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Originally Posted by Strange Famous
I personally do not believe that evolution explains the existance of life, or the soul. In fact, I think it is self evident and very clearly understood that it does not. Certainly adaption to the environment can and has caused dramatic changes in species... and certainly I don't believe the world is 6000 years old. I also do not believe that the origin of humankind is a single cell organism created by a chance mixing of chemicals and a spark of electricity.
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I hope that last part was mere hyperbole 'cause that's seriously not the theory of
abiogenesis. Were you serious with that comment?
Actually, there's a lot of strong evidence that
common ancestry goes all the way back to single cellular organisms. Before that, the notion of ancestry is not well defined. Out of curiosity, how far do you think it goes back?
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Evolution can be a religion certainly.
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While I appreciate that you're not saying that it
is a religion, how do you propose that it
can be? In what manner have people turned it into a religion? I suspect you're using a
very loose definition of religion that is not meaningful...
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Some Christians would say that to believe in dinosaurs is a sin.
Some people would say that to believe what I do makes me a superstitious moron.
In my opinion both views are highly dogmatic.
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I don't think
dogma is what you think it is. If you're superstitious and I call you a superstitious moron, that's not an example of dogmatic behavior, that'd just be me pointing out your superstitious idiocy. For that to be dogma, you'd have to say something reasonable and I'd need to deny it regardless of what you said because some doctrine says I should. That doctrine is said to be the dogma.
For instance, creationists are dogmatic because they reject
evolution,
geology and
astronomy (among many other fields) because of their adherence to a literal interpretation of the Bible. This doesn't apply to someone who merely thinks your superstitions are silly...