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Originally Posted by calgaryrocks
The Flood
well a year ago i wouldve strayed away from this question because i wasnt sure, but im more confident in it now as questions get answered, thats part of growing in your faith, sometimes you need a little reasoning behind things.
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Isn't that against the very definition of faith though? If you believe something out of reason, then it's not faith.
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as you can expect such an event cant be summed up in a few words if you want to understand it better but ill try.
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There's a lot of "may" and "could have" in your description, and very little actual science. Unfortunately there is almost no evidence of a global flood, and a great deal of evidence against it.
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Evolution
evolution: not sure on this one, maybe there is an evolution in some animals as they adapt but probably mostly just societal evolution as we as a people change in what we strive for, what we do and how we percieve science and religion. i dont believe in the darwin evolution stuff that we came from monkeys. sorry
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Well that's good because Darwin didn't say we come from monkeys. If you are going to decide something is true or false, shouldn't you at the very least understand what it is that you are deciding against?
Evolution says all life has a common ancestor. And the amount of scientific evidence to support it is overwhelming. Before you dismiss it I would suggest you make a real and concerted effort to understand what it is you say didn't happen; you might find you can't and remain intellectually honest.
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Atheism
someone who doesnt believe in a god, as theism is believing in god. atheism is a belief and could be argued as a belief in no god, but there is no "bible" of truth for atheism to prove anything, no saviour, no heaven or hell and everything is up to chance.
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Most atheists don't say "I want to believe there's no God so I won't." They take the position that there is no evidence that there is a God and until shown some, the default position of non-belief must be taken. Do you believe in Zeus? Why not? There's no evidence of Zeus, and it would take a pretty significant event or amount of evidence to prove Zeus to you right? An atheist feels the exact same way about God as you do about Zeus.
And saying an atheist leaves everything to chance is ridiculous. What are they leaving to chance? That they're going to get to work in the morning? That they're going to pay their taxes? That they're going to spend time with their family? They use the same brain, make the same kinds of decisions, give the same effort in their lives as a theist does.