Evolution does not prove that there is no god. God works in mysterious ways, and science has proven that evolution is one of the ways in which he works. We already know that animals change over extended periods of time to become better suited for survival in their environment. This is true. But believing in evolution does not make you an atheist!
By the way, if you are a bible-thumper, this next part is for you. Did you ever notice that in Genesis, there are two stories of creation that conflict with each other? Look in your bible some time. It's impossible to believe both of those stories, because they contradict each other. Therefore, it's impossible to believe everything that's written in the bible.
2007-06-06 03:50:48 · 20 answers · asked by Joe C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Whether or not evolution is fact or fiction is totally irrelevant. When a person has a personal relationship with God, he doesn't need to "prove" or "disprove" anything. Whether God spoke everything into existence, or began a cycle of evolutionary processes, he knows God is responsible and nothing else matters.
As for the "conflict" you spoke of, there are many people who do not see a conflict in the Bible. As with anything else, you'll find what you're looking for in the Bible because the glasses you are looking through determine the shades you see. If you are looking for conflicts, rest assured you will find them (even if they don't exist) because you've already decided they exist.
2007-06-06 04:02:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
To me, evolution sounds like a logical explanation. However, that does not make me an atheist. I believe that there is a creator of some kind. I just do not think that the creator or creators intervene in human affairs. In regard to evolution, I admit that evolution is a theory and everything that evolutionist researchers say is not necessarily true. But why is it that Christians think that if evolution is found to be untrue, it automatically means that the bible is true? The bible is absolutely false. It is in direct conflict with proven scientific facts. Evolution is unproven, but is a possible answer to the question regarding the beginnings of life. The bible is false.
2007-06-06 04:05:36 · answer #2 · answered by Biggus Dickus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They're just taking the Bible too literally. What kills me is that Jesus taught in parables all the time, so why should we not believe that the story of the creation was a parable? Early Christians were barely literate--do you think God would tell the story of the creation to them down to the finest detail? If you believe there is a God, you believe he created the Earth. I don't see what evolution has to do with it one way or another or why it should disprove anything.
2007-06-06 04:05:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anise 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Evolution is a certainty. in case you are the religious form who's having issues believing in evolution, think of of it this manner. the reason technological know-how and faith conflicts isn't because of the fact they of course do, yet because of the fact of our inadequate awareness of the two. there is not any longer something in the Holy Scriptures that say evolution isn't actual. It merely reported that we've been produced from dirt and that existence replaced into breathed into the 1st guy. Now in case you’re going to take that fairly, you have a authentic issue. The bible doesn’t might desire to delve into such medical concerns because of the fact the technique of evolution because of the fact it holds as a rule purely counsel that we supposedly choose for salvation. you are able to’t discover something in the Bible that could coach you computing gadget, are you able to? If technological know-how is the pursuit of certainty, and if the remarkable Being is the main suitable embodiment of certainty, then time will come whilst our wisdom in technological know-how and our wisdom in our faith will purely make particular one yet another.
2016-10-06 23:49:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Genesis 1:1 "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth".
You can't believe in God and No God. Choose you this day who you will serve. Evolution or Creation. I have decided on Creation with a Creator! I'm so glad.
2007-06-06 04:12:31 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
The original intent of evolution was to prove there is no God, in order to get people to believe the Bible was a lie. That was the express purpose for the beginning of this controversy. The Bible says we should honor the king. During the enlightenment, this idea became putrid. So, get rid of the Bible, then the king. And, we will all be free.
Happy?
BTW, Genesis 1 and 2 do not contradict. Read them, one is the order of things and the other is more detailed. DUH???
2007-06-06 04:03:28 · answer #6 · answered by johnnywalker 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Evolution coexists with liberal religions but not with ignorant fundamentalism. I see no scientific evidence for the existence of any gods, so Evolution is just one more disproof of it. A professsor of Philosophy I know is also a Mehodist preacher, and he believes in both YHWH the god of Moses and in Evolution...but I do not.
2007-06-06 03:59:18 · answer #7 · answered by miyuki & kyojin 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe in evolution and just happen to not believe in a Creator. It works for me.
I see few say that evolution proves there is no god. Very few.
2007-06-06 03:55:08 · answer #8 · answered by Southpaw 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes atheist assert that there is no proof that God exists. The only problem is that an atheist cannot logically make that claim.
In order to state that there is no proof for God's existence, the atheist would have to know all alleged proofs that exist in order to then state that there is no proof for God's existence. But, since he cannot know all things, he cannot logically state there is no proof for God's existence.
At best, an atheist can only state that of all the alleged proofs he has seen thus far, none have worked. He could even say that he believes there are no proofs for God's existence. But then, this means that there is the possibility that there is a proof or proofs out there and that he simply has not yet encountered one.
Nevertheless, if there was a proof that truly did prove God's existence, would the atheist be able to accept it given that his presuppositions are in opposition to the existence of God? In other words, given that the atheist has a presuppositional base that there is no God, in order for him to accept a proof for God's existence, he would have to change his presuppositional base. This is not easy to do and would involve a major paradigm shift in the belief structure of the atheist. Therefore, an atheist is presuppositionally hostile to any proofs for God's existence and is less likely to be objective about such attempted proofs.
2007-06-06 03:56:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
The reason evolution threatens theists is not that it proves there is no God (Darwin himself believed in a god while formulating the original version of his theory), but that it removes much of the need for God.
It's a blow to the God of the Gaps, same as mechanics. We no longer need God to explain celestial movement, we no longer need God to explain diversity of life, we no longer need God to explain the origin of the universe, we no longer need God to explain lightning, and now we have good ideas about origin of life and consciousness.
The God of the Gaps continues to shrink.
2007-06-06 04:02:27 · answer #10 · answered by Minh 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋