Does learning about evolution make you uncomfortable?

[April_Rose]

What was the course content? Was it sectarian religious doctrine or a class in world religions?

I don't remember that was too long ago lol

 

[AV1611VET]

Btw, sorry I didn't mean to insult your beliefs but I just find that I don't have enough faith to be an atheist.

Excellent video! Superb!

 

[April_Rose]

Excellent video! Superb!

Ikr? Mark basically says it all.

 

[AV1611VET]

Ikr? Mark basically says it all.

With panache!

 

[April_Rose]

With panache!

Yep, whenever I start doubting my faith I go back to that video and I remind myself how much more sense God makes than not a God at all.

 

[HitchSlap]

Yep, whenever I start doubting my faith I go back to that video and I remind myself how much more sense God makes than not a God at all.

What causes you to start doubting your faith?

 

[April_Rose]

What causes you to start doubting your faith?

The fact that I'm only human and every Christian goes through periods of doubt.

 

[HitchSlap]

The fact that I'm only human and every Christian goes through periods of doubt.

Sure, but what exactly causes this doubt?

 

[April_Rose]

Sure, but what exactly causes this doubt?

Well, I believe that it's the devil since he doesn't want anybody to spend eternity in Heaven with Jesus.

 

[HitchSlap]

Well, I believe that it's the devil since he doesn't want anybody to spend eternity in Heaven with Jesus.

There’s seven billion people on this planet, and you think he’s making time for you? Really?

 

[April_Rose]

There’s seven billion people on this planet, and you think he’s making time for you? Really?

Yeah, sadly the devil is everywhere just as much as God is. I've learned to ignore the devil and focus on the Lord though because once he learns he can't bother me he just vanishes.

 

[AV1611VET]

There’s seven billion people on this planet, and you think he’s making time for you? Really?

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

 

[HitchSlap]

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

You’ve ran the numbers, right?

 

[AV1611VET]

You’ve ran the numbers, right?

Don't need to.

Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

 

[HitchSlap]

Don't need to.

Revelation 20:7 And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison, 8 And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.

Satans’s in prison?

 

[AV1611VET]

Satans’s in prison?

Not yet.

He will be consigned to the Bottomless Pit (his prison) following Armageddon.

 

[AV1611VET]

LOL, Hitch, I think I see what you're doing.

This is a sore spot with the OP.

What's up with this?

 

[CaspianSails]

For the purpose of this thread, the following definitions apply:

Evolution - Biological evolution as explained by the modern scientific Theory of Evolution.

Evolutionist - One who accepts the modern theory of evolution including common ancestry of life on Earth.

Creationist - One who believes that organisms / populations of organisms were created independently, and that life on Earth does NOT share common ancestry.​

For learning about evolution, this includes credible sources for education on the subject of biological evolution. Learning about evolution does NOT include material published from creationist sources.

Imagine you had to take a university-level course on biological evolution. Consider the material you would need to learn/study in such a course.

Disclaimer: This is not a discussion about atheism versus theism. This is not about whether one is a Christian or not.

It is quite telling that you define credible sources as only those that are known to support your position. For that reason alone, this ends my discussion in this debate.

 

[Tom 1]

Reading an actual book on ToE?

I heard that someone who was writing one of those books started to evolve an extra finger, for faster typing. Apparently it was quite painful. Maybe Evolution is dangerous?

 

[Gene2memE]

It is quite telling that you define credible sources as only those that are known to support your position. For that reason alone, this ends my discussion in this debate.

There are plenty of credible sources out there that critique the current modern evolutionary synthesis. Look at the work of Germ Mueller, Stuart Newman and Massimo Pigliucci, for instance.

It's just that none of them are inserting religious beliefs into the biological sciences.