RE: Question for the theist
March 31, 2014 at 9:22 am
(This post was last modified: March 31, 2014 at 9:22 am by ManMachine.)
(March 23, 2014 at 7:41 pm)xr34p3rx Wrote: How do you account for the different races in humanity if your god created only 1 pair of humans in the beginning? wouldnt that require some evolution even if you dont agree with the theory completely?
saying god made it that way doesnt count, that is an assertion and you have to back it up anyway.
Ideas like 'race' and 'species' are a mirage. Any decent Darwinist knows that all species are afloat on a genetic tide. Subtle and imperceptible, the impermanence of the genetic drift is the machinery of evolution.
The notion of species is a convenience, an anchor that approximates the real world into our rigid conceptual constructs.
When you can determine the exact nature of 'species' you can have your cake and eat it.
Same argument for the god-botherers too.
MM
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"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
