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1. Why fight the fact that evolution was proven years ago? Wouldn't it make more sense to give God credit for it? If God created everything then God created evolution too, right? A planet where lifeforms evolve to adapt to changing conditions is of course better then a planet where all lifeforms are static. Why not give God credit for creating a better planet? The way it is now religious folks hurt their credibility by denying something provable. Not smart imho. Besides all that, what can possibly be worse for the country than not teaching our children science? Look around. We aren't alone on this planet and upstarts like China want to own us. Our children need science and math and history and english and all the rest.
Actually, evolution has never been proven. Even Darwin, who came up with the idea of evolution, changed his mind several years after his statements about evolution were published, but they didn't get much coverage. His original theories stuck. There is a rather large gap in the evolutionary theory. Some call it the "missing link." Having said that, I do believe that life does evolve to some extent. Life will adapt to it's environment. There are common DNA with all life forms but there is no proof that man evolved from a lower life form.
Children should be taught science. I don't think that there is necessarily a conflict between science and religion. I think that some like to use science in such a way to try to discredit God or make assumptions that are not provable. Man made global warming is such an example. Although it was purported to be fact at one time, it has since been shown to be a lie. Those who made those original assumptions used faulty data. As we have seen in the last 2 or 3 years, the planet is not getting warmer. If anything we see more of a cooling. I think that it is all God's plan. We constantly have climatic cyclical changes due to the obit of the earth around the sun.
2. Get out of politics. In the last 30 years religion has rammed their views down everyone's throats and it's easy to see that many people are getting sick of it. Take the gay thing for instance. Most middle of the road heterosexuals weren't supporters of gay rights until we saw how mean and nasty it is to persecute them like many religious folks do.
Religion has had a pretty sweet gig in this country, now quite frankly, you're blowing it.
I don't think that Christian's have persecuted gays. We are taught to hate the sin but love the sinner. Some have difficulty separating the two. God does call homosexuality an "abomination." I don't think that he meant for us to turn our backs on homosexuals, but neither do I believe that we are to embrace the behavior. There are those who consider themselves homosexuals who remain celibate. I agree that there are those who attempt to push their religious views on others. I don't believe that we should beat others over the head with the Bible in order to convert them. We should share our views and leave it up to the individual to make their own decision. God wants us to come to him willingly, not because it is something that we have to do.Originally Posted by MichiganDriver
I think that religious folks are in a position to do themselves a couple of favors.1. Why fight the fact that evolution was proven years ago? Wouldn't it make more sense to give God credit for it? If God created everything then God created evolution too, right? A planet where lifeforms evolve to adapt to changing conditions is of course better then a planet where all lifeforms are static. Why not give God credit for creating a better planet? The way it is now religious folks hurt their credibility by denying something provable. Not smart imho. Besides all that, what can possibly be worse for the country than not teaching our children science? Look around. We aren't alone on this planet and upstarts like China want to own us. Our children need science and math and history and english and all the rest.
Actually, evolution has never been proven. Even Darwin, who came up with the idea of evolution, changed his mind several years after his statements about evolution were published, but they didn't get much coverage. His original theories stuck. There is a rather large gap in the evolutionary theory. Some call it the "missing link." Having said that, I do believe that life does evolve to some extent. Life will adapt to it's environment. There are common DNA with all life forms but there is no proof that man evolved from a lower life form.
Children should be taught science. I don't think that there is necessarily a conflict between science and religion. I think that some like to use science in such a way to try to discredit God or make assumptions that are not provable. Man made global warming is such an example. Although it was purported to be fact at one time, it has since been shown to be a lie. Those who made those original assumptions used faulty data. As we have seen in the last 2 or 3 years, the planet is not getting warmer. If anything we see more of a cooling. I think that it is all God's plan. We constantly have climatic cyclical changes due to the obit of the earth around the sun.
2. Get out of politics. In the last 30 years religion has rammed their views down everyone's throats and it's easy to see that many people are getting sick of it. Take the gay thing for instance. Most middle of the road heterosexuals weren't supporters of gay rights until we saw how mean and nasty it is to persecute them like many religious folks do.
Religion has had a pretty sweet gig in this country, now quite frankly, you're blowing it.
I think that Christians have blown it, as you call it. But, not for the same reasons as you suggest. Christians have remained silent for much too long as our religion has been attacked by the secular community. Some have perverted the Constitution as a means of attacking anything Christian in an effort to silence the believers. Christians have become much more vocal in recent years.