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No, he never tried to "reverse his theory". And besides that he couldn't. A theory does not belong to the person that first thought of it. His mass energy equivalence is confirmed every day. Sometimes in a very dramatic fashion:
Okay. Tomorrow then.
The problem is that people that belong to churches where they do not accept the fact of evolution is that they have no idea of how it works or the evidence for it. Those that do understand almost always accept it. There are a very very few Christians that consciously believe that God is a liar. You do not believe that consciously, but even though you do not understand it that is what you do. Fear is what keeps many Christians from learning because for some odd reason they think that if they do not believe that myth (which if you did understand paints God as the bad guy) that that would mean that they were not Christians. That is simply not the case.I understand (I think) about the idea there is no "goal" to evolution. Except perhaps to survive? But again, a non-thinking principle like evolution obviously cannot have a goal. Although chickens lay eggs. That might be their goal, is it evolution, because evolution doesn't have a mind, or goal in mind, does it? Of course not. I have a feeling that I might hear about how chickens came about -- by evolution, of course. They do look like dinosaurs a little, maybe they are said to have evolved from dinosaurs? P.S. I don't KNOW how chickens came about --
Just saying...about the theory. I do mention gravity as an essential principle of existence as we know it. More I think about, the less I really understand about gravity except that it's a very powerful force. You may think/believe that gravity came about by -- physical (physics) means perhaps? I am not interested in Einstein's philosophical idea if I read right that he wanted to know HOW God DID IT...I do not believe like Einstein did (he isn't thinking now), even if I don't understand his theories right now. I believe there is a God who cares...and is the Giver of life in its ultimate passage. That means again that He does not form abnormalities, or defects, but allows it right now as a result of genetics.
You may make excuses for those 'believers' who belong to a church or religion but who also believe in the validity of the theory of evolution -- obviously you do not share that idea with them about any type of god these persons may think may exist, so I won't say any more about this. I'll try to remember that. If you want to question them, please do.
That may or may not be true about those who belong to a church who may not have an idea of how evolution works. (Is supposed to work might be a better way of expressing it). Now again, not sure exactly what you mean by God being a bad person if we believe the Bible as said. I just read something where scientists figured a meteor might have hit what was known as Sodom and linked it possibly to the description in the Bible geographically at least of the destruction of the city. Meteor destroyed ancient city, likely inspired Bible tale of Sodom, study finds
That is because you cannot allow yourself to understand it. That is from indoctrination from an early age. But we can discuss that.
I do not say I agree with the religious ideas of some scientists who disagree with the theory of evolution. I'm not sure what you mean by indoctrination from an early age. Are you referring to me? Because if you are, I can assure you, I was not seriously indoctrinated as a young person. Once I left home and went to college and thereafter I was more or less free to examine what I wanted to, and after examining various forms of religion I came to the conclusion that there must not be a God because of all the conflicting religious views with no substantial ground as far as I could see. And from a personal viewpoint, I couldn't find Him. I won't go into that now though. So I concluded, almost like Einstein who was more philosophical than I was or am, that there is no particular God, in fact I would say I didn't believe in God, didn't believe He was 'there.' I am quite sure there are scientists who have examined the question of evolution and biology more than I have who have arrived at the concluision that there IS a Creator -- . I'll stop there for now, although you ask another question perhaps to be considered in another post.
There are almost no scientists that disagree with the theory of evolution. Especially when it comes to the scientists that actually understand it. It is a a small fraction of one percent. And remember in any large enough group you are going to have some people that are either mentally ill or not that bright. The do not disagree because of the science but because of their fictitious religious beliefs. And you do show all of the signs of being indoctrinated. It happened to you some time. You very often refuse to reason logically. You did so earlier today when you made the rather foolish claim that "there is no evidence that God did not create life". Have you forgotten that argument already? Did you not realize that you compared God to a green pickle in a garage? I was quite serious with that argument. It showed how poor yours was.
God Almighty defines evil. Not you or I.
Nope. Sorry, you do not get to claim that. And that is a claim of the indoctrinated. Think about it.
Since you're talking about God whom you do not think exists anyway, you're the one defining him.
No, I am talking about the fictitious God of Genesis. I do not believe in God so I do not need to define him.
First of all, you keep calling the God you believe is fictitious as evil but give no reason for such.
No, you are not listening. I am saying that certain versions of God are fictitious or evil. It is not my fault if some of those are your version of God. Refuting some versions of God is not refuting all versions of God. That is why I asked you about the God of the Flat Earthers. Their version of God made a Flat Earth because of what the Bible says. Why would you disagree with them? You need to see if your reasoning is consistent.
What do you mean certain versions of God are fictitious or evil. I know you mentioned flat earth but personally I don't see the Bible speaks of a flat earth. I've been in discussions about this and felt that is not an interpretation that I could accept as reasonable and true. If a person wants to believe the earth is "flat," despite reason and evidence, I guess my answer now would be, have a good day.
I believe in how science works. I know its limitations. I am not afflicted by scienticism. As you said, most scientists (I am not one) also are free of scienticism. The ignoramus will do what the ignoramus do. That cannot be helped.
IMHO, all versions of Gods or Goddesses are fictitious, some are evil too. For example This I would definitely consider this as dictatorial and evil:
I know that you do not fully understand the Adam and Eve myth because you dodged a question that I asked in relation it it. The supposed failure of Adam and Eve was God's fault. He screwed up in his creation and then he blamed his creation. You cannot blame the victims, that is wha the did and that is an evil act. He was also incredibly incompetent in the myth.
Dirt is made from life, so I doubt that life sprang from dirt.
And they will do it over and over and over, which is why they remain ignorant. Once they become certain that they are right, they can no longer learn ... only defend their righteousness.
