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Originally Posted by Millie  I don't care if it's the Abrahamic God, the Hindu gods, or freaking Quetzalcoatl. It's just silly creation myths that are fine, and have their place, and certainly comfort people. But there is no basis for fact behind any of that stuff |
That's a stellar statement of arrogance. You "believe" there is no basis of fact. I doubt you are all-knowing though. Apparently billions of people in this world would disagree with you, along with not a few in the scientific community who have multiple advanced degrees and years of research in their respective fields. It must be nice to fully exalt your belief system over that of another by claiming with finality that there is no basis of fact in it.
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Science is inquiry into the observable and the real; religion is inquiry into the unseen and the spiritual. Those two fields of thought can exist side by side, but we shouldn't start allowing one side to dictate the affairs of the other.
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Please illuminate me on what is observable and real about evolution? I'm waiting. Oh that's right, we haven't observed any single instance of one species mutating into another. Not a single one. We have not uncovered ONE SINGLE transition fossile. Darwin himself said that the fossile record would make or break his theory but he was sure that given the time and technology we would prove him correct. Here we are, 150 years after Darwin and still we've come up with not a single bit of fossile evidence of evolution. We didn't observe the Big Bang, therefore it's not observable. We can't recreate it, therefore it fails in the scientific method you espouse. Nothing about evolutionary "science" falls under the strict definition of science. That's the issue.
The truth of the matter is that you must rely on faith no matter which side of the argument you fall on. Do you want to believe evolution? Great, believe it and use that belief as lens to filter all information and evidence you see. If you believe we were created by a higher power then use that. There may be great arguments on both sides of the coin, but to entirely disregard another's viewpoint and not allow it to be heard is the height of arrogance. To force your view of the origin of species because that's what you "believe" without allowing dissent shows a fear that your belief may be disproved. If you think evolution and a Godless existence is 100% truth then more power to you. If you truly believe that then allow other lines of argument and thought to challenge that so that the truth can be brought to light. If your understanding is indeed true then the argument and debate will only further illucidate that to the masses. Counter opinions are the tools that hone our understanding of the truth.
