Creationists, if you base your beliefs on faith alone, why would you try to disprove atheists with arguments?

Question

Does faith require any arguments or explanations?

Many Creationists are constantly intent on disproving Evolution, by means of prefabricated arguments, like "If we evolved from monkeys..." or "We're yet to see those transitional fossils"...

Science measures the data provided by reality and facts...it's your problem whether you want to believe it or not.

Science is not trying to disprove religion, religion disproves itself with its own load of absurdities.

So keep the faith....or accept the facts, but don't even try to dream that your minds can even faintly entertain the thought that "faith" can disprove facts with "arguments"....

☼evolvedkw☼, re-read the question details; I'm not being condescending (and such word is normally used by those who are left without counterarguments); I'm plainly making a logical point here...

Answer 1

I welcome their attempts. Why discourage it? If they drop faith and try to play ball in the Majors, then we have a better shot at reaching them with our style--our methods, and our logic. Doesn't it stand to reason that them attempting to best us at our own game will lead them to playing by our rules, and thus realizing the folly of their own unsubstantiated beliefs?

Answer 2

None however I may have OPINIONS based on faith but I appreciate some may be wrong. To take your example: 1. 'I acknowledge my faith based belief that I exist,' No, -if I did NOT exist how could I tell myself i did not? I think therefore I am. 'and the world around me exists. It's a matter of epistemology that cannot be proven or disproven, so this conjecture must be taken on faith.' OK strictly speaking this is true so my OPINION in the world is real. If it were not what difference would that make if it operates like a real world? 2. 'I also have a faith based belief in a naturalistic world. Everything can be explained by natural laws, which has not been proven either.' Again true but so what? Call the unexplained what it is: Unexplained. To assume it it 'supernatural' is a HUGE assumption. Call it unexplained & no assumption (faith) is required. 3. 'I have a faith based belief that there is some form of...well, some scientists are calling it a "morphic field", others are saying they don't know how this stuff works yet, and some are saying it doesn't exist at all.' EXACTLY if you cannot clearly define what this 'morphic field' IS why assume it even exists? (Unless you believe in the idea on faith alone!) 4. 'I have a faith based belief that there is alien life out there. On top of my acceptance of the high probability, I believe on faith that they are there, without proof.' Really? Well according to the experts if there WAS life in space as Drakes Equation suggests there should be plenty of evidence for it & yet there is no good evidence so far. One aspect people overlook is we do not currently know how life begins so it may be a very very very rare occurrence & we are possibly the ONLY life in our universe -possibly. To have a BELIEF there is life out there is therefore 100% faith based. Perhaps it is true perhaps not but why have FAITH it is there? Why not guess it is. I guess it MAY be but I cannot even say I have an opinion let alone faith. As the great Carl Sagan said: I'm often asked the question, "Do you think there is extraterrestrial intelligence?" I give the standard arguments -- there are a lot of places out there, and use the word *billions*, and so on. And then I say it would be astonishing to me if there weren't extraterrestrial intelligence, but of course there is as yet no compelling evidence for it. And then I'm asked, "Yeah, but what do you really think?" I say, "I just told you what I really think." "Yeah, but what's your gut feeling?" But I try not to think with my gut. Really, it's okay to reserve judgment until the evidence is in.' *

Answer 3

One of the innate characteristics of mankind is a thriving curiosity; we want to know about our world and how we got here. This is true for evolutionists and creationists alike. Many of the arguments offered from both sides reflect this desire and so it should be. I can only imagine what kind of world we could possess if rather than shooting each other down constantly we were to take a long hard open minded look at both sides. Even if we chose to disagree, there should be no reason for the animosity that rises up about this topic.

Answer 4

In my job I have had to study deeply the evolution of life . I am expected to believe it as fact , but the more I study life the more I disbelieve evolution.
You can call me bias if you wish but evolution just doesn't sit right in my mind regardless of the text books.

Answer 5

Great question! I wanted to ask something very similar but couldn't find the words :)

I find it absurd that the very Creationists who try to use empirical evidence to disprove evolution find it so convenient to use circular logic. Example: I say "God exists because it says so in the bible". Then you say "Well how do you know the bible's accurate"? I then reply by saying "because God says it is".

It's a debating tactic that Creationists and fundamentalists use to get themselves out of any quandary.

Answer 6

I believe that God created this world and that he designed me with His hands. It does take faith to believe that. If you want to believe you came out of a big messy glob of whatever that is ok to. We must aggree to disagree.
Genesis 1:1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
1:2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was
upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the
face of the waters.
John Chapter 1
1.In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

2.The same was in the beginning with God.

3.All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made.

4.In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

Answer 7

I don't base my beliefs on faith alone, so according to your logic I may try to disprove atheists with arguments.

And the day I see a transitional fossil and it's proven that it's not a hoax, I will believe evolution.

Answer 8

I agree. Anyone can make something up and start believing (faith), but nothing is proven without fact and logic (science).

Answer 9

I like the way you assume science has never lied to the masses. How arrogant. Besides big bang and evolution rely mainly on coincidence and you know it.

Answer 10

I'm not creationist but I suppose they feel that although reason is far inferior to faith in god, non-the-less it is the only language that evolutionists speak.

Sign language is (possibly - I don't really know) not as good as speaking, but still if you need to talk to the deaf...