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Is atheism against evolution?

Pappy o' daniel · 2008-10-12 18:41:23

Cultures with strong monotheistic religions have been more successful than pagan or non religious cultures(christianity in europe, islam in mideast), and individuals bloodlines in those cultures have thrived and reproduced successfully. So, I'm wondering if religion is an aid to prospering, will discarding it hurt our…

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#152 23-10-2008 1:19am
Zillah

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There is nothing wrong with it if that’s all that we are. Propagators of DNA. Why? Because if that is all we are then there is no right or wrong, no good or evil there’s just instinct and one man’s (evil) actions are no different to any other man’s (good) actions no matter what there are. But somewhere deep inside everybody is the knowledge that there is a big bloody difference.

This has been explained before. You say you're here to learn and yet you consistently ignore things that have been explained. Evolution has led to human beings sharing a sense of right and wrong just as we share the shape of our bodies. Morality is evolutionarily advantageous, but its not objective.

How can you adjudge someone as being of unsound mind just because they report what they have seen.

Schizophrenics report seeing all sorts of things.

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