Posted on 08/16/2005 11:23:20 AM PDT by woodb01
The Cult of Evolution – the Opiate of the Atheists
evolution is based on superstitious religious secular fundamentalism
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Evolution’s basic premise is that all “life” on the planet miraculously “emerged” through a bunch of accidents. Current evolution teaches that “natural selection” is how we continue to “evolve.”
Unfortunately for evolutionists their recent beliefs have been challenged on interesting grounds. A new theory has come about to challenge the blind faith orthodoxy of the evolutionists, that theory is intelligent design.
Think of it like this, evolution believe that if you have a deck of 52 cards and two jokers, and then shuffle the deck thoroughly, and throw the entire deck up in the air as high as you can, that eventually all of the cards will land, in perfect order, and perfectly aligned. The probability of this even happening one time in a billion years approaches zero. Then, to believe evolutionary "theory," you have to accept on blind faith that this same miracle of perfect order from total chaos has repeated itself millions of times to account for each of the plants, animals, and life on earth. We'll leave it there for now. It gets a WHOLE LOT MORE COMPLICATED for the evolutionary cult. On the other hand, intelligent design says that after the evolutionist throws the cards up in the air and makes a mess, the intelligent designer comes along and carefully picks up each card and stacks them all up together, in sequence, and properly aligned.
Stepping back from evolution long enough to use critical thinking skills not taught much in public education these days, it becomes quickly apparent that evolution is nothing but a silly religious belief – a type of “secular fundamentalism” – demanding cult-like superstitious faith in the impossible. If I have your attention, let’s take a careful look at what evolution requires us to accept on complete blind faith:
These are just a few of the major problems for the cult of evolution. They are certainly not the least of the problems. For example, under the “accidents” of evolution, where do emotions come from? Where does instinct come from? Why do humans have the ability to reason and understand right from wrong? And the list goes on. None of these innate characteristics can be explained by evolution.
Evolution is not science, because it can not be tested, verified, and there are no “false results.” The only “false result” to evolution is Intelligent Design (ID) because the theory of ID proves that evolution is false and therefore evolution adherents attack ID proposals with zealous fundamentalism.
Has anyone ever seen how zealously these evolutionary “secular fundamentalists” irrationally attack competing theories without answering the underlying problems with their beliefs?
Evolutionists routinely dodge issues like the origins of the universe because they know that if you stop and think hard about these issues, evolution falls apart as nothing but a widely held religious belief. If you can't explain where the raw material for the inputs to the "evolutionary process" come from, then you have no process. If you can't tell me how life started, and where its components came from, what the specific components were, what specific “accident” created “life,” then you have no process, only religious belief.
When you refuse to evaluate the inputs to a process, you have an incomplete process, it is unverifiable, and therefore un-provable, un-knowable, and an un-testable theory from a scientific perspective. You MUST at that point insert your suppositions and BELIEFS (i.e. secular fundamentalist religious beliefs) into the process. This is where it is no longer science, but superstition and blind religious faith.
It is understandable evolutionists would avoid many of these difficult questions because it exposes the preposterous "blind faith" required to accept evolution.
The cult of evolution is the opiate for the atheists.
Evolution is an atheist’s way to excuse their denial and rejection of god, it is their religion. To the degree that evolutionists dodge the difficult questions, like the origins of life's raw materials, how the five senses came about (how did one-celled organisms get the "idea" that “senses” were even needed?), how or why or where emotions come from, or a whole host of other questions, proves that it is not science, but secular fundamentalism. To the extent that evolutionists challenge competing theories such as Intelligent Design rather than answering the difficult questions or admitting that their “theory” has holes, it is not a scientific theory subject to the scientific process, but a cult based on zealous secular fundamentalism.
And on one hand, evolutionists expect you to believe that through a bunch of "accidents" life happened and "evolved" and then later, just the OPPOSITE takes place in the form of "natural selection." In other words, the "accidents" of life lead to deliberate selection. Under "natural selection" the "great god of evolution" decides who is the strongest and smartest and everyone else must be subjected to the superior race. Sounds a lot like what Hitler's National SOCIALISTS believed to me.
No amount of proving atheism, er, I mean evolution wrong will ever satisfy the secular fundamentalist religious cult of evolution. Even when those who support the theory of Intelligent Design are willing to engage in a dialog on the issue, the secular fundamentalists come out of the woodwork and shriek from the high heavens about how they refuse to prove one iota of their religious philosophy, but demand that ANYTHING that dares challenge their orthodoxy must be proven beyond any doubt. This is the essence of religious zealotry and blind religious fundamentalism--, it is the opiate of the atheists...
If those who adhere to evolution are genuinely interested in science, then they must evaluate the whole process, and if the inputs to that process, or many of its components such as the senses or emotions do not support the process then they must reject that theory (evolution) as unworkable. To do anything less is no longer science. But then again, evolutionists are not really interested in science.
Call me weak minded but I just don't have the blind, zealous, fundamentalist faith to believe that nothing created everything (the "Big Bang") and that life just spontaneously erupted from rocks, water, and a few base chemicals (evolution) through a bunch of "weird science" accidents. Step back, stop and actually THINK about the leaps of un-provable, totally blind-faith that evolution requires and unless you're one of its religious zealots, you too will reach the conclusion that evolution is a FRAUD!
Evolution, the opiate for atheists and the biggest hoax and fraud ever perpetrated on the Western World in History...
Additional Resources:
DNA: The Tiny Code That's Toppling Evolution (DNA is PROVING that evolution is a hoax)
The controversy over evolution includes a growing number of scientists who challenge Darwinism. (The fraud of Darwinism...)
Einstein Versus Darwin: Intelligent Design Or Evolution? (Most LEGITIMATE Scientists do NOT agree with Evolution)
What’s the Big Secret? (Intelligent Design in Pennsylvania)
What are the Darwinists afraid of? (The fervent religious belief in evolution)
The Little Engine That Could...Undo Darwinism (Evolution may be proven false very soon)
"It is still just a best guess based on imperfect information."
And what is the better method? No better method? We are not capable of making any sound statements about the universe?
Until you come up with something better than science you really have no argument.
The very success of mankind lies in people not satisfied with answers available via science at present, and hence striving to improve answers already available.
The very failure of mankind lies in the substitution of science with unverifiable beliefs.
Suppose, on the other hand, an organism mutates a light-sensitive organ. Just a basic little thing. That basic ‘eye’ enables to move towards light where there’s more food (you can use your imagination to work out what it might do with it). More food = better chance of survival and the ‘eye’ gets passed on to the population through breeding. Over time this eye gets more complicated.
We can make statements about the universe, but they are just best guesses. They are not answers.
I don't need a better method to prove that a scientific theory is still just a best guess based on imperfect information. You know that a theory is just a best guess, but you don't want to admit it, and that is a major problem with scientist: they confuse best guesses with fact or an answer. Evolution is just a best guess. Admit it or you look as foolish as you say the ID people look.
I will not participate in your apparent attempt to further attack Narby, as evidenced by your final line:
"There is only one excuse for entering the gates of Heavan...blaming your loss of faith on others isnt one of them."
What is "impossible" in a day isn't necessarily impossible in a span of multiple billion years. Those one-in-a-million chances can get very favourable outcomes when you give it time in the range of billions of years.
So when your child is desperately ill, who ya gonna call?
Religion's whole idea is that it has the answer (I am not arguing that it does). Science is trying to find the answer and it pretends that its best guesses are answers. As long as science admits its theories are just best guesses, I don't have a problem with that. I just don't like to see scientific theories passes off as fact.
So when your child is desperately ill, who ya gonna call?
A doctor. And your point is?
Shouldn't be too difficult. I once saw the ventriloquist Edgar Bergen sing a song while drinking a glass of water.
Maybe that's the next step in evolution! LOL
You're so right. Evolution is a load of horse manure!
"We can make statements about the universe, but they are just best guesses. They are not answers. "
Sure they are answers. When we use science we have the ability to approach truth too.
"I don't need a better method to prove that a scientific theory is still just a best guess based on imperfect information"
I was asking what method YOU use to arrive at what you have called *answers*. Divine revelation? Are you perhaps the Intelligent Designer we have been hearing about and therefore don't need to arrive at new information?
"Evolution is just a best guess. Admit it or you look as foolish as you say the ID people look."
It's a well evidenced explanation about how life changed over time. Is it imperfect? Sure... no theory is based on perfect knowledge. There is NO better way to approach truth though, so it is what we are stuck with. The only people who look foolish are the ones who claim to have a direct link to the Divine Truth.
One of the basic flaws of science is confusing an answer with a best guess. A best guess is not an answer. Science does not know the answer of the beginning of life, and evolution is still just a best guess based on imperfect information, which never rises to an answer.
Alright, my mistake. Okay, say the universe shudders to a stop at some place determined by the forces you mentioned. So what? What lies beyond that limit? Further nothingness? Bear in mind even emptiness IS something. How can this void seem to stretch forever?
Perhaps it is another form of energy that makes us believe in a God. The God particle or energy may have been planted in all of us and it comes naturally.
I'm a curious about this strange "particle". Pray, tell me, if all of us are supplanted by these particles, are some of us blessed with more of it and some of us with less of it, or perhaps none of it? Is there also an "anti-God" particle?
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