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vegan atheist indy
- Sep 27, 2008
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It is fallacious to say evolutionists attack creationists, and leave it at that. It is actually creationists who have been attacking and trying to deface and debunk science since its inception. Any explanations that rivaled the churches were banished. It seems as if theists are programmed to believe they are the victims When in fact, they are the insecure aggressors.
Exactly. Creationism was, ironically, created in order to create a pretense that it rivaled the science of evolution. Creationism is a slight of hand, a trick trying to portray biblical stories as worthy of scientific and intellectual merit. Creationists are just flim flam men, nothing else.
I think the US is the only country in the world, certainly the only modern Western culture, that has a faction questioning the theory of evolution and trying to replace it in education with a flim flam theory like creationism. What is wrong with the USA?
I agree, however, I think there is cause and room for empathy, because they sincerely and deeply believe in something that contradicts modern science completely, if we are talking Intelligent Design to replace Evolution as an accepted theory by science. They are forced to present their beliefs using invalid arguments and non-scientific methods, and try their hardest to make it seem legitimate in front of the world, but can't do it. Imo, They should ditch beliefs for which there is no evidence, and scale back their interpretation of the bible to completely allow for modern science, removing all conflict. Many prominent christian thinkers are able to so this (ie., WL Craig, Ken Miller). Then they wouldn't have to put so much energy into this silly cause of theirs that they think is divinely inspired, and that they are fighting "for god" against the devil, in some manifestation, whether literal or figurative. They seem to paint themselves as the victim, which is ironic, considering they are trying to force their beliefs onto everyone, when there is no evidence to back up their mythology, or any scientific basis for distinguishing their religious account of the world from that of the Hindus, Muslims, ancient Greeks. None have any evidence. The bible does not correlate with Science whatsoever, and was obviously written by people who had no clue about the universe. To trust their opinion and put creationism in schools is therefore, truly narcissistic.
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