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Originally Posted by willravel
It's not as simple as a black and white religion vs. science situation, but you can see where there have been rather serious problems. I've never seen atheist fundamentalists hold up scientific progress. Religion is uniquely dogmatic and as such will always have elements that are strongly conservative.
Remember when I mentioned the 50% number? Around 40% believe in theistic evolution, which doesn't believe in abiogenesis (the origin of life). Only about 9% believe in real evolution and abiogenesis. 9% is about the amount of Americans that aren't religious or pseudo religious. I can't prove that the relationship between statistics is causal, but it sure as hell is correlative.
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Maybe it was the way you worded this, but are you saying theistic evolution is incompatible with abiogenesis, or that the 40% who believe theistic evolution just dont agree with abiogenesis.
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Originally Posted by willravel
It's not like I walk up to people on the street and hand them fliers on evolution or anything. Really the only time I discuss atheism or religion in general is when someone else brings it up and I believe they're capable of not being offended by my beliefs. Still, it would be really funny to see atheists on bikes wearing shirts and ties going door to door handing out "Origin of Species". "Have you heard of Charles Darwin?"
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Its been done:
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