RE: Why are you an Atheist?
December 15, 2019 at 2:13 pm
(This post was last modified: December 15, 2019 at 2:13 pm by Simon Moon.)
(December 15, 2019 at 12:57 pm)maxolla Wrote:(December 15, 2019 at 3:57 am)Gae Bolga Wrote: No faith is necessary to not believe in something. Say, creation. Meanwhile, evolutionary biology is an observed fact, which also does not require any belief.
So you are a billion years old and observed evolution?
We don't need personal observation to demonstrate much of observed reality. For example, if we always required direct observation, how would we ever convict murderers?
There so many lines of evidence to support evolution, for example: comparative anatomy, DNA, fossils, and more, that it is about as well supported theory* in all of science.
Dr. Francis Collins, ex head of the Human Genome Project, and evangelical Christian, says that the DNA evidence alone is enough to support evolution and common ancestry. Same with Dr. Kenneth Miller, another leading biologist and Christian.
By the way, evolution is still ongoing. It is not something of the past. Just google "Italian wall lizard evolution" for just one example.
*should we expect the 'it's only a theory' canard from this poster?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
