RE: Why do atheists claim that the concept of God is so unlikely
December 28, 2016 at 4:29 pm
(This post was last modified: December 28, 2016 at 4:34 pm by CanOfMountainDew.)
You not knowing how evolution works is not evidence for a god. That's called a 'god of the gaps fallacy', or an 'argument from ignorance fallacy.' You're arguing that because you're ignorant of how some thing is caused, any explanation you throw at it (i.e. god) is just as likely as any other. This is, of course, not true; therefore the fallacy.
"Biological changes where a living entity can be observed to be changing into something different"
^That's not evolution.
Evolution works because of natural selection, and natural selection works like this:
1. There is variation in traits.
For example, some beetles are green and some are brown.
2. There is differential reproduction.
Since the environment can't support unlimited population growth, not all individuals get to reproduce to their full potential. In this example, green beetles tend to get eaten by birds and survive to reproduce less often than brown beetles do.
3. There is heredity.
The surviving brown beetles have brown baby beetles because this trait has a genetic basis.
4. End result:
The more advantageous trait, brown coloration, which allows the beetle to have more offspring, becomes more common in the population. If this process continues, eventually, all individuals in the population will be brown.
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_25
"Biological changes where a living entity can be observed to be changing into something different"
^That's not evolution.
Evolution works because of natural selection, and natural selection works like this:
1. There is variation in traits.
For example, some beetles are green and some are brown.
2. There is differential reproduction.
Since the environment can't support unlimited population growth, not all individuals get to reproduce to their full potential. In this example, green beetles tend to get eaten by birds and survive to reproduce less often than brown beetles do.
3. There is heredity.
The surviving brown beetles have brown baby beetles because this trait has a genetic basis.
4. End result:
The more advantageous trait, brown coloration, which allows the beetle to have more offspring, becomes more common in the population. If this process continues, eventually, all individuals in the population will be brown.
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/evo_25
