2007-11-01 12:31:46 · 21 answers · asked by Yahoo Sucks 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Nothing.
2007-11-01 12:33:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing really. It's just that theism sometimes refuses to believe that evolution exists. Evolution--to its credit--has never denied that theism can exist.
One of them practices denial; the other is more pragmatic.
2007-11-01 12:43:14 · answer #2 · answered by anyone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing. Evolution is science. Theism has to do with religion.
2007-11-01 12:54:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"were theism a word it would probably mean religion" Theism is a word. It means a belief in a god or gods. Look it up.
In regards to the question, belief in evolution isn't in opposition to theism in general, but it is in opposition to the beliefs of certain religious sects.
2007-11-01 12:39:40 · answer #4 · answered by Freethinker 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nothing at all!
I am a theist (and a observant Jew) and I firmly understand that Evolution is a fact and has and is happening.
The only way I can understand that other theists reject evolution as a principal of nature and science is that they have a strong cognitive dissidence which leads them to reject anything that dose not fit into there preconceived view of the Universe.
What many theists fail to understand is that Evolution only explains how things it dose not explain why it happened that way and if there is any meaning or significance behind it.
Meaning has to do with philosophy and theology not science.
2007-11-01 12:37:06 · answer #5 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Damn good question.
It has nothing to do with theism, OR atheism. Just as gravity has nothing to do with Buddhism and atomic theory has nothing to do with Shamanism.
The only people who are claiming that you have to be an atheist to accept evolution, are creationists who are clueless about the subject of evolution.
2007-11-01 12:34:38 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
If your believe in a deity includes that deity or deities having a part in creating the world, then it shows that there is no proof for that act or, at least, a lot of evidence that it didn't occur that way. This is a side effect, as the scientists that study it are not seeking to discount belief systems but rather, they're seeking to figure out how life developed.
2007-11-01 12:39:04 · answer #7 · answered by Pirate AM™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whatever purpose a curiosity gene has (supposing there is such a thing) man has evolved to be curious about his surroundings, primitive man made up things to answer those things he did not know the answer to, when those in power found out how useful these ideas were, they co-opted the process and made religions, these religions evolve along with the societies which propagate them, and adapt to them, but not before causing severe damage to the social psyche through social memes...
2007-11-01 12:42:52 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Theism in general...nothing.
It just disagrees with the story in the Bible and every other holy text you find.
2007-11-01 12:38:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot. Evolution denies any god.
Yet somehow it's okay to mix evolution and religion in your place of worship. I firmly believe that in such a case, our beliefs will sink to the lowest common denominator, or no belief.
How strange is it that evolution, which has never been observed or measured, is called "fact".
"A man who believes in nothing will end up believing in anything."
2007-11-01 12:50:25 · answer #10 · answered by zeal4him 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Nothing. The human race's ability to adapt to survive doesn't disprove that existence of God in any way. It only proves that people have a hard time with thinking logically.
2007-11-01 12:39:42 · answer #11 · answered by YouCannotKnowUnlessUAsk 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋