Originally <a href='/showthread.php?p=18148308'>posted</a> on 03/19/2013:
The Big Bang theory is not a joke, any scientist could explain this to you. It's easily the leading theory on why we have an expanding universe; it's why we can date the universe itself to ~14 Billion years old. How do we know this? Because everything is flying away from a single point. A simple Google search could show you this.
Secondly, Darwin was NOT a christian, nor did he have a death-bed revelation. "Though reticent about his religious views, in 1879 he responded that he had never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a god, and that generally "an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind." A simple google search can show you this. (Yes he was raised as one, and went to church for a long time, but later in his life he considered himself an agnostic. For his time, it's amazing that he WASN'T a christian, as that was considered heretical back then.) Also, Darwin NEVER said anything about humans evolving from monkeys because that is completely correct! (http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/mammals/monkeys-vs-apes.htm) We have a "common ancestor" with APES, not monkeys. (Hominid, or "Great Ape"... Homo Sapiens are a distinct species of Hominid.)
Lastly, the idea that because we cannot create atoms, therefore God must have done it, is a false dichotomy. Just because humans can't do it (which by the way, a simple Google search will show you you are wrong, yet again. They CAN create atoms, and destroy them, too!), does not mean that God had to do it. That's like me saying "because you DON'T love Oreo's, therefore you must love Hitler." These two things are unrelated. Just because YOU can't comprehend a way to create atoms, doesn't mean you immediately have to say "Magic did it!" If you were the leading scientist 400 years ago, you'd have just said "well, there must be god because when I drop this apple, it falls!"
Bottom line is, religious people just need to use Google, and they'd be enlightened. However, they are too scared to be shaken out of their entranced stupor that they never will learn to research things. So sad.
PS. In case you've never heard of Google (http:\\www.google.com) go check it out! Filled with TONS of information.
The Big Bang theory is not a joke, any scientist could explain this to you. It's easily the leading theory on why we have an expanding universe; it's why we can date the universe itself to ~14 Billion years old. How do we know this? Because everything is flying away from a single point. A simple Google search could show you this.
Secondly, Darwin was NOT a christian, nor did he have a death-bed revelation. "Though reticent about his religious views, in 1879 he responded that he had never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a god, and that generally "an Agnostic would be the more correct description of my state of mind." A simple google search can show you this. (Yes he was raised as one, and went to church for a long time, but later in his life he considered himself an agnostic. For his time, it's amazing that he WASN'T a christian, as that was considered heretical back then.) Also, Darwin NEVER said anything about humans evolving from monkeys because that is completely correct! (http://science.howstuffworks.com/zoology/mammals/monkeys-vs-apes.htm) We have a "common ancestor" with APES, not monkeys. (Hominid, or "Great Ape"... Homo Sapiens are a distinct species of Hominid.)
Lastly, the idea that because we cannot create atoms, therefore God must have done it, is a false dichotomy. Just because humans can't do it (which by the way, a simple Google search will show you you are wrong, yet again. They CAN create atoms, and destroy them, too!), does not mean that God had to do it. That's like me saying "because you DON'T love Oreo's, therefore you must love Hitler." These two things are unrelated. Just because YOU can't comprehend a way to create atoms, doesn't mean you immediately have to say "Magic did it!" If you were the leading scientist 400 years ago, you'd have just said "well, there must be god because when I drop this apple, it falls!"
Bottom line is, religious people just need to use Google, and they'd be enlightened. However, they are too scared to be shaken out of their entranced stupor that they never will learn to research things. So sad.
PS. In case you've never heard of Google (http:\\www.google.com) go check it out! Filled with TONS of information.