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2nd October 2003, 10:12 PM
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2nd October 2003, 10:25 PM
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No problem with it that I can see. I do not believe in a god but theistic evolution does not conflict with science in any way so there is nothing in it for me to worry about it. I used to be a theistic evolutionist (and I did not know there was any other kind of theist ...)
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I think it makes perfect sense for those that believe in god and based on the evidence, if there is a god, it looks like the correct view.
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They use the same body of facts about evolution as I do for the most part. Some believe God guided evolution, that's where we differ. They also usually believe God started life. I don't really have an opinion on this since there is an absence of information in this area although I lean towards abiogenesis.
Can't disprove them because you can't prove that God didn't meddle with an unseen hand. Even if we can figure out the mechanics of abiogenesis and evolution 100% there is no way to disprove God having meddled, it will just be an unlikely possibility since we won't know 100% how and when it happened. |
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I'm all for it. I'm not against people believing in God(s), just against them ignoring and fabricating evidence. It's a great relief to see a theist who supports evolution.
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3rd October 2003, 02:25 AM
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3rd October 2003, 02:31 AM
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Reps: 3,202,689,982,729,637 (power: 3,202,689,982,740) | | Originally Posted by Northern Christian Hum...most of the atheists I've met are pretty contemptous of the idea, declaring that "there is no reason to believe in theistic evolution" and "how do Christian evolutions explain original sin," ect.
If I may throw in my opinion 
They are afraid of a Christianity they cannot falsify.
Hmm... perhaps afraid isn't the right word. They are used to a Christianity that they can falsify, and when one is proposed that they can't, they fight it. I could be wrong but that is my conclusion after a brief discussion with such a person in the Apologetics forum.
__________________ "Creationists are going to distort whatever arguments come up.... Archaeopteryx is half reptile and half bird any way you cut the deck, and so it is a Rosetta stone for evolution, whether it is related to dinosaurs or not. These creationists are confusing an argument about minor details of evolution with the indisputable fact of evolution." -Dr. Alan Feduccia, in an interview with Discover magazine
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