Doesn't the fact that you have to lie this much to defend your beliefs tell you something about the quality of those beliefs? It should.
2007-10-29 02:48:37
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answer #1
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answered by Anonymous
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Evolution doesn't disprove god, it disproves an antiquated notion of god and the heavens. Science has been doing so for 500 years. If you want to believe everything you read in the bible then do so, but don't complain when you fail science or mathematics for ideological reasons.
If you want to sit and mope, because evolution shakes your notions then be one of the many who complains out of denial. Or you could take an enlightened approach like many Christians have and adapt your beliefs to the modern world.
Evolution is not a religion because it is based on science, not on belief. There are no leaps of faith.
2007-10-30 17:30:21
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answered by High Tide 3
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Are we the ones with blind faith? Where you there when something popped into existence from nothing and exploded? No, well do you see something pop into existence from nothing today? Were you there when non-living matter gave rise to life? No, well do you see non-living matter giving rise to life today? Where you there when single-celled organisms gave rise to many-celled organisms, when invertebrates gave rise to vertebrates, when ape-like creatures gave rise to man? No, well do you see it happening today? You have to believe that matter came into existence by itself and then arranged itself into information systems by blind chance. That is what goes against real science.
As Dr. Jonathan Sarfati says, we need to quit calling evolution a theory; that is giving it too much credit. “Goo to you” evolution is an unsubstantiated hypothesis or conjecture, not a theory.
Swedish biologist Soren Lovtrup made an interesting statement: “I suppose that nobody will deny that it is a great misfortune if an entire branch of science becomes addicted to a false theory. But this is what has happened in biology...I believe that one day the Darwinian myth will be ranked the greatest deceit in the history of science. When this happens, many people will pose the question: How did this ever happen?”
So why do so many people believe in evolution? It’s simple, most people believe what they want to believe and they don’t want there to be a God. You see, if God created us, then He also owns us. If He owns us, then He has a right to set the rules by which we must live. If He has set the rules by which we must live, then we are accountable to Him. They don’t want to be accountable to God; they don’t want to be controlled. And so, it is their desire to explain the origin of everything without a Creator at all costs; they must believe in evolution. Evolutionism then, is intrinsically an atheistic religion—the religion of secular humanism.
2007-10-30 18:43:06
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answer #3
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answered by Questioner 7
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First of all, evolution doesn't prove anything about God's existence. No where does it say "Evolution clearly shows God is false." So I think you need to go back to school.
Second, science is always in flux. Theories are constantly revised, thrown out, or proposed. So scientists changing their minds on some points doesn't prove anything either.
Third, I highly doubt the textbook said "Evolution and all these points following are scientific fact" Evolution much like gravity will never be fact. Scientific fact is an obsevation of what happens (Species change over time, objects fall down). Scientific theory is an explanation of why (Evolution, gravitation).
But hey bravo on being a Christian.
2007-10-29 09:50:26
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answer #4
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answered by Jake S 5
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OK take a deep breath and calm down.
You are entitled to your beliefs and anyone who try to take them away from you or put you down for them should be shot. I am not christian and never have been but I don't expect you to change the way you see the world just 'cause I don't see it the way you do.
I guess what I'm saying is you should try to accept that some people are just different then you and just see the beauty in the fact that we ARE different.
2007-10-29 09:50:37
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answer #5
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answered by Yup it's me! 2
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Education can be a suspicious thing when viewed from the outside.
Try asking your science questions in the science section, otherwise your anti-atheist rant just looks like, well, an anti-atheist rant.
2007-10-29 10:13:26
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answer #6
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answered by Bajingo 6
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I guess you'll always be a Christian then.
Evolution is a a fairy tale that should not be taught in schools. Ever! It is religious belief, not science. And last time I checked, religion isn't to be taught in public schools. I suppose people honestly believe Godzilla-like creatures walked the face of the earth.
I should go out in my back yard and dig up some mutated dog bones and pass them off as dinosaur bones and watch a bunch of suckers believe I've created a Velociraptor or something.
And when i was a kid, Dinosaurs were lizards, now they're birds. What will evolution experts call them in 10 years? Dogs?
Maybe dinosaurs evolved and became UFO's
2007-10-29 09:50:47
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answered by Nobody Special 7
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Wow, how many logical fallacies can be committed in one question? I think this is a record.
Anyway, as has been said, evolution makes no assertions about deities or anything supernatural. Many theists even prefer to believe that the guiding force behind evolution is their god(s). Since this cannot be proved or disproved, they can believe what they want. (Response to your straw man.)
Beyond which, evolution is verifiable, and has evidence to support it's conclusions. In fact, as a process it is undeniable. (Response to your argument from ignorance.)
And evolution is not a religion. Look up the definition of religion and you'll be able to see this. (Response to another strawman.)
2007-10-29 09:46:38
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answer #8
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answered by Anonymous
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Evolution takes no position with regard to a deity. It is the impossibility of reconciling the scattered claims in the Bible that makes the Christian deity false. If we are going to define "religion" broadly enough to include evolution, "religion" becomes virtually meaningless.
2007-10-29 09:48:52
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answer #9
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answered by neil s 7
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Why are some people afraid of evolution? My guess is that if we are animals it'll mean we aren't that special after all!
2007-10-29 10:01:48
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answer #10
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answered by Anonymous
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I've looked at the site, and it reads like a conspiracy theory.
If I've learned anything in life, I've learned that people believe what they want to believe.
Enjoy your delusion.
2007-10-29 09:51:14
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answer #11
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answered by Morey000 7
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