2007-11-14 15:15:35 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I for one, am educated enough to know that not only scientifically, but geologically, that this planet is 4.5 billion years old, and not as the bible suggests, 6 or7 thousand years old. if you believe a bible, your mentality sheers off, and then goes down.hill.
Fossil records show, (whether you want to believe it or not) that the dinosaurs lived 65,000,000 million years ago, and not a few hundred years ago. They also show the bones discovered recently, are thousands of years old, and incidentally, not hidden by Satan, as reported. What is wrong with this picture???
Denial is unrealistic, and not only that, it makes christians look uneducated,.
2007-11-14 16:04:31 · answer #1 · answered by evictus 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is an important area -- cultural evolution. Ideas move faster than genes. As atheists tend to be better educated, they have an advantage, but as there is no atheist community the advantage is not fixed in the culture.
2007-11-15 00:55:38 · answer #2 · answered by novangelis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, they certainly don't have anything holding them back from evolving socially, politically, scientifically, or emotionally.... But I doubt anyone could reasonably site an actual study of the evolution of Atheists over the course of human history to make comparisons.
2007-11-14 23:21:16 · answer #3 · answered by Demopublican 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
NO....a specie has no control of the evolution process, the mechanism is solely dependent on natural selection + mutation....However, if all atheists decided to reproduce more offspring than non-atheists, then the rate of mutations will also increase, though it's not significant enough to make any comparable changes between the two.
2007-11-14 23:19:06 · answer #4 · answered by 8theist 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you are a serious seeker of the truth in a Greek sort of way, you have to be open about your doubts while holding on to your faith while you know that even faith can not save you from death.
It is a Riddle, and God does have a sense of humor!
2007-11-14 23:27:55 · answer #5 · answered by zclifton2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mean in the area of cognitive processes? How would ones current hypothesis about life's origins effect biological mechanisms of the brain?
2007-11-14 23:21:40 · answer #6 · answered by Old guy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well one has to wonder how Atheists are able to see through obvious delusions, whereas non-Atheists lack this very ability.
2007-11-14 23:25:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I expect few in this forum are here to really consider another point of view. Most are here just to try to make whichever reality they ascribe to part of the conversation.
2007-11-14 23:37:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you atheists want to claim you started off as knuckle walkers, you go right ahead, that's your right. But, as for me, I was created in God's image, and that's my right to believe.
2007-11-14 23:28:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Smart and stupid people come in all shapes, sizes and religious preference or lack thereof.
2007-11-14 23:23:01 · answer #10 · answered by Dashes 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋