(July 19, 2013 at 11:39 pm)christcahinkilla Wrote:popeyespappy Wrote:Oh and where the fuck does evolution and the Big Bang figure into this again?
they are sometimes used by atheist to 'disprove' creation.
Just because an atheist argues for the Big Bang or evolution and against creationism does not make either of those things a part of atheism.
The Big Bang is a cosmological model that describes the early development of the universe. It is the model that most cosmologists believe provides the best explanation for observed facts. It is however not the only cosmological model. Many cosmologists prefer alternative theories to explain the same facts.
Evolution as defined as the changes in a gene pool over time is an observed fact. There is no debate over this. There are a few that deny this fact, but that denial is based in ignorance. Common decent, the theory that all known species are descended from a common ancestor, is but a subset of evolution. All known relevant facts support both evolution in general, and common decent in particular. To put it another way no known relevant facts conflict with either evolution or common decent.
So if you have an alternative theory to explain the diversity of life then please feel free to share it with us. But please be aware that even if you somehow manage to disprove common decent it neither disproves evolution in general nor proves goddidit unless you can actually prove that god did indeed do it.
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