Notice that I did not try to prove creation in my last post. I did however criticise the approach scientists have when dealing with evolution.
I argued that atheists must believe in evolution in order to maintain their atheism. I could not find any other alternatives atheism has.
Regarding...
Please show me how it is impossible for there to be other kinds of proofs for the existence of God. Of course, this is impossible. It would be to prove a universal negative. You would have to prove that we know of all the different kinds of proofs.
Also, your second point does not follow from...
I agree. I believe that creationism presumes that God is responsible and then then tries to 'prove' it. (the theistic scientists such as Newton did not try to prove God's existence from science, however he did presume it.)
However, modern science also does have it's presumptions. It doesn't...
After reading the previous posts, I notice that there is an underlying assumption that we have basically the same values. I don;t believe this is an accurate portrayal of the world.
Many people cherish and hold firmly to beliefs which I see some of us are, ie. communism, the 'imposition of...
The trick is to know what should be tolerated and what shouldn't.
This is a matter concerning morality, and people's concept of morality is not uniform throughout. ie, some people support capital punishment, while others contend that it is barbaric. People will always differ in their toleration...
It is just fact that diversity exists within species. It is agreed that mutations and change occur in life. The question is: do these changes we are aware of within species, account for the variety of life? Richard Dawkins puts it this way, that within the relatively short time of existence of...
Both creationism and darwinism begin with assumptions including God. creationism: that God did it and we will provide the evidence for how God did it(this was the approach of scientists before Darwin), and darwinistic evolution: God is not needed to answer the question, everything in question...