Atheists: By not accepting a faith or a belief system, do you also reject evolution, Darwin, and creationists?

Question

Or, are they okay and it's mainly Christianity that you don't accept?

Answer 1

Atheists do not reject belief systems. Let us look up what the word means:
"a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings."
That does not imply belief systems. We only reject your God/supernatural stuff.

Answer 2

Ha ha, kind of a funny question because it speaks to the difference in the thinking between believers and non-believers. Atheists tend to not just accept or reject things on the whole, but to take them and even parts of them into consideration. We are not necessarily looking for a conclusion, as life is fluid and new information does and will continue to evolve. We take it for granted that we will not "make up our minds" about pretty much anything, if you ask me, which I attribute to intellectual curiosity.

By the way: evolution is science (reject science?), Darwin was a man, and creationists are part of "a faith".

Answer 3

There is a difference between accepting science that has been thoroughly researched and myth based on a book. Atheists don't believe in any sort of divine being. Darwin, however, was a mortal person and a scientist. The theory of evolution has nothing to do with divinity.


So, being an Atheist does not mean you reject science. However, it means you reject any belief in any god, including Christianity.

Answer 4

I believe Christianity exists, as do I believe that evolution is most probably the explanation for why plants and animals exist as they do and did. I also "accept" that creationists exist, I just disagree with them. I do not believe Christ was god/ son of god, and so I am not a Christian. I fail to see the similarities between a faith-based belief system (religion) and a fact-based belief system (reality). Belief doesn't necessarily mean faith-based.

Answer 5

Wow. This is a really provincially phrased question.

From a global perspective, atheism tends to take a materialistic, evidence-based approach to life. Christianity is only one religion, and any religion that involves the superstitious belief in the supernatural falls out of the realm of atheism.

Evolution's occurrence is a fact. The mechanisms of evolution are still being discovered, but evolution is not a part of a belief system. (Rejection of evolution is, however, entirely ensconced in a belief system.)

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Answer 6

Evolution and Darwin I accept. Creationists and Christianity I do not. Evolution has evidence to back it up creationism and Christianity doesn't. Who needs faith ? I sure don't. Not the way you seem to be defining it.

Answer 7

I'm an atheist because I do not believe in any god(s).

Evolution is not a religion it is a fact based science whether creationists want to believe it or not.

Darwin was the first scientist to introduce ToE. He is not a god or a religion.

Answer 8

There is scientifically accepted evidence that backs up the idea of evolution. Among the science community, evolution is accepted not only as theory, but as a fact -- look it up on Wikipedia if you don't believe me. "Evolutionism" is not a religion, evolution has its basis in science, and no one "worships" it. There is no proof to back up creation by any deity -- be it the judeo-christian god or another.

Answer 9

evolution is the best theory to explain the kinds of life on Earth

Darwin was a scientist who made many discoveries about it

atheists are more like to understand and accept science than fundamentalists of any religion

so your question really doesn't make any sense

Answer 10

Evolution is science, not a religion.
Darwin is a person, not a religion.
Creationists most certainly exist, and we accept that, we're just horrified by it.