That just goes to show how little you understand science. When a scientist calls something a theory, that doesn't mean it's just a hypothesis, just a shot in the dark. A scientific theory is the best way that scientists today can explain what they observe. Airplanes fly based on the theory of lift, but that doesn't mean that flight is a myth. Evolution is the best way that scientists, who shouldn't study this issue with preconcieved bias, can explain the world around them.Originally posted by Solidarity
Meanwhile.. Ive never heard a high status scientist claim Evolution to be 'FACT' (in big letters, as you seem to enjoy it)
Most say its Theory, others just plain hypothesis...
I hear this a lot. For many people, religion is a mental crutch for them because they can't face reality. So what if we only get 70 or 80 years on this planet? I plan on getting quite a bit done in that span of time. Evolution doesn't imply that your life is meaningless. Quite the opposite, evolution is one of the backbones to the idea of maintaining biodiversity. That idea states that all organisms are important for all life on earth.It may just be that Im not appealed to the idea of coming from monkeys, that my life has no meaning what so ever and that Im just going to die and completely disappear and thats put a blockade in my mind so that I believe in that there is a God out there willing to let me live past my mortal death and in a sense stay alive...
Of all of the philosophical arguments that I have seen to advocate the existence of God, this one is by far the most sound. It's called Pascal's Wager, named after the mathmatician and philosopher who concieved of the idea. He stated that if a person can bet a finite amount (a few decades of service to God) to win an infinite amount (eternity in heaven and not in hell) that person should make that bet. This argument is completely logical and has only one flaw: which religion should one place one's bet on? Many religions are similar insofar as they have a jealous god that requires service to Him and only Him. When Pascal formulated his great idea, he and practically all of Europe was Catholic, so I'm guessing that he never dreamt of a world where there would be many religions that (at least in large part in this country) are tolerated and considered equally. If anyone can tell me the perfect religion and give proof as to why it is such, I would be very appreciative.Either way,
Id rather die to find out I was wrong and that there is no afterlife (funny way of thinking about since I wouldnt exist) then dying and finding out that Im gonna spend the next amount of thousands of years in torture until I finally get cast into the burning lake and destroyed... :/