You need to pass your subjects in school. In school you are taught to not take anything for granted, to keep an open mind and to look for other explanations or possibilities
Education never teaches you what to believe. You eventually believe in whatever you want, but for crying out loud, study first.
2007-01-09 22:31:48
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answered by QuiteNewHere 7
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Evolution and religion are not mutually exclusive, depending on the religion involved.
I am a Roman Catholic and an evolutionary biologist. Pope John Paul II stated during his tenure as pope that the two are not mutually exclusive, and welcomed the insights into both science and religion. You'll find that there are a number of evolutionary biologists who are also religious. Francisco Ayala is a former Roman Catholic priest (he has since married) and a well known evolutionary biologist. Ken Miller is a practicing Catholic and an evolutionary biologist, and has written much on the topic.
Those of us who are evolutionary biologists and religious follow what is known as "deistic evolution". This category includes those who understand that evolution is a real process (I happen to study speciation, and have seen changes that lead to speciation in my lifetime), and believe that God or "creator" is still involved. I, for example, believe that God created that giant ball of matter that created the Big Bang, and he has watching the show, so to speak, ever since. Others believe that God created the big ball of matter, and may have stuck his hand in the evolutionary history from time to time over the eons. Both are considered Deistic evolutionary thoughts.
2007-01-10 10:07:51
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answered by dolomedesreno 2
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I didn't know there was any evidents that a "creator" made everything but there are plenty that support the theory of evolution!
2007-01-10 06:26:58
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answered by Wonx2150 4
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Evolution can be demonstrated on demand to a certain degree. In fact, we've been tinkering with evolution for at least 7000 years in the breeding of livestock, dogs and hybrid grains.
The problem with Evolutionists is that it becomes a religion taken on faith when we consider vast stretches of time all filled in neatly with an extremely scant fossil record in our possession.
The portion sometimes referred to as "mega-evolution" can never be proven or disproven because it's simply too immense and inclusive of too many disciplines.
Technically, we call this kind of theory "normative", an explanation of the way things SHOULD be (wishful thinking), in contrast to a "positive" theory, which attempts to explain things the way they are now.
(I call it "normative" because as long as we're unclear about the body of knowledge necessary to prove the theory, according to Webster, it can never, by definition be positive. I call it "wishful thinking" because those attracted to the theory the most are those who wish instinctively to remove the shackles of religion and find another explanation of the universe and life. I sometimes call evolutionists "disciples of science" because of their emotional defense of the theory without resorting to facts that can be verified and observed.)
2007-01-10 06:28:09
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answered by Anonymous
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Evidence? Show me. Or is your definition of "evidence", "faith"?
2007-01-10 11:01:26
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answered by novangelis 7
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do you mean religious creation or extra-terrestial creation? please be more forthcoming
2007-01-10 06:26:23
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answered by tenchian56 2
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Please show me the evidence.
2007-01-10 06:30:16
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answered by Billy Butthead 7
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please cite this "evidence".
2007-01-10 06:23:35
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answered by mmd 5
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