Im an Atheist
Biologist
Evolution is one of the biggest debates within religion and science
So lets have a mini one
Enjoy
So lets have a mini one
Enjoy
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Evolution, true, fact of life, false or God made?
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Tao of Pooh
Member
I accept evolution as true.
Im an Atheist
Biologist
i agree, its hard to believe that a something created our world and us to the exact detail it is. With our DNA and coding so complicated as is.
Tao of Pooh
Member
Hmmm, not much of a debate, is it?
Im an Atheist
Biologist
Worshipper
Active Member
I think evolution is:
true,
a fact of life,
and God-made.
true,
a fact of life,
and God-made.
Im an Atheist
Biologist
so you think that God is responsible for all of our complex nervous system, our DNA coding, our organelles , division of labour??
Personally i believe its natural selection and mutating genes.
for exmaple, a giraffe used to have the same structure as a horse, until one day a mutated gene caused an offsping to have a long neck. Due to natural selection it survived becuase it could get to leaves in the trees ETC, so the mutated giraffe reproduced and passed the gene on...
Some people believe god to underlie all things.
Im an Atheist
Biologist
How could God of created such a complex structure of life?
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
Right. "None of the above" should be an option. When used as a scientific theory, evolution is an explanatory model for trying to usefully describe the cause of patterns seen in the diversity of different types of living organisms. At most it is a probability assessment and not "true" or "false" (that's why it continues to "improve" over time
).Of course, the theory of evolution is rarely actually understood as a scientific theory (especially in debates about "religion vs. evolution").
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doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
With words.
Im an Atheist
Biologist
doppelgänger;1320310 said:
my point made, now im off to bed people, its 12pm where i am, i have to get up early, carry on debating though
Mr. Hair
Renegade Cavalcade
Fixed.
(And even so, I'd still say that there are bigger debates even within this now-narrowed context, such as "What's this God-thing anyway?" and "Here's why my hat is prettier then their hat")
And other people believe that all things underlie God.
(Heck, sometimes they're even the same people after all)
Why would our God create?
Im an Atheist
Biologist
Fixed.
(And even so, I'd still say that there are bigger debates even within this now-narrowed context, such as "What's this God-thing anyway?" and "Here's why my hat is prettier then their hat")
And other people believe that all things underlie God.
(Heck, sometimes they're even the same people after all)
Why would our God create?
Becuase answers create more questions
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
Oh . . . nice question! I think I'm going to learn something from reading your posts. Welcome to RF.
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
As any discussion with my daughter when she was three years old demonstrated.
Tao of Pooh
Member
Some people believe in, I think it's called a causation theory though I may be wrong. It's more of God doing the first act & setting the wheels in motion, so to speak.
Tao of Pooh
Member
Ugh, I wish I could turn off that frubal thingie. All I get are rows of red x's saying so&so's a frubal whore. It stretches the page out twice as wide as my screen!
doppelganger
Through the Looking Glass
It's the notion of the "Prime Mover" or "First Cause." It's equally a proof for the non-existence of "God the Creator" as it is a proof for the existence of "God the Creator."