Seven Reasons it's easier to Believe in God than to Accept Evolution

[Sunstone]

Interesting article. Can you think of other reasons it's easier for us to believe in god than it is for us to accept evolution?

 

[Monk Of Reason]

Those seem to be dead on and it was very informative. I liked the article. I also liked that they did bring in the emotional level in which people don't "want" to accept evolution. We see this in other things and everyone is guilty of it at some point in time weather it be for the way they like a certain political view and hold it to be true or as small as swearing that they thought they remembered the score to a football game a few years ago.

 

[Riverwolf]

Don't really feel like reading the whole article at this time, but looking at the bolded reasons, speaking as a theist who fully accepts evolution, I'd say they're spot on.

 

[idav]

From the article, unable to fathom vast time scales is a big one I think. In any persons limited view it is much easier to just say the earth is very young, and simly ignore the billions of years of evidence we didnt get to experience.

 

[Alceste]

Great read. I agree with the whole shebang.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

Interesting article.

Very - a bit of Atran revisited. Thanks.

 

[Parsimony]

That makes sense, but I still think one of the biggest reasons that it is rejected by so many Christians is because it doesn't line up with a literal interpretation of Genesis. I can almost guarantee you that if the Bible was silent about the origins of the Universe, life and humanity that many more fundamentalists would be accepting of evolution than currently is the case.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

I find that people often have a hard time accepting what they aren't capable of understanding.

 

[Sabour]

It is not important which is easier, the important thing is which idea is the truth.


And what about the word "easier" in the title? It suggests that evolution theory was only created to have an alternative to believing in God. It sounds like hey don't believe in God and think about the matter, believe in evolution.

 

[outhouse]

It sounds like hey don't believe in God and think about the matter, believe in evolution.

Evolution is fact.

God is not.


We cannot even say god exist outside imagination and mythology. As we see man and only man defining the concept.

And all men describe it differently based on culture, geographic location, and time period.


Thanks for playing

 

[Thruve]

Evolution is fact.

God is not.


We cannot even say god exist outside imagination and mythology. As we see man and only man defining the concept.

And all men describe it differently based on culture, geographic location, and time period.


Thanks for playing

Oh Gawd, hes at it again.

Your spirit never dies, my child.
Thats the labor of love.

 

[Sabour]

Evolution is fact.

God is not.


We cannot even say god exist outside imagination and mythology. As we see man and only man defining the concept.

And all men describe it differently based on culture, geographic location, and time period.


Thanks for playing

You always assume victory when you do nothing but stating your opinion.


Dude, listen to others points of view and discuss things.

If you don't want to do this with me than fine. But try doing it with others.



Evolution is not a fact. That is why it is called "THEORY of evolution"

 

[Bunyip]

One answer

Evolution is a fact. The theory of evolution explains the fact.

Evolution is a fact proven by direct observation of allele frequency changes over time. Theory is how the facts are explained - theories are superior to facts.

 

[FunctionalAtheist]

Evolution is not a fact. That is why it is called "THEORY of evolution"

Obviously one huge reason some have difficulty in accepting evolution as fact is they can't comprehend the incredibly simple concept of theory.

 

[Sabour]

One answer

Evolution is a fact. The theory of evolution explains the fact.

Evolution is a fact proven by direct observation of allele frequency changes over time. Theory is how the facts are explained - theories are superior to facts.

Well if we are talking about terms, I disagree.

The meaning of a word theory is something that is not proven.

A fact is proven.

I agree that observation would turn a theory into a fact but I don't think that observation actually took place.

 

[Sabour]

Obviously one huge reason some have difficulty in accepting evolution as fact is they can't comprehend the incredibly simple concept of theory.

Lol

No we have beyond vocabulary or a "word meaning" reasons. I can assure you

 

[Willamena]

Interesting article. Can you think of other reasons it's easier for us to believe in god than it is for us to accept evolution?

I can't think of any reason why it's difficult to accept evolution.

 

[Riverwolf]

It suggests that evolution theory was only created to have an alternative to believing in God.

I don't see that suggestion. It certainly wouldn't be historically accurate; Darwin wasn't an atheist; he denied himself that label, applying instead agnostic.

Plenty of people who accept evolution are also theists, of many varieties.

 

[Viker]

Well if we are talking about terms, I disagree.

The meaning of a word theory is something that is not proven.

A fact is proven.

I agree that observation would turn a theory into a fact but I don't think that observation actually took place.

You obviously misunderstand or ignore the scientific method. Once again, a scientific theory explains an observed and tested fact. A scientific theory is not the same thing as the misuse of the word theory in common every day discussion.

 

[Viker]

Interesting article. Can you think of other reasons it's easier for us to believe in god than it is for us to accept evolution?

Great article, btw.