Enmos
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Couldn't that be dangerous ?Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.
Couldn't that be dangerous ?Never consider yourself the cause of the results of your activities, and never be attached to not doing your duty.
Now you're talking.geoff said:It can still occur over the more complex system described above, but in ways that are less predictable and require more funding.
Because in science they are the strident voices you hear.
And they are creating a whole generation of people on both sides who believe they are right.
Right about what? "Creating a whole generation?"
What about the countless religious nut schools (and home schoolers) that are creating a whole generation of people that think evolution is wrong?
The coin is the fact that certain major scientific theories directly conflict with the specifically theistic beliefs of a very large number (probably a majority) of Abrahamic theists.SAM said:What about the countless religious nut schools (and home schoolers) that are creating a whole generation of people that think evolution is wrong?
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Two sides of the same coin.
Acceptance and understanding of it seems to, however.SAM said:Whether you frame evolution as theistic or atheistic, you're wrong. It has nothing to do with either belief.
Acceptance and understanding of it seems to, however.
You just don't meet very many people who reject Darwinian theory because it conflicts with their atheistic beliefs.
Well, you can certainly argue that a majority of people not believing in it are theists. At the least, there would be a theological objection to naturalistic evolution.
I've never met an atheistic person who had rejected any scientific hypothesis, even, because of their specifically atheistic beliefs.SAM said:Do they give the same attention to anything other than evolution?
Theists have centuries of science conflicting with their beliefs. They get over it, atheists are only in the picture now because they think they finally have a creed. I wonder how many of them actually care about the science.
Whether you frame evolution as theistic or atheistic, you're wrong. It has nothing to do with either belief.
A lot of Christians think that it has everything to do with their belief. Their belief says that humans are a special, one-off direct creation of God. The idea that we evolved and share a common ancestor with other primates is taken as a direct assault on their faith. This is particularly the case for fundamentalists who believe in the literal truth of the Genesis story, complete with Adam being made in God's image, Eve springing from Adam's rib, talking snakes, the Tree of Knowledge and the whole shebang.
If you're a moderate Christian, then for you evolution and your religion may be quite compatible. A moderate Christian might, for example, accept that the Genesis story is an allegory and morality tale, as well as a warning to obey God, but not the literal truth. Such a Christian could believe in evolution and his or her religion with minimal, if any, conflict.