Also, I think it reinforces the notion that one must choose
between believing in evolution and believing in a loving, personal God - a common myth on both sides of the creation / evolution debate.What do you think?
Not exact matches
«She said that we'd come to the point
in our science topic [
evolution] when we had to choose
between believing the science and
believing in God.»
I personally
believe that the mission of reconciliation is not just
between sin and redemption
in this modern age — I think that some of us also have a mission of helping to reconcile the world we are discovering with the world painted for us
in the Bible, and
evolution is a huge part of that.
There's no conflict
between religion, specifically Christianity, and
evolution IF one doesn't
believe every word
in the bible is literally true.
I am Catholic and I do
believe in God, but Bill Nye never said there was a contradiction
between religion and
evolution.
If there is a war against christianity, it is
between christian extremists and those «who require evidence prior to
believing», and seeing as how there is no evidence supporting creation by an almighty whatever, and that there is tons of evidence supporting
evolution, the most effective weapon
in the «war» is the utter stupidity that keeps emanating from the mouths of christian loudmouths.
This false dichotomy can wreak havoc on young Christians raised to
believe they have to choose
between God and
evolution, and who after encountering evidence
in support of the theory, abandon faith altogether.
Harvard's Steven Pinker, the celebrated author of The Blank Slate and an expert on the
evolution of language and the mind, addressed that point
in an interview
in New Scientist magazine: «People, including me, would rather
believe that significant human biological
evolution stopped
between 50,000 and 100,000 years ago, before the races diverged, which would ensure that racial and ethnic groups are biologically equivalent.»
I think this is an important conversation to be having with Amazon, as I
believe this sort of «virtual watercooler» type of interaction
between readers and authors is a natural
evolution in the concept of the book and is one which many authors will push heavily for.
Scientists
believe that the ability to use our brain to differentiate
between words and intonation was a huge step
in the human
evolution and development of speech.
The age difference
between them, the
evolution of their relationship, Mr. Olson's status
in relation to the complainant, and the expectations of,
in particular, parents of students who attend boarding schools such as the one that this complainant attended, as well as the expectations of the accused, who
believed that his conduct would attract criminal culpability if discovered, all lead inevitably to the conclusion that he was
in a position of trust.