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Willravel · 02-08-2007, 07:26 PM

I've been exploring my recent exit from theism and entry in atheism on many different levels lately. While the simple science and philosophy are well covered elsewhere on the gap between theism and atheism, I'm beginning to realize as I discuss the theism gap that there is a massive fundamental difference between the very thought processes of atheists and theists, and the gap is growing.

After discussing atheism and theism with others who are theists, often the concept of evolution, something I firmly believe in, comes up. Something serious theists will bring up as a failing in evolution is the proof of divergence of species. While this is an outdated argument to be sure, it really got me thinking. What could lead to a true divergence of the homo sapien species? Could it be the atheism/thesim gap?

Could a gap between atheists and theists eventually lead to a divergence of two groups of the same species to the extent that eventually the groups can no longer interbreed? Could the middleground of agnostics begin to finally choose once side or the other and thus dissapear?

I'm sure that marriages between serious atheists and serious theists are extremely rare. Atheistm has, in the past 50 years, grown from roughly .01% of the population in the US to roughly 10-14% (depending on who you ask). Leadership from each camp often demonizes the other, as the philosophies of each are fundamentally opposed. This leads to widespread demoization among each group. The seperation of church and state in Western government have blurred recently, espically in the past 7 years.

Thoughts?

02-08-2007, 07:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
Willravel ... a sort of licensed troubleshooter.	Theism/Atheism leading to the divergence of the species? I've been exploring my recent exit from theism and entry in atheism on many different levels lately. While the simple science and philosophy are well covered elsewhere on the gap between theism and atheism, I'm beginning to realize as I discuss the theism gap that there is a massive fundamental difference between the very thought processes of atheists and theists, and the gap is growing. After discussing atheism and theism with others who are theists, often the concept of evolution, something I firmly believe in, comes up. Something serious theists will bring up as a failing in evolution is the proof of divergence of species. While this is an outdated argument to be sure, it really got me thinking. What could lead to a true divergence of the homo sapien species? Could it be the atheism/thesim gap? Could a gap between atheists and theists eventually lead to a divergence of two groups of the same species to the extent that eventually the groups can no longer interbreed? Could the middleground of agnostics begin to finally choose once side or the other and thus dissapear? I'm sure that marriages between serious atheists and serious theists are extremely rare. Atheistm has, in the past 50 years, grown from roughly .01% of the population in the US to roughly 10-14% (depending on who you ask). Leadership from each camp often demonizes the other, as the philosophies of each are fundamentally opposed. This leads to widespread demoization among each group. The seperation of church and state in Western government have blurred recently, espically in the past 7 years. Thoughts?