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Author Topic:   Motivation for Denying God and Accepting Evolution
jar
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Message 8 of 39 (673258)
09-17-2012 7:02 PM


Evolution is a FACT.
Evolution is a FACT just as it is a FACT that on earth we have periods of light followed by periods of darkness.
There is simply no discussion possible about whether or not Evolution happened. It did. To question whether or not Evolution is a fact is no different than questioning whether or not on Earth we have periods of light followed by periods of darkness.
The question is, "What is the explanation for the Fact of Evolution?"
Down through history many attempts have been made to explain the facts seen; there is the "Parent" myths where everything is the product of the union of two gods; the "Orderer" that finds Chaos and lines everything up and the "Travel" myths where life emerges from some other realm, under ground, the skies, a cave.
They were all attempts to explain the FACT of Evolution.
The only answer so far that best explains the fact of Evolution is called the Theory of Evolution.
The FACT of Evolution and the Theory of Evolution are two separate things and should not be confused.
While the FACT that life evolved is ageless, the Theory of Evolution has changed over time as new evidence and techniques are introduced.
Accepting the FACT of Evolution requires no more zeal than accepting the FACT that there is Day and Night.
No one simply accepts the Theory of Evolution, rather it is the very Evolutionists that constantly challenge it and when new techniques become available use those new techniques to test the Theory of Evolution yet again and to change it where it does not stand up to critical analysis.

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Message 14 of 39 (673442)
09-19-2012 12:43 PM
Reply to: Message 13 by Genologist
09-19-2012 12:31 PM


Re: Evolution is a FACT.
Fortunately what you think has no bearing on reality.
The Reality is that all the available evidence supports the FACT that evolution happened and is happening today.
Abiogenesis is irrelevant to discussing the FACT of evolution.
The Theory of Evolution is NOT simply someone's opinion or interpretation, it is the ONLY theory that explains the variety of life seen today.

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jar
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Message 16 of 39 (673444)
09-19-2012 12:55 PM
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09-19-2012 12:47 PM


Re: Evolution is a FACT.
That whole argument is just plain silly.
I can dislike accountability, even deny accountability, but that has nothing to do with whether or not I will be held accountable, whether speaking of some deity or secular authority.
That argument is simply another totally red herring, palm the pea conman spiel to divert attention from the real issue which is that there is no Theory of Creation.

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Message 27 of 39 (673633)
09-20-2012 6:23 PM
Reply to: Message 24 by Genologist
09-20-2012 6:08 PM


Re: Evolution is a FACT.
By the way, could somebody please explain how the simple common ancestor life form, traditionally taught as being the "humble" amoeba could have 290 billion units of DNA- some one hundred times that of the human being when evolution clearly teaches a progression in complexity (and a gaining of genetic information) from simple life forms to the most complex such as yours truly!
It's really simple.
Today's amoeba is the evolved amoeba not the common ancestor and evolution does not teach a progression in complexity or gaining genetic information except in the misrepresentations of Creationists.
The explanation is that you have no idea of what the Theory of Evolution says.
It really is that simple.
Also the god folk deny, in fact laugh about, is simply the picayune little caricature of a God that the Creationists try to market. The god you are trying to market gets rejected because YOU insist on tying the god you created to things that have been shown to be wrong. When Christians or any other religion insist on being wrong about the simple things that can be easily tested and checked like the Fact of Evolution, the Theory of Evolution, the fact that the Biblical Flood never happened, that the universe is old, how can you expect them to take those things that are hard to test or verify like the existence of the god you are marketing?

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