Anyone here who doesn't believe in evolution?

[Iceland-Thule]

Is there anyone here who thinks that the Earth is 6000 years old and that everything was drowned in a great flood.
If you do please tell me how the FUCK you can ignore all the evidence in favor of evolution.

[Smunkeeville]

Selective ignorance. You know how you have to have a suspended disbelief thing going on to enjoy a movie? Some people need this to enjoy their religion.

I talked to a guy once who said if they proved that Genesis wasn't literal he would quit going to church and be an atheist. I remember being sad at how shallow his supposed faith was.

[Douchebaggerry]

There'll be the odd one or two nutters here who don't, yeah.

[Conserative Morality]

It's willful ignorance.

[Farnhamia]

Is there anyone here who thinks that the Earth is 6000 years old and that everything was drowned in a great flood.
If you do please tell me how the FUCK you can ignore all the evidence in favor of evolution.

Oh, now, come on, you can figure this out. God, the Bible, I mean, it's easy. The human mind is an amazing thing, it can ignore all kinds of information with almost no effort at all. Take women in abusive relationships, it's well documented that they can ignore the evidence of their own abuse, even though it is practiced on their own bodies, for decades. And have you read any science books? They're boring. The Bible has God and wars and sex and heroes and villans and titanic special effects, why, you'd think Hollywood came up with the plot.

[Chrobalta]

Yeah, theirs people like that here... sadly

[Conservative Ad Droid]

Well, considering both are still only theories, be that creationism and evolutionism I refrain from saying either happened definitively, and until someone comes along and proves to me that they were there and saw what actually happened, I'm going to stick with both are theories, one is simply backed by science, the other is backed by faith.

Though on a personal note I do agree that evolution happened, however, I also believe in a higher power.

[Farnhamia]

Well, considering both are still only theories, be that creationism and evolutionism I refrain from saying either happened definitively, and until someone comes along and proves to me that they were there and saw what actually happened, I'm going to stick with both are theories, one is simply backed by science, the other is backed by faith.

Though on a personal note I do agree that evolution happened, however, I also believe in a higher power.

Ah, the "only theories" gambit. I like that one. Evolution is a theory like gravity. It has a great mass of actual physical evidence for it. In fact, the "theory" is just the explanation of the evidence. Creationism, on the other hand, does not have any evidence. It is a myth drawn from sources in the Middle East about four or five thousand years ago. It explains nothing.

[Chrobalta]

One is backed by science, the other is backed by nothing. Tough Choice

[Angleter]

I believe in evolution. God only started life off and then waited for intelligent life to form. Every now and then he helped along the way- see the mass extinctions of life that used to happen (metaphor=Noah's flood).

[The Alma Mater]

Well, considering both are still only theories, be that creationism and evolutionism I refrain from saying either happened definitively, and until someone comes along and proves to me that they were there and saw what actually happened, I'm going to stick with both are theories, one is simply backed by science, the other is backed by faith.

Do note that the word "theory" has two different meanings here

I myself do not "believe" in evolution. I do however believe it is by far the best scientific theory to explain the diversity of life we currently have.

My religious beliefs on this are torn between intelligent design by the flying spaghetti monster and the creation story of the ancient Egyptians, involving the great God Atum giving himself a blowjob.

[Conservative Ad Droid]

Correct, however, technically, it is a theory, therefore I maintain it is a strong, scientifically backed theory.

[

]In fact, the "theory" is just the explanation of the evidence. Creationism, on the other hand, does not have any evidence. It is a myth drawn from sources in the Middle East about four or five thousand years ago. It explains nothing.

Partially wrong. Religion is about faith, not evidence.

[Kobrania]

I think this is a flame-bait topic.

But yeah, evolution.
Hardly anyones stupid enough to disagree in the UK, 'cept children.

[Conservative Ad Droid]

One is backed by science, the other is backed by nothing. Tough Choice

Wrong, the other is backed by faith.

[Iceland-Thule]

I believe in evolution. God only started life off and then waited for intelligent life to form. Every now and then he helped along the way- see the mass extinctions of life that used to happen (metaphor=Noah's flood).

Even though i dont think life was created by a god i have to admitt that evolution doesnt prove the existance of god wrong.

[Psybris]

I believe in evolution. God only started life off and then waited for intelligent life to form. Every now and then he helped along the way- see the mass extinctions of life that used to happen (metaphor=Noah's flood).

So to kill the dinosaurs he threw rocks at the Earth?
Eventually dinosaurs would've become fully intelligent lizard people.

[Kobrania]

Well, considering both are still only theories, be that creationism and evolutionism I refrain from saying either happened definitively, and until someone comes along and proves to me that they were there and saw what actually happened, I'm going to stick with both are theories, one is simply backed by science, the other is backed by faith.

Do note that the word "theory" has two different meanings here

I myself do not "believe" in evolution. I do however believe it is by far the best scientific theory to explain the diversity of life we currently have.

My religious beliefs on this are torn between intelligent design by the flying spaghetti monster and the creation story of the ancient Egyptians, involving the great God Atum giving himself a blowjob.

I want rule 34 on that NOW!!

[DrunkenDove]

There's no need to believe in evolution. It's like believing in erosion or condensation. It's true whether you have faith or not.

[Sarkhaan]

One is backed by science, the other is backed by nothing. Tough Choice

Wrong, the other is backed by faith.

Which, in the realm of science, is nothing.

[The Naacal]

I heard a theory somewhere that "Seven Days" were in another temporal framework. ie: a day could have represented a geological age. In that case 6,000 years could actually represent several billion. Also that 6,000 years was the start of some form of human recorded history.

If you use either of those admittedly metaphorical interpretations, then there is plenty of room for evolution to occur. And they make a lot more logical sense in general then the world being literally 6,000x365 days old.

Side note on the Flood: I once shook a guy up completely when I answered his "And all human and animal life, save that on the Ark, was destroyed" with the simple comment.

"What about the FISH?"

The mental chaos that ensued was somewhat humorous.

[Conservative Ad Droid]

I believe in evolution. God only started life off and then waited for intelligent life to form. Every now and then he helped along the way- see the mass extinctions of life that used to happen (metaphor=Noah's flood).

So to kill the dinosaurs he threw rocks at the Earth?
Eventually dinosaurs would've become fully intelligent lizard people.

Actually, I threw small rocks, the fucking scientists keep getting it wrong.

[Kobrania]

One is backed by science, the other is backed by nothing. Tough Choice

Wrong, the other is backed by faith.

Only American protestants seem to rely on faith in the western world.
Kind of a minority don't you think?
Even The Catholic Church accepted it.

[Iceland-Thule]

I believe in evolution. God only started life off and then waited for intelligent life to form. Every now and then he helped along the way- see the mass extinctions of life that used to happen (metaphor=Noah's flood).

So to kill the dinosaurs he threw rocks at the Earth?
Eventually dinosaurs would've become fully intelligent lizard people.

Some creationist think the dinosaurs drowned in the flood.
So much for takin 2 of every animal

[Conservative Ad Droid]

One is backed by science, the other is backed by nothing. Tough Choice

Wrong, the other is backed by faith.

Which, in the realm of science, is nothing.

Correct, but to construe that it is backed by nothing at all, is wrong.

[Tagmatium]

I believe in evolution. God only started life off and then waited for intelligent life to form. Every now and then he helped along the way- see the mass extinctions of life that used to happen (metaphor=Noah's flood).

So to kill the dinosaurs he threw rocks at the Earth?
Eventually dinosaurs would've become fully intelligent lizard people.

Not necessarily.

I'd like to say "No, they bloody wouldn't have!", but I can't, as my alternate universe machine isn't working.