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What benefit would it be for me to renounce God and creation and embrace Atheism and evolution?
For that matter what benefit is derived by anyone choosing Atheism and Evolution over God and Creation?
1) You do not have to renounce god to accept evolution -- as I am sure many people have pointed out. They are not now, nor have they ever been, mutually exclusive.
2) I don't think that one should make a life-choice concerning religious belief (and athiesm is a religous stance) based upon any perceived benefit. One should investigate the matter, and find the world-view that best fits ones own understanding and experience of the world. There is one very big proviso; do NOT cling to that view as though it were fact. By its very nature adherence to any set of religious beliefs is a matter of faith and choice. None of us can know whether we are right.
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