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Author Topic:   What we must accept if we accept evolution
Funkaloyd
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Message 3 of 318 (280482)
01-21-2006 9:04 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by robinrohan
01-21-2006 6:33 AM


I don't see how the Theory of Evolution necessitates the belief in any of those any more than the Special Theory of Relativity does. Certainly, the ToE fits better with atheism than with many specific kinds of theism (Biblical literalism, for example) but that doesn't mean that it and theism are mutually exclusive.
I think it comes down to whether one is inclined to either believe in things for which we do not have evidence (faith), maintain an open mind on such things (agnosticism), or disbelieve in them. If you're the latter sort of person, then yes, you probably should sympathize with materialism, atheism and nihilism. Determinism is arguable.

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Funkaloyd
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Message 51 of 318 (280597)
01-21-2006 8:57 PM
Reply to: Message 49 by joshua221
01-21-2006 6:26 PM


Question for prophex and robinrohan:
Does acceptance of the germ theory of disease necessarily preclude the belief in the supernatural?

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