[[If many faiths differ only on “moot theoological issues”, then why your opposition to evolution?]]
I said moot theological issues- not major ones- many religions agree that God is true to His word and that when God said he created man in His image, He meant it- If some denominations wish to call God a liar by doubting His word- that’s not my problem, but the fact remains that many religions do infact agree on major theological issues
[[Many faiths, even many Christian faiths, the Catholic Church for one, have no problem with evolution.]]
You’re wrong on that- the whole catholic institution does not agree Macroevolution is fact- painting hte whole denomination as doing so based on a few that preach a different gospel than the one God gave doesn’t lend credence to your argument, nor does your twisting my words to mean I speak of an obvious major theological issue as being anythign but major.
Your mistake is using a broad brush to descibe people that hold no such views- there are many many catholics that do not beleive in Macroeovlution- just because some pontiff somewhere has abaondoned God and logical science to beleive a lie and declare that lie alright to beleive in does not mean every branch of catholicism believes that way.
I’m not here to defend one religion on the whole or any religion for that matter, but I am here to point out that your claim that religions don’t agree on anything- or even agree on most htings is not a factual statement. You can use whatever you like to keep yourself from believing, but at least be honest to both yourself and others about the reason you choose not to, and don’t use a general broad condemnation of institutions in a dishonest attempt to make it appear as though it’s ‘religion’s fault’ that you don’t beleive- Own up to you refusal instead of pawning hte blame off on something else.
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Your mistake is using a broad brush to descibe people that hold no such views- there are many many catholics that do not beleive in Macroeovlution- just because some pontiff somewhere has abaondoned God and logical science to beleive a lie and declare that lie alright to beleive in does not mean every branch of catholicism believes that way.
Obviously the Catholic church itself cannot agree on the meaning of Genesis. So how is my description wrong, that there are so many diverse religions across the planet that don't agree with each other, when a hierarchical denomination like the Catholic Church can't even agree with itself?
By the way, the pontiff that explicitly accepts evolution was John Paul II, and I believe the current Pope has no issues with it either.
All of this merely proves my point, that there cannot be a an "all powerful" God, if He can't consistently communicate some basic facts to humans. Along with the fact that people across the planet accept a wild variety of faiths, so quite obviously the only common denominator is that humans believe stuff with zero factual basis to do so.
How is it you know that your faith is correct, and other faiths are wrong?
How are you so lucky to know the one true faith, and others so unlucky?
I submit that you believe what you believe because someone told you to believe it, and those around you accept it, and so you do as well. That's why communities tend to share the same faith. You don't see a mother who is Catholic, a father who is Muslim, a brother who is Shinto, a neighbor who is animist.
You believe what you believe because the people around you in your community and church believe it too, and for no other reason than that.