One final point on something you just mentioned:
7 atheists out of 269 did not accept evolution, so they do exist. Acceptance of evolution is no a prerequisite to atheism, but I find that instead of the relationship being "evolution -> atheism", the relationship is "I'm an atheist, now I want to learn about the natural world -> evolution".
Certainly, I was an atheist before I had even heard about the theory of evolution, much less understood it. The poll on my blog also showed that 2/3 of my theist readers accepted evolution, which I count as further proof that evolution doesn't lead to atheism.
Quote:All atheists here who reject evolution, say “I do.”Not that this is any way a scientific poll, but I ran one on my blog last year: http://atheistblogger.com/2008/07/25/evolution-poll/
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Honestly, its not like I’m going out on a limb here, so I’m not worried that my entire argument is at risk.
7 atheists out of 269 did not accept evolution, so they do exist. Acceptance of evolution is no a prerequisite to atheism, but I find that instead of the relationship being "evolution -> atheism", the relationship is "I'm an atheist, now I want to learn about the natural world -> evolution".
Certainly, I was an atheist before I had even heard about the theory of evolution, much less understood it. The poll on my blog also showed that 2/3 of my theist readers accepted evolution, which I count as further proof that evolution doesn't lead to atheism.
