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)
Lets see...the Sharpton crowd is in charge of the Dem party.
Are you saying the ID'ers are in charge of the Repub party?
Youre prob right.
Hey! I was pulling your leg with that one, expecting you to make a comment on the Devil as the "anti-God particle".
Humans naturally lean toward a 'supernatural' being, I guess as a part of the baggage of culture that accompanies his development. If there is a 'natural' tendency to lean toward a 'superior being', then why is it there are so many sharply conflicting and contrasting beliefs of that very 'superior' being? Are you going to attest that there could be more than one 'superior' being? You surely do see this leading to the road to perdition, don't you?
If God zotted us into existence then why didn't he create a perfect human being?
Jesus was perfect and loves you.
Why did God create cancer and other deseases in the first place?
Could He not test us in other ways?
Why do humans, and all other life, die at all? Why didn't God create a set of immortal creatures and be done with it. No need for that messy reproduction and stuff. Just think of all the parts He could save.
That would be a tragedy.
BTW: I have no problem with teaching ID, as long as it is kept out of Science Class and is relegated to Sunday School. Besides, why not teach all the other religions creation stories along with that of the Christians?
I have to admit that I do not recall ever having read a more ignorant, clownish, or unbelievably stupid thread than this one.
My god! It scares me, while at the same time amazes me, that my thoughts are EXACTLY reflected in that post of yours! I've always wanted to ask the same to many a persons.
Pray, are you my doppelganger?
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Interesting. I don't think I've heard it put quite this way before.
Individual posts have reached this depth, but considering the quantity we have here -- the sustained quantity -- I'm sure this thread, and it's lead article, have achieved the all-time record. It's a classic.
"Why do humans, and all other life, die at all? "
Why did God kill all the firstborn of Egypt?
"And it came to pass, that at midnight the LORD smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle." - Exodus 12:29
This piece is a nice summary on a few pages that ranges from the fact that someone climbed Mt. Everest to the claim that DNA demonstrates evolution impossible. Yeah, right.
Compare that to Ichumon's DNA post, where he assumes that everyone already knows that Mt Everest has been climbed, and starts right in explaining the mechanism of the smoking gun in DNA that proves a common ancestor between primates and humans.
The contrast between the two is just amazing. Propaganda vs. a genuine understanding of the science.
Nay, nay sirruh. I am that most feared of humans, a thoughtful, logical, questioning, human just as you apparently are. Besides I just like stirring the s**tpot periodically.
I can ask those questions because I believe in God and pray to Him at least twice a day, and rely upon Him for my very daily life.
I just know that he doesn't want blind obedience or slaves.
To all you Creationists out there...God gave you the brains (through evolution) try using them.
You are really freaking me out.
You just didn't get my point at all, did you?
I'll try again.
If God was perfect, then everything He did would be perfect. When God created imperfect humans and other creatures, it proves that God is not perfect (and strongly hints that maybe He's just a figment of your imagination).
When Christians stop pushing religion in public schools, then challenges to their beliefs will stop.
Evasionist claptrap. You are not perfect, why not?
These are excellent questions - I've pondered them before and have a working theory based on, yes, evolution:
1. The reason we care to live is that we are descendents of organisms that developed defense mechanisms in order to avoid predation by other organisms. Imagine the immense competitive advantage afforded to the first organisms that developed the ability to prey on other organisms as a means of gaining energy.
Until a random mutation occurred that provided a form of defense, there was no reason for any organism to 'care' whether or not it survived. Once it developed, however, it in turn gave organisms such a competive advantage that those traits can be found in every living organism today (plant or animal).
We can see firsthand how the survival instinct is deeply seated: try to capture and kill a fly; notice its desire to escape and survive. It obviously can't think, so why does it care? Because its genes are pre-programmed to 'care', no differently than ours.
2. The reason we care to explore, think and debate is also based on evolution. At some point long ago, human development became predicated on intelligence. This does not come without a cost; the energy requirements to fuel our brains is many times higher than pure physical brawn.
However, once that evolutionary path was followed (ie intelligence traits were passed down through generations of successful ancestors), we became dependent on thought for our very survival. Over time, a small percentage of the population (through purely random mutation and then selective breeding) became extremely intelligent, to the point that they possessed the ability to address (and attempt to answer) difficult philosphical and scientific questions.
People who care about science have as much ability to ignore discovery and thought as they have the ability to fly. That is, they have no choice - it's in their genes, which are themselves present due to succcessful survival strategies based on intelligence that were developed millions of years ago.
Yeah, why isn't life a multiple choice test instead of an essay?
Hey who shuffled them, that's what I'd like to know?
can you say RAW DEAL?
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