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MineralMan

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3. Well, the Roman Catholic Church finally accepted evolution

Sun Mar 31, 2019, 01:32 PM

Mar 2019

as the way species emerged over time. I assume they think it's God's work, too.

It's possible to believe both, no doubt. Many do, in one way or another. Many do not, too.

It's impossible for me to believe in deities, given science, though. Science is evidence-based. Religion, for the most part, is based on faith, rather than evidence. Since there is no physical evidence of deities, there's no other way to believe they exist, except through faith. It's not a convincing argument for me, though, at all.

So, I believe what evidence shows to be real, and disbelieve in anything that has no evidence. Seems reasonable to me.

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Is it possible to believe in God and Darwin? [View all] Soph0571 Mar 2019 OP

No prob - god just gets pushed back "before" the science in question Blues Heron Mar 2019 #1

Darwin's views on religion changed over the course of his life; The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2019 #2

Well, the Roman Catholic Church finally accepted evolution MineralMan Mar 2019 #3

Yeah. Igel Mar 2019 #4

It is interesting you are calling the theory of evolution a "constraint on thinking." trotsky Apr 2019 #10

My Bronze Age Documents Refute Your Research, Sir. MineralMan Mar 2019 #5

One does not "believe" in Darwin and evolution edhopper Mar 2019 #6

I do see one particular problem with some theological arguments, though Pope George Ringo II Mar 2019 #7

It all gets pushed into the metaphor allegory canal. Voltaire2 Apr 2019 #9

Evolution works whether or not there's a god. Iggo Mar 2019 #8