(May 21, 2015 at 12:23 pm)Freedom4me Wrote:(May 21, 2015 at 7:29 am)Bad Wolf Wrote: Evolution is not a story about creation. It only adresses the changes over time of organisms that exist or existed. The theory you are talking about abiogenesis.
Yes, I guess you're right. But it is kind of fascinating that so many Darwinists seem to think that Darwin's story means that no god is necessary in order to explain the existence of living things.
This is a conflation that many theists make, that since atheists so often accept evolution, they are doing so in place of god, but that's not true. I accept evolution because over a century of scientific endeavor has proven it to be a truthful representation of how organic life diversifies on this planet. If I were to convert to religion tomorrow, I would still accept that evolution is a real phenomenon because all of that evidence and testing will not suddenly vanish. There are also, of course, many theists- the majority of theists- that manage to accept evolution while still believing in their respective gods, too.
Calling us Darwinists is a reflection of how little you know about evolution too, by the way; Darwin's models have long been known to be flawed in many ways, and the modern theory of evolution, the synthesis model, is far removed, and far more detailed, than anything Darwin could have imagined. Thinking that acceptance of evolution makes one a Darwinist is roughly equivalent to calling all pilots Wrightians; both subjects have come a long, long way from their originators, to the point that it's nonsensical and highly old-fashioned to expect to be able to harken back to the beginning every time you meet someone who accepts either concept as true.
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