Not exact matches
That to fight against one while
accepting the other would stymie the technological
evolution of the ecosystem.
And I do agree that
evolution is (and should be)
accepted fact, to the best
of our current knowledge (even our state
of knowledge evolves!).
Most creationists refuse to
accept any form
of evolution, even the possibility that
evolution happened according to God's plan.
But your example
of them saying the earth is 6000 years old but looks 3.5 billion is different from the Catholics
accepting evolution.
But even if we were to
accept the proposition
of «guided»
evolution, we're left with the question
of who designed the designer which only leads to arguments
of special pleading... I.e. a dead end.
Real scientists who work in the field
of immunology
accept evolution as a fact.
The theory
of evolution is also embraced by many who claim to
accept the Bible as the word
of God.
There are even studies with pre-verbal children (haven't been socialized to religion yet) and other but non-human social animals that show that morality, if you
accept that a sense
of fairness and preferring «nice» over the opposite are proto - morals, then indeed it is
evolution that makes it so.
That is why some people
of religious faith do not
accept the theory
of evolution.
For example, I
accept evolution as the best explanation
of how we got here.
Some religions
accept evolution as true and assume that god left it to run it course, with some» direction»
of course.
When the nation
of Cyprus has a higher percentage
of people who can
accept evolution, you as a nation have a problem.
DO NOT be an apologist or
accept the explanation «your mind is too small to understand the greatness
of science» or «
evolution moves in mysterious ways» when you come upon logical inconsistencies in your belief.
It is one thing to
accept Evolution, with its overwhelming evidence, as proof
of God's work.
The rest
of Nye's argument that believers in creation need to
accept evolution because everyone else supposedly does is ludicrous.
The Science behind the big bang has some gapping holes yet its put forward all the time to the public as the only other option is..., as well as Macro
evolution but well we all know that they say its the only option... Could it be that science doesn't
accept a concept
of God from the outset so then the big bang and
evolution are the only options.
You do
of course realize that it is reasonable to believe in God and
accept the big bang theory,
evolution and a 4.5 billion year old earth?
But the important part is obvious and you might gain something by
accepting the challenge presented: get someone here to support your view
of evolution... if you can...
The theory ABOUT
evolution most widely
accepted is an updating
of Charles Darwin's hypothesis that all
of today's species descended from common ancestors due to natural selection based on best current fitness for constantly changing environmental circmmstances.
Love your neighbor... unless he is gay or secular or Muslim or lesbian or Hindu or atheist or Wiccan or Mormon or
accepts the truth
of evolution or
accepts the findings
of science or questions the assertians
of Christianity or, uh, well, the list is just too long.
Presumably you
accept that DNA testing can identify an individual and their family tree — just one
of the many proofs that
evolution is a fact.
I do agree that all members
of the Senate and House committees on Science should be asked whether they
accept the big bang theory,
evolution and a 4.5 billion year - old earth — or be disqualified.
In the case
of evolution, I
accept it entirely due to the rational experiments that have failed to disprove.
Today, the religions
of Christendom display a similar disrespect for the truth
of the Bible, by giving preference to scientific theories, such as the Catholic church
accepting evolution.
chance,
Evolution is universally
accepted — there is a mountain
of proof for it: DNA, geographical distribution, tree
of life, more complex organisms are more recent, etc..
The church USED to shun
evolution, however, these are all things now
accepted in most churches --(among many other transitions that I haven't named here) because to refuse to adapt to a changing society is asinine and detrimental to the growth
of the church.
They
accept the either / or
of evolution and creation, and they not only
accept but insist on the thesis that evolutionary teaching logically and necessarily leads to naturalism, materialism, reductionism, positivism, secularism, atheism and humanism.
Evolution and Creation Dear Fr Editor, Evangelical Creationists, I believe, can not accept the theory of evolution because it appears to conflict with G
Evolution and Creation Dear Fr Editor, Evangelical Creationists, I believe, can not
accept the theory
of evolution because it appears to conflict with G
evolution because it appears to conflict with Genesis 1.
I also hear from a lot
of evangelicals who have begun attending Mainline Protestant churches precisely because they welcome LGBT people,
accept scientific findings regarding climate change and
evolution, practice traditional worship, preach from the lectionary, affirm women in ministry, etc., but these new attendees never hear the leadership
of the church explain why this is the case.
«If you
accept evolution, even a well - meaning, theistic
evolution, this will eventually become pantheistic
evolution, which in turn will become atheistic
evolution» — as if this were a series
of logical steps to inevitable conclusions.
You continually dodge the fact that your quotes are out
of context, that you jump to invalid conclusions, and that the scientific community
accept, no embrace,
evolution as fact.
Pew reports that «in their social and political views, young adults are clearly more
accepting than older Americans
of homosexuality, more inclined to see
evolution as the best explanation
of human life and less prone to see Hollywood as threatening their moral values.
Unfortunately, a lot
of young evangelicals grew up with the assumption that Christianity and
evolution can not mix, that we have to choose between our faith in Jesus and
accepted science.
My critique will be from within the context
of evolution and dialectic, which both the Marxists and I
accept.
Over eighty percent
of the population
accept evolution.
As for me, I think I was thinking
of 98 % because that is the figure for the number
of professional scientists that
accept evolution.
Now, the secularists, naturalistic evolutionists and Marxists do
accept the
evolution of reason, but I am afraid they do not know how to look for the right phenomenon which points to the direction reason is being transformed.
We concede that not all who doubt the existence
of a personal God do so because they
accept the theory
of evolution, whether the word be restricted to biology or enlarged to its cosmic significance, but we do say, and from experience know, that most modern agnosticism is bound up with those non-theistic philosophies
of evolution that stream off from Hegel as their modern fountain - head.
It suggests that Professor Ayala
accepts the idea
of evolution by natural chance.
None
of that belief was ever predicated on a specific interpretation
of Genesis with respect to scientific details, and as such,
accepting evolution as a mechanism by which God creates did not alter those beliefs.
The ideas
of evolution and historical development in the distant past were barely
accepted, before the current process
of cultural and religious change gained momentum.
If the traditional formulations
of God show him to be the Perfect Good, Absolute Truth and Supreme Being, since goodness, truth and being are positive values, then there should not be too great a difficulty in
accepting a formulation
of God's eternity as Absolute or Perfect Time, since time is now revealed to us as positive, thanks to the discovery
of evolution.
The main problem I've seen with people
accepting evolution (aside from plain old religious grounds) is a lack
of concept
of the vast amounts
of time over which these things happened.
Now those who
accept the evolutionary perspective are generally agreed that the universe is one single process and that there are stages in the process: the
evolution of matter, next the emergence
of the first unicellular organisms, then a process
of further
evolution of life toward vegetative and animal life, and from this latter phase emerged man.
If the early church could hold together communities made up
of Jews and Greeks, slaves and free, men and women, circumcised and uncircumcised, tax collectors and zealots, prostitutes and Pharisees, kosher believers and non-kosher believers, those who ate food sacrificed to idols and those who refused, I guess this
evolution -
accepting, hell - questioning, liberal - leaning feminist can worship Jesus alongside a Tea Party complementarian who thinks the earth is 6,000 years old and that Ghandi and Anne Frank are in hell.
science is not everything, the problem is when the critical and objective philosophy
of science is
accepted as absolute in reality.God is beyond logic at this point
of our consciousness, The process
of gods will manfistation is
evolution which
accepts all variables in the process, the input could be not what scienctists wants.Thats why faith or religion is part
of reality.
If you've already read The Language
of God, consider checking out A Fine - Tuned Universe by Alister McGrath, Coming to Peace With Science by Darrel Falk, Saving Darwin by Karl Giberson, or I Love Jesus and I
Accept Evolution by Denis Lamoureux.
You likely deny
evolution and global warming for no other reason than it makes you uncomfortable and hold science to the impossibly high standard
of having to explain every conceivable mystery about the natural World before you will
accept it, but some moron at a pulpit doing magic hand signals
of a Sundaymorning is enough to convince you he is communicating with some sky - god and turning grocery store bread and wine into flesh and blood.
Your formula is meant to be simplistic and «powerful», but your understanding
of really large numbers is what is actually what is holding you back from
accepting evolution as being true.
To put it simply, the concept
of gods bares no merit at this current stage in the
evolution of the human species and it would be a betterment to the species to have the concept removed from
accepted delusional realities so prevalent in todays society.