(December 23, 2011 at 6:00 am)LastPoet Wrote: Evolution doesn't have anything to do with Atheism. An Atheist is a person that rejects the claim that a god or gods exist, nothing else can be inferred from it. The word 'god' isn't even correctly defined, and for those several religions that exist in the planet that make claims about such a thing, they all fail to produce evidence towards a god or gods.
On the other hand, it is possible to believe in god and evolution, (e.g. the catholic church accepts evolution).
It peaks my curiosity, but I do know that there exist lots of mummification process that allow that. This is where your bias kicks, you want your concept of god to be true so much you'd equate that as a problem to all of evolution.
Personally, I believe what the bible says about the evidence:
Romans 1:18-20
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness;
Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God has showed it to them.
For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:
What this is saying is that there is a general revelation that God gives from the Creation itself. So this isn't really about a lack of evidence, because you and everything else around you is evidence of a creation, but rather the question is why you are suppressing the truth about it.
Mummification cannot preserve soft tissue for millions of years..it is simply impossible for it to survive that long. I am definitely interpreting this as being evidence that the age is not correct. This is because of my worldview. Everyone has a bias, because everyone has a worldview. As aleialoura said earlier, she expects there to be some kind of naturalistic explanation, whether evolution is true or not. That is the bias of a worldview, in her case, a naturalistic one.
Of all choices, atheism requires the greatest faith, as it demands that ones limited store of human knowledge is sufficient to exclude the possibility of God.
Francis Collins
Human Genome Project
Francis Collins
Human Genome Project