Argument #1: Transitional Fossils

[Confused Ape]

All I can go by is how my life changed when I became a believer. You might say, well, that was just all in his mind. Well, I believe it was supernatural. We may have to agree to disagree on that one.

Belief in God has nothing to do with evolution. People can accept evolution and still believe in God. Millions of Christians do.

Francis Collins converted to Christianity but he didn't ditch evolution in the process. This is an in depth interview with him where he relates how he came to believe in God and miracles. I'm only going to quote bits from further on in the article, though, because this is where he explains how he can believe in God and miracles while still accepting evolution.

The Question Of God - Francis Collins

COLLINS: If God is who God claims to be, and who I believe he is, then he is not explainable in natural terms. He is outside the natural world; outside of space and time. So if God chose to intervene from time to time in the natural world by allowing the occurrence of miraculous events, I don't see why that is an illogical possibility. Once one accepts that idea that there could be something outside the natural, then miracles also become possible. Lewis writes about this extremely well in his little book called Miracles.

However, I don't think miracles happen frequently. It seems to me reading the Bible there were times when miracles were occurring at greater frequency, such as in the time of Moses or Elijah or the time of Christ. I have not personally witnessed a spiritual miracle.

People can still believe that Jesus rose from the dead while accepting evolution.

He concludes with -

I think God gave us an opportunity through the use of science to understand the natural world. The idea that some are asking people to disbelieve our scientific data in order to prove that they believe in God is so unnecessary.

If God chose to create you and me as natural and spiritual beings, and decided to use the mechanism of evolution to accomplish that goal, I think that's incredibly elegant. And because God is outside of space and time, He knew what the outcome was going to be right at the beginning. It's not as if there was a chance it wouldn't work. So where, then, is the discordancy that causes so many people to see these views of science and of spirit as being incompatible? In me, they both exist. They both exist at the same moment in the day. They're not compartmentalized. They are entirely compatible. And they're part of who I am.

You're on an atheist forum so most of the people here don't believe in God. If, however, you were on a lot of Christian forums you'd get the same reception if you used Answers In Genesis as so called proof that evolution is wrong.

We believe Jesus, the Son of God, always was. He took on humanity apx. 2014 years ago.

This belief doesn't rely on evolution being wrong. Millions of Christians believe the above while still accepting evolution.

I can accept that changes happen over time...from slime to scientist is undigestible

In other words you don't like the idea that evolution is how God did it so you're grasping at any old rubbish in hope of proving that science is wrong.

Is the harsh truth is that once you die your dead, that's it, you no longer exist?

Whether or not we continue after death has nothing to do with evolution. Millions of Christians who accept evolution still believe what Christianity teaches about death.

Evolution is no threat to anyone's faith in God and Jesus. This includes your own faith.