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Evolution != Atheism (re: the Rejection of Theism in Evolution)

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robinrohan
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Message 20 of 178 (170837)
12-22-2004 2:40 PM 		Reply to: Message 15 by Jazzns
12-22-2004 9:12 AM

Re: Good topic
I think if we mean "God" in the Judeo-Christian sense, and if you take evolution to include the idea that there is no such thing as the "human mind" (that it's all physical) then you would also have to be an atheist (a disbeliever in the Judeo-Christian version of God).
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Why this might be the case:
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If there is no mind, there is no free will.
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If there is no free will, there is no sin.
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If there is no sin, the concept of God as the Judger of humans would be meaningless.
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12-22-2004 4:13 PM 		Reply to: Message 24 by Jazzns
12-22-2004 3:46 PM

Re: Good topic
Jazzns writes:
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I can believe in the biological evolution of species and still believe that I have a "mind" and a "soul" and believe that there is a greater power through Christ that caused all this to happen.
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Now we are getting to the heart of the matter in my opinion.
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When did this human mind/soul come to be? Did the human mind/soul "evolve"? Or did God install it at some point?
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If it evolved in a natural way, it's hard to see, from a scientific point of view, how it could have. (Perhaps we can assume that "mind" and "soul" are the same thing, for the sake of simplicity).
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