Hooray for Dave

[Guest guest]

Bravo, and a kudos for your forebearance, your patience, and your

articulate answer, which is much much more than I could muster.

 

 

On Monday, August 25, 2003, at 09:29 PM,

wrote:

 

> Message: 9

> Tue, 26 Aug 2003 00:02:11 -0000

> " dave " <dave4sale

> Re: Eve was asexual (about sponges)

>

> I could pose the question why do religious people always want to

> explain evolution away?

>

> Every Judeo-Christian group interprets the bible differently. The

> Bible says God created man. It doesn't say how. there isn't a recipe

> for humans in the bible. Could I not interpret this statement to mean

> that God instigated the process of evolution in order to create man?

> There are in fact Christians who believe evolution occured. And there

> are still other major philosophical arguments for the existence of

> God that evolution does not contradict (i.e. the need for an

> intelligent creator to design the universe, and need for a " first

> mover " that could start motion without being " pushed " , etc.)

> In conclusion, it is quite possible for you to be xtian and an

> evolutionist without sacrificing your beliefs, you need only be more

> openminded.

>

> It is healthy to be skeptical of everything to an point, but I am

> sick and tired of people treating evolutionism as if it is just

> another religious philosophy with no evidence supporting it.

> Evolution is a very simple concept. One need only accept 3 things. 1.

> genetic diversity exists. 2. traits can be passed on through genes.

> 3. some of the genetic diversity is caused by changes in the

> environment (i.e. mutations). There is research which shows that

> humans are more genetically similar to chimps. All of the

> creationist criticisms of evolution that I have read conveniently

> omit DNA evidence.

>

> janice I really don't wish to offend you. As I am currently an

> atheist I believe religion was invented by humans to explain what

> science cannot, but it is perfectly fine with me for anyone to

> believe whatever they want, as long as they do not force these

> beliefs on others or use these beliefs to justify harming other

> people (or animals). When you imply that scientists are scheming to

> disprove religion, it comes off to me as " all other beliefs are silly

> and totally inferior to mine. " -

>

>

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