...than the debate about Evolution or Creation. Is the question of the psychology involved in denying the obvious facts.
I have been able to demonstrate the mechanics of evolution directly, but have still been met with the biblical wall of denial.
It seems to me that the true reason for the apparent refusal to see what is set out in front of them is that if they start to see that perhaps the good book may be wrong in some regard then perhaps their entire faith comes under question.
Doubt is the true enemy of the faithful.
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faith22% Voted for by Mujtaba H Zaidi, ohsweetie2788.
people won’t believe in evolution becuz they are comforted by the thought of God and life after death in a happy place…we are not ready for a different reason…we are afraid of death and we need God to ease the pain…
Ash
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Evolution in harmony with God22% Voted for by ennoia, forgottenangel1.
How on earth does evolution undermine God? You can have a divine creator/force AND evolution. The only thing evolution undermines is the Bible, and the more I see people hopelessly trying to defend the book, the more it becomes obvious that the Bible is little to do with God at all...
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...i have asked similar questions (though less eloquent)...Voted for by Crazyhead.
i think that it is deeper than defending a belief...
christianity seems to have this mob-mentality attached to it that hates change... it's not that is threatens the bible at all, it just that "other christians have said evolution is wrong and i dont have the time or the drive to read the damn book so i'll just agree with them because they probably know what their talking about"
it is not defending a belief, as much as defending a tradition of blindly following in their "fathers" (biblical, religious, or genetic) footsteps...
you must understand that thought is a threat to the christian dogma... this is not my opinion, this is fact... the word heretic, a name given to those who threaten dogma, literally means "to think"...
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IFwe are to look at this in a psychological prosective, it is because of people manufacture evidence to prove either side wrong, which ends up being a stalemateVoted for by Kazrith.
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This debateGets older and older.Voted for by TeChNoWC.
1) There is no definitive proof of evolution yadda yadda. If I were to look at the mechanics of the matter, I probably would go with evolution, however, as Weydon has so often demonstrated, this does not solve the problem of how the universe, nay, even the concept of universe itself, came to be. Though, I still give some credit to intelligent design debate. I do not adhere to it, but it has shown effectively (evolution of detriment and contained physical adaptation to environment) that evolution may not be true and has not been proven.
2) The Bible gives way to a mysticism that transcends the ordinary perspective of what is seen is all there is. As the Bible shows a day old adult bearing the years of a 30 year old man, and the belly button of birth, so too may the earth bear the tell tale signs of a supposed, (if you are narrow of mind), vastly old earth with a process for creation (that explains only back to the creation of life, not energy). -
wellin my opinion most ppl believe in evolution because they want to live their lives in the manner which they want to.Voted for by HidetoT12.
just remember that evolution is still a theory its not fact.
if you wanna see something scientific that doesn't compliment the "theory" of evolution at all then check out these links
http://www.creationevidence.org/scientific_evid/se_evidn4.html
http://www.creationevidence.org/cemframes.html
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Selifsh Christians!
So the reason Christians believe in God is so they can go to heaven? That's exceedingly selfish, isn't it? Makes the phrase "good-Christian" rather paradoxical...Energizer Bunny
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Applehead
August 3, 2007
How about those who have felt the presence of God since childhood and would live for God's Word be there heaven or not simply because they Love their creator and would die for Him.
Christians are human, we all (including non-Christians) fall short but the difference is endurance, repentance and Exaltation of the Lord our God.
Molzahn
October 20, 2007
sadly alkida suicide bombers come to mind...
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October 20, 2007
Molzahn
October 22, 2007
-a pacifist might see everyone else as extreme.
Applehead
October 22, 2007
Im sure most pacifists are simply equipped with the intelligence to recognise a universal moral code which involves the art of loving without condition. This I believe also involves understanding that we are all human and all have the potential to spiritually mature. Which also provides the sense to realise that innocent people should not be murdered because they are of different religion.
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October 22, 2007
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on the catholic end of christianity, they are pretty much taught to punish themselves in guilt for jesus' sacrifice; and if they are not humble and remorseful, god's mercy does not extend to them. By extention, is god still not punishing them?
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October 22, 2007
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November 5, 2007
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do not make promises you will not keep
proof of evolution. easy!let me use an example that you can find on the internet in a few miliseconds.
antibiotic resistant bacteria. ever heard of it? i'll explain it to you, the process that is.
we start with a regular collection of bacterium swimming around in your throat. a few days later you have strepthroat. the doctor prescribes you penicillin. you dont take it like the doctor ordered (you feel better, why waste it?). but a few days later your sick again and the penicillin isnt working. what happened?
you killed all the bacterium who were succeptable to the penicillin when you were on it, but there were a few bacterium that it didnt affect because they have a different molecular bond somewhere in their cell wall. now while you feel better these remaining few bacterium divide and become a whole colony of bacterium, you caugh on your hand and open a door. now some poor bloke comes along and opens the door and the bacteria gets inside of him (the resistant kind) and he gets sick (really badly).
the bacteria in you is different from all the others and, as you can see, has a better chance of surviving in a new habitat (your body with penicillin) then the original bacteria because of that genetic difference in a chemical bond.
voila, a small part of evolution.
oh, and by the way, it is called a theory because the time in which evolution in a large scale (the difference between species) is so great, it cannot be called a law. that and because biological species do not behave in the same fashion everytime like adding or dividing numbers do.
Kazrith
November 5, 2007
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do not make promises you will not keep
proof of evolution. easy!let me use an example that you can find on the internet in a few miliseconds.
antibiotic resistant bacteria. ever heard of it? i'll explain it to you, the process that is.
we start with a regular collection of bacterium swimming around in your throat. a few days later you have strepthroat. the doctor prescribes you penicillin. you dont take it like the doctor ordered (you feel better, why waste it?). but a few days later your sick again and the penicillin isnt working. what happened?
you killed all the bacterium who were succeptable to the penicillin when you were on it, but there were a few bacterium that it didnt affect because they have a different molecular bond somewhere in their cell wall. now while you feel better these remaining few bacterium divide and become a whole colony of bacterium, you caugh on your hand and open a door. now some poor bloke comes along and opens the door and the bacteria gets inside of him (the resistant kind) and he gets sick (really badly).
the bacteria in you is different from all the others and, as you can see, has a better chance of surviving in a new habitat (your body with penicillin) then the original bacteria because of that genetic difference in a chemical bond.
voila, a small part of evolution.
oh, and by the way, it is called a theory because the time in which evolution in a large scale (the difference between species) is so great, it cannot be called a law. that and because biological species do not behave in the same fashion everytime like adding or dividing numbers do.
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