existence of Darwin.
2006-12-16 09:01:39 · answer #7 · answered by Nabil 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no somepeople believe in evolution even if theybelieve on God. evolution is just an idea. believe want you want.
2006-12-16 08:58:41 · answer #8 · answered by pixiepunk 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe you should stop trying to fit
into a single doctrine and BE YOURSELF
what do you believe about you?
2006-12-16 08:59:12 · answer #9 · answered by Godis! 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let me check the atheist hand book......
Gee there is no atheist hand book.
Believe anything you want.
2006-12-16 08:58:37 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋