what do you believe?

Question

do you believe in god or evolution and why?

Answer 1

Both. God uses evolution in his creation.

Answer 2

Evolution happens!
God didnt simple as!

Answer 3

I believe God created the world. I don't see how evolution could have happened....(like an explosion in a printing shop resulting in an un-abridged dictionary) I'd much rather believe I was made in God's image that came from a monkey.

Answer 4

evolution (although some believe in both - i am not one of those people) because i find the idea of evolution easier to swallow than a story about a garden and a snake. The rest of the religions that were taught to me didn't seem to make any sense to me either, and through out history, religion has changed so much. we think the mayans were nuts for sacraficing their kids - they thought they were gracious. so this is why i'm an atheist

Answer 5

Nothing. I do not accept things without evidence, and if you have evidence, it's not belief.

There are three things I hold as valid, but I do not consider them 'true'. In fact, because they are axiomic, that means they cannot be proven. They are simply the rules of the game, as it were:

1. Mathematics and logic are valid. Truth is an inherantly logical proposition. Without logic, the truth-value of any fact could never be known, there would be no way to distinguish between a true fact and a false fact. Without logic, knowledge would be unattainable.

2. Observations, unaided and aided, are valid. However, aided observations must be supported by prior observations and mathematics. For example, before the theory of optics was discovered, a microscope would have been invalid; but through study of unaided observations of lenses and beams of light, the theory of optics was mathematically formulated, so the microscope is valid. A crystal gazing ball is still invalid, but if a way to define the effect mathematically and in a way that could be verified with unaided observations was found, it would become valid as well. Without being able to trust our observations, we could aquire no data on which to operate, and thus knowledge would be unattainable.

3. The supernatural, if it exists (note: no statement is made of its existence or non-existence, just a conditional), does not in any way interact with the natural world. If a supernatural involvement can be had, then nothing can be assured as true. If the deity that oversees gravity decides to change the universal gravitational constant, for example, all things we know will suddenly be invalid, and thus knowledge could not be attained.

It is important to recognize that none of these things is considered true; they are axioms. An axiom is a statement that must be accepted or not accepted on its own merits. However, as each of them can be shown to be necessary for knowledge, one must either accept these three things, or, one must accept that nothing at all can be known, let alone known to be true or false. So these axioms must be 'accepted' or 'held' to attain knowledge, even though their axiomic nature means they themselves cannot be proven.

Answer 6

It seems to me that evolution is a proven fact, and that its existence serves to prove the existence of God. There is no way that something as biologically and psychologically complex as you and I, that creatures capable of such beauty and nobility, are mere accidents of nature. God wrote the rules of evolution and watched it unfold until it culminated in creatures capable of rational thought and intelligent decision-making - and I have no idea why the concepts of God and evolution are at odds with one another.

Answer 7

I believe in one God the Father almighty, and In Jesus Christ his only begotten son, our Lord, who was born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. On the third day He arose according to the Scriptures. I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Holy Catholic Church, The Communion of Saints, the forgiveness of Sin and life everlasting. Because I have to.

Answer 8

I don't believe in anything without proof.

I believe in Gravity, my Mom's existents, my own existence, cats are mamals and yes, I believe in evolution.

God on the other hand, there is no proof for, so no, I don't believe in that.

Answer 9

I do not "Believe" in evolution. I observe the multitude of evidence, we are literally speaking an extremely large base of evidence and come to a reasonable conclusion that it is the most reasonable, and plausible answer to how our species came to be.

Answer 10

I believe in Gods (note the plural) and I accept evolution.