Why there is no reason to believe in evolution

[Thumpalumpacus]

So this guy claims there is no need for people to believe in biological evolution and not because it's true or not, but because they were "indoctrinated" into it and they didn't read a book about it but only heard some untrue stuff about how it works.

One really wonders if the OP is a troll or a complete moron.

False-dichotomy problem here.

[Rev. Rye]

Most people believe in evolution because they were taught or indoctrinated into believing so, via a mass education system which provides just the bare minimum needed to get people up to the level of being able to fill out a job application. Just as how if they had been born in the middle ages and been taught to believe that the earth was the sentence of the universe, they would be believing that too.

I mean, sure, there are evolutionary biologists who've spent time studying it, and people who've actually read science books on their own, but the average person likely hasn't. Not to mention that much popular information about evolution may be outdated and unreliable, possibly dating as far back as the Victorian era, and wouldn't even be up to the level of cutting edge information about evolution and physical sciences anyway, so what little information about evolution that they possess may be entirely unreliable.

Therefore, my conclusion is that there is no reason for many people to believe in evolution, unless they're merely a sheep and mindless believe and parrot everything that they were taught as a child.

So, your argument is that because the common person hasn’t kept up with all the cutting edge discoveries in a field, then what little they did learn must be false and they’re a sheep for thinking it’s accurate.

You do know that, even knowing little about your theology, I could probably say the same thing about that as well, right? Like, for instance, if you believe in Hell, I could point out how most verses you can cite to support that idea originally use the name “Gehenna,” which is now known to be an actual place on Earth, specifically The Valley of Hinnom, a place with a history as both a site of human sacrifice and (likely) a garbage dump.

[Paleophyte]

Most people believe in evolution because they were taught or indoctrinated into believing so, via a mass education system which provides just the bare minimum needed to get people up to the level of being able to fill out a job application. Just as how if they had been born in the middle ages and been taught to believe that the earth was the sentence of the universe, they would be believing that too.

I mean, sure, there are evolutionary biologists who've spent time studying it, and people who've actually read science books on their own, but the average person likely hasn't. Not to mention that much popular information about evolution may be outdated and unreliable, possibly dating as far back as the Victorian era, and wouldn't even be up to the level of cutting edge information about evolution and physical sciences anyway, so what little information about evolution that they possess may be entirely unreliable.

Therefore, my conclusion is that there is no reason for many people to believe in evolution, unless they're merely a sheep and mindless believe and parrot everything that they were taught as a child.

Most people believe in religion because they were taught or indoctrinated into believing so...

Fixed that for you.

We aren't your precious strawmen. I have degrees in biology and geology and have done my own geochron work on rocks that formed over 3 billion years ago. Let me know if you want to know more. Until then, kindly understand that you're engaging in equivocation. The word 'evolution' refers to both the theory and the phenomenon that the theory explains. Stating that evolution doesn't exist because some of your poorly-educated brethren can't grasp the more subtle nuances is as sensible as suggesting that gravity doesn't exist because Einstein was able to improve on Newton's work.