tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post2802485422930701460..comments2023-09-24T07:53:50.826-05:00Comments on The Atheist Experience™: Darwin Day 2010Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-21577083338884838112010-02-15T03:58:25.062-06:002010-02-15T03:58:25.062-06:00Can you accept evolution and be a christian? Sure....Can you accept evolution and be a christian? Sure. <br /><br />What I don't understand is how you can accept evolution and be a priest, or accept christ and be a biologist. People do it, but I feel they must be misunderstanding one or both of those things. If you think evolution is directed, you don't understand evolution. If you think evolution is undirected, yet still think god chose to create mankind that way, I think you misunderstand the whole idea of intention.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18367287881748896827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-39248092653780996592010-02-13T19:19:02.970-06:002010-02-13T19:19:02.970-06:00@Tyler-I envy your optimism. The problem is that o...@Tyler-I envy your optimism. The problem is that once people accept what we know as true, they end up rejecting old superstitions naturally. The problem is that many people refuse the truth to begin with, as it destroys their beliefs. And I think it is the case of even moderate believers. Sure, the Catholic Church and most major Christian denominations accepts now evolution as a fact. But there is a difference between what the institutions accepts and what is told to the followers. And the Church(es) would rather keep a superstitious follower who believes in something objectively false than accept a dialogue with an unbeliever who is right on the same issue. We are considered the enemy, not the fundies.Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-15579253969648674592010-02-13T13:19:19.722-06:002010-02-13T13:19:19.722-06:00On the subject of allowing religious beliefs to co...On the subject of allowing religious beliefs to co-exist with scientific fact, I'm all for it. I think that our goal should be to get people to accept what we know (or most certainly know) to be true, not to force them to abandon their superstitions. My only wish is that theists will cease denying scientific and historical facts because of religious dogma.Tyler Olsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02266867686223090208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-38327570849209569422010-02-13T07:31:52.825-06:002010-02-13T07:31:52.825-06:00Humanism start as a religious philosophy, and it n...Humanism start as a religious philosophy, and it now is a secular one. I'm hoping that religious acceptance of science will lead to a gradual disengagement with religion.libhomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05537213558568338561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-39765751411316250272010-02-13T07:09:19.837-06:002010-02-13T07:09:19.837-06:00Darwin day is also Ing day. *party favor toot*Darwin day is also Ing day. *party favor toot*Inghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13024689390434414829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33241741.post-30539136241216520642010-02-12T17:38:09.800-06:002010-02-12T17:38:09.800-06:00That post reminds me that I have to visit the Muse...That post reminds me that I have to visit the Museum of Natural History soon. That will be a sort of pilgrimage. My first visit at the age of 11 did not make me an atheist, but it did destroy any remnant of creationism I had.Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.com