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To: medved
Evolutionism isn't "science". It's basically an atheistic ideological doctrine...

I'm sorry, but you have totally lost me. Science is not religion, nor vice versa. You can't blame one of the primary theories forming the framework of biology today (as well as several other disciplines) for the actions of evil people; I seriously doubt Hitler or Stalin sat down and thought "We evolved! Therefore it is perfectly acceptable to kill people by the millions!" It just doesn't follow. I wonder if you are aware that some of the worst atrocities that ever occurred took place in the name of religion? The Spanish Inquisition comes to mind...

Galileo was excommunicated for his theory of heliocentricity, it was so threatening to religion. Yet millions of Christians (and other religious people) today accept without question the idea that the Earth, God's greatest creation, is not the center of the universe. Yet I only know because I have been told that the Earth travels around the sun; I have no objective proof of that whatsoever, nor can I prove it. At least, with evolution, there are supporting facts; evolutionary theory gives me the framework as a biochemist to make knowledgeable predictions and test them and see that they are true.

134 posted on 08/13/2002 12:11:42 AM PDT by exDemMom
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To: exDemMom
I'm sorry, but you have totally lost me. Science is not religion, nor vice versa. You can't blame one of the primary theories forming the framework of biology today (as well as several other disciplines) for the actions of evil people;

The All-Time, Ultimate Evolution Quote

"If a person doesn't think that there is a God to be accountable to, then what's the point of trying to modify your behavior to keep it within acceptable ranges? That's how I thought anyway. I always believed the theory of evolution as truth, that we all came from slime. When we died, you know , that was it, there is nothing..."

Jeffrey Dahmer, noted Evolutionist

Basically, evolution and atheism provide no logical basis for morality. A Christian or a Jew could form a logically coherent argument against the reasoning which Dahmer cites above; an evolutionist could not. And please do not insult my intelligence by claiming to be a "Christian evolutionist", a Jewish nazi, or anything else like that from the realm of fairytales.

I seriously doubt Hitler or Stalin sat down and thought "We evolved! Therefore it is perfectly acceptable to kill people by the millions!"

Then you better read up on your history a bit, because that is precisely what happened. Newt Gingrich once said that the question of whether a man views his fellow man as a fellow child of God or as a meat byproduct of random processes and "natural selection" simply has to effect human relations. Hitler and Stalin were nothing more than evolutionists who were willing to follow the doctrine to its logical conclusions.

Social Darwinism, Naziism, Communism, Darwinism Roots etc.


139 posted on 08/13/2002 5:31:43 AM PDT by medved
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To: exDemMom
I seriously doubt Hitler or Stalin sat down and thought "We evolved! Therefore it is perfectly acceptable to kill people by the millions!" It just doesn't follow.

I remember hearing that Stalin credited "Origin of the Species" as the inspiration for giving up his faith while in the monestery.

I did a Google search for Stalin, Origin of the Species and found the story confirmed on several sites. Unfortunately all of them are anti-evolution, so I don't know if you would accept them as being authorititative.

The source they give for the story is "Landmarks in the Life of Stalin" by E. Yaroslavsky.

I agree that you can be a Christian and believe in evolution but there are those who use the theory as a excuse to reject the teachings in the Bible.

140 posted on 08/13/2002 5:36:29 AM PDT by Tribune7
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