Has anyone here even read Darwin's original works????
I really want to know the answer to this question. Who here has actually read Darwin's works on evolution?
If you're an atheist, you should(If you're a Christian, you should ,too). If you are an athiest, then you don't believe that there is a God. Therefore, the only thing that you can believe about the origin of the Earth is the Big Bang theory, and you believe that all life came to be by evolution. The theory of evolution was created by Charles Darwin, so you believe what he has written and said.
However, how many of you have read one of his books? How many have read his ORIGINAL book on evolution? If you haven't, how can you believe in something that you don't know? Because if you haven't read what he has said, how do you know what he said?
Can anyone here answer any of those questions?
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Darwin's writings haven't been relevant for decades. People would only read them now as a historical curiosity. Science changes too fast for work done over a century ago to be very expository.
Maybe, but the theory of evolution is based off of them. What atheists today believe is contrary to what Darwin said, so I think that it can't really be called "the theory of evolution" anymore.
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the theory of evolution is based on Darwin's work, sure, however Darwin's work is no longer authoritive on the subject.
for instance, I printed off an article today about how neurological atrophy in old age tells us about the evolution of the brain through earlier forms of the homo genus. In Darwin's time, this would have been impossible to do, as they lacked fundamental understandings of biology and neurology that we enjoy today. sure, he provided some groundwork and insight, but the beauty of science is that it moves past personalities and sticks with what the evidence says.
why do you think evolution and atheism are incompattable?
I was never seriously taught Creationism, even when I was little and brought up Catholic. So the evolution vs Creationism debate was a non-issue in my gradual conversion to what most would consider atheism.
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Except for the Catholic part, Ditto. In fact, I did not run into the creationism idea (from another human) until after mo-fuggin' highschool, if you can believe it. I had a general idea of what it was but no single person had ever stated they believed in it.
the conclusion that modern biology supports any divine entity is not in line with scientific evidence. It might be your interpretation, but failing any ability to falsify the theory, it isn't science.
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That is a distinction that most people have a problem with. Even supper string theory is not really science, because there is no way to falsify it, as of yet.
I think I speak for everyone when I say....."reeeeeeeeeed" what is this read? Darwin sounds like a nerd who had to much time on his hands. How come there isn't the masterbation monologues, I mean what did people do in the 1800's to keep themselves entertained?
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It would be more productive to read a modern text book on evolution. Darwin's original work was only a starting place. He got a lot of things wrong, but what he got right was profound.
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