You all seem to agree that religion is fake because it was made by man. Atheism is also made by man who were looking for a different explanation of life. Don't you all have doubt that evolution is fake because it was an explanation from ordinary man?
2007-02-23 17:15:39 · 26 answers · asked by carlos r 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Sure, but being an atheist isn't a religion? They don't believe IN religion. haha
2007-02-23 17:33:58 · answer #1 · answered by incubabe 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The WORD atheism was made by humans. What atheism IS is simply the default state - it's a negative claim we unconsciously make (i.e., atheism is not a choice).
Not believing in unicorns, dragons, pixies, mermaids, monsters, GOD(S)... etc.
They're all just a statement of fact. If there is evidence for any of them we believe in the positive claims of them.
It's that simple.
Atheism is no explanation for life. It's just the lack of belief in theism which happens to be an attempt at explaining life but failing to do so evidentially.
I can't have doubt that Evolution is fake because it is a scientific theory and fact. And science has yet to fail humankind. It's what we depend on.
2007-02-24 01:24:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You are combining atheism with the belief in evolution. They are not one and the same. Atheist simply believe there are no god(s). Evolution is another matter entirely. I know many atheist that do not fully believe in evolution and many evolutionists that are not atheists. As far as atheism being a made up story....well it really isn't an elaborate story like say the bible. Atheism is one simple concept, granted conceived and named by man. But then so were the laws of gravity, magnetism, chemical reactions, etc. Sometimes we get things right. Atheism is also one of the things we got right, Religions are fairie tales of how we wish reality to be.
2007-02-24 01:32:29 · answer #3 · answered by ndmagicman 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
First evolution is the changes in (usually) biological systems as the result of biological adaptation to changes in environment, and is a demonstrable fact. These changes were first codified by Charles Darwin but certainly not first observed by him.
To say that evolutionary adaptations explain the total diversity of life on earth requires more faith than belief in special creation. Evolution at that level can not be demonstrated and no real evidence for that exists. In fact creatures (fossils or otherwise) that link one genus to another are lacking.
On the other hand Christians (and other believers in a creator God) have a problem requiring faith also. Atheists may ask "where did God come from"?
Actually I know the answer but I will not tell you because you wouldn't like it.
Have a nice day.
2007-02-24 01:40:43 · answer #4 · answered by Bullfrog21 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't know any atheists who think they have the only and ultimate answer. Atheism is just not believing in the God fantasy. I should point out the difference between faith and science. Faith is about believing and your best test is believing even when you know you are wrong.
Science is about doubt and testing your ideas by not really believing and by trying to prove them wrong. If you can't show it to be wrong and it makes predictions that are testable and true then it is a workable theory. Note that testing is important. If you can not test it for being right or wrong then the theory is useless. It is not even as valuable as a wrong idea that is testable. A testable wrong idea brings you closer to the truth by being wrong and getting eliminated from the choices.
Science is all about getting things less wrong. Science changes and gets more accurate as we learn more.
Religion is about getting things to never change. Religion is about maintaining one unchangeable incorrect "truth" in spite of demonstrable error. Religion has a very hard time learning anything new because it is not about learning. Religion is only about enforcing its belief system. No testing of ideas in religion, only subservience to topdown authourity. Religion is perfect for controlling the masses and most imperial states go through a rash of religion shortly before they collapse. The Jewish State just before Vespasian (Roman Empire) destroyed it. The Roman Empire itself with the Roman Ctholic Church before the Goths and Vandals crushed it. The Byzantians, the Greeks, Even the English got very religious just before their Empire started to fall apart. The USA is currently riding a flood of religious fundamentalism. The end of the USA as a power is likely very close. I suspect it will be India or Chinas turn next. India has a younger average population with a higher number of land hungry young men. Also a higher birthrate.
I am sorry about going a bit off topic.
In engineering it is good enough if it is able to give answers close enough to work with safely but engineering is not about science, only about building things safely and efficiently.
Evolution, sorry to say, is a proven fact. The evidence was gathered and presented a couple of years ago and has been verified. If the religious would take their fingers out of their ears and open their eyes this would be much easier on everybody. Instead they are going to cripple us in the intelligence race against places like China where they have more young smart people studying science in their country than we have people period. You can't build technology on bible stories.
2007-02-24 01:49:29 · answer #5 · answered by U-98 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's an easy way of putting it. It's also a cop-out. No one is born a believer, we become believers through indoctrination. Evolution is indeed a creation of science, but science didn't stop with the theory: It spent many years collecting data to support the theory. Religion stopped at "God did it. End of story." The only science religionists believe in is any that proves their storybook is true. Whether that will ever happen is questionable; I'm inclined to doubt it.
2007-02-24 01:24:35 · answer #6 · answered by weary0918 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
That a real neat question.
I'm thinking along the lines as you made a good point and I much agree.
If the bible is a man made story, then so what has it not proved true to it's word. (Finding the shrewd and I'm also believe Noah's Ark?). And I guess that is something fake or real will be disputed to the end of time. Anything is possible.
Anyhow good point.
2007-02-24 01:27:44 · answer #7 · answered by Bluelady... 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Simply due to analysing simple relationships between animals and environment (for example) we can determine that fundamental principals of Atheism are in fact true and very much a reality. If you dont agree how do you explain the various species of arrow frog only inherent to Trinidad but yet not Brazil?
2007-02-24 01:21:50 · answer #8 · answered by A_Geologist 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sure, Atheism is man made. It had to be to fight off all these imaginary Gods. Let us understand Atheists is not the Big Bang Theory or Evolution or not even Science. Atheism is simply the disbelief in God. irregardless of why we disbelieve.
I still have my Pink Unicorn ranch out here in Georgia if any of you Christians are still interested. They are going fast though you had better hurry. Just got an order from Pascal for half a dozen.
2007-02-24 01:20:38 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Someone seems to have the "A" and "E" pages of their dictionary stuck together. Atheism is not the same thing as evolution.
Evolution is a theory made by "ordinary man" to describe observations made of the natural world around. Religion is pure myth and made-up: there's no facts to it whatsoever.
2007-02-24 01:20:08 · answer #10 · answered by godlessinaz 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
Atheism is a philosophy that has developed because of the creation of religious mythology. Without people creating gods, there would be no atheists. There are no akvirble's, because there are no kvirble's. Cool, huh?
As for evolution--it is a scientific theory and thus is testable and falsifiable.
2007-02-24 01:19:44 · answer #11 · answered by N 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋