The Problem with Christians

[pocaracas]

First, you're lying.
You chose god because you got used to it. By parents, teachers, or whatever... society in general. You believed there was a god.
Then, when presented with evolution, your pre-ingrained notion of god was a bit at odds with it... and your mind decided to solve the dissonance by ditching the newcomer.

Is your notion of god accepting of you lying?

While it may be true that children learn about God from parents and teachers, etc., this does not account for the atheists who come to believe that God exists. Their upbringing, society's pull notwithstanding, includes learning all the standard arguments against theism from their parents  and (let's be honest)an increasingly hostile cadre of atheist professors.

The great majority believe due to childhood indoctrination.
Others due to societal pressures.
Others due to blank sheet impressed by some traumatic event in their lives.
And there are many other reasons... but the main gist is: if that bulk of indoctrinated people didn't exist, the others would very likely not follow suit so easily.
Hence, indoctrination seems to be the main cause for all believers, even if indirectly.

But putting that aside, why is it the case the one's notion of God is at odds with evolution? Mine isn't. The Catholic Church's isn't. You must have some bible-thumping, fundamentalist caricature in mind...

I don't know why it is put at odds.... it seems AAA and AJ think it it does and are here trying their darnest to discredit evolution, so they can shoehorn their pet imaginary friend as the cause of it all, in a clear god-of-the-gaps fashion.

I think I pointed that out right on the first or second day that AJ was here on the forum... but it still hasn't made it into his brain.... maybe I was ineffective at conveying the futility of that line of reasoning...