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False dichotomy? What about the logically valid and evidence based belief the universe hatched from a cosmic egg via hindu beliefs.Its the book of Genesis VS. atheistic evolutionary theory.
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False dichotomy? What about the logically valid and evidence based belief the universe hatched from a cosmic egg via hindu beliefs.Its the book of Genesis VS. atheistic evolutionary theory.
False dichotomy? What about the logically valid and evidence based belief the universe hatched from a cosmic egg via hindu beliefs.
I think Atheism is falsifiable.
Okay well if you falsify Atheism then you still have the cosmic egg to contend with genesisI think Atheism is falsifiable.
I think Atheism is falsifiable.
What do you mean by falsifiable? Take care here. Do you mean that you can imagine evidence that could prove atheism false? Or do you mean that you can actually provide evidence and prove atheism false.I think Atheism is falsifiable.
If you say so . .
I think Atheism is falsifiable.
Atheism doesn't posit a belief, it's a rejection of a belief. So, in what sense can it be falsifiable?
Atheism doesn't posit a belief, it's a rejection of a belief. So, in what sense can it be falsifiable?
What in the world are you talking about???It can be used as a philosophy in all sorts of ways ~ in science and explaining origins.
There is faith & reason.
I dunno, it seemed from the story like Christian Doc assumed that because his instructor only gave one quick example that there must be NO examples and things just kinda snowballed from there.
But, is evolution falsifiable?
I have read with interest that people here dismiss Intelligent Design as unscientific because it can not predict anything, therefore it is not falsifiable, therefore it is not scientific.
But, is evolution falsifiable?
What does it predict?
My understanding was that it initially was thought to give rise to millions of intermediate species, which should be found in the fossil record. So Darwin died in the hope that the fossil record would show that there are millions of intermediates. Species would take millions of years to develop.
What do we find?
There are few if not no intermediate species in the fossil record.
The Cambrian explosion.
So, is evolution shown to be false?
Nope, the theory just evolves! Evolution now happens very quickly when it needs to.
So - what evidence would need to be uncovered to disprove/falsify evolution?
Um, no, that wouldn't do it (make it go "POOF"). That would only necessitate a revisiting of prior evidence, and further investigation.Yes, it`s easily falsifiable.
All you have to do is find a single mammal fossil in the pre-Cambrian and "POOF" evolution is history.(Never gonna happen though)
Hi All,
Think about my journey through education. I had basic biology teaching at A level suggesting that mutations resulting in small variations over time can lead to speciation and can explain the diversity of life around us. At that time I thought this was entirely plausible.
Then I go to medical school. We had lectures on genetics, with particular attention to mutations - particularly relevant to medicine of course.
At the end of one of the lectures (I forget which one) a question was asked by one of the students, I think he was a Muslim guy. "You have just taught us about many mutations resulting in disease that are currently taking place. Can you name any that are resulting in an improvement?"
The answer (admittedly off the cuff but I am pretty sure he gets this asked a lot) was examples such as sickle cell trait. He then had to go to the world of viruses.
However, the overwhelming impression that I was left with was that mutations that we see in the human population are almost without exception result in early death (miscarriage, neonatal, early childhood) or severe impairment or mild impairment. None that I am aware of in humans result in an improvement.