Why do Most People Fail to Believe in Darwinism When it Has Been Proven on so Many Instances? (marijuana, fence)

[BigHouse9]

Maybe they are both right

[SourD]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979

Two problems with Darwinism.

1. It does not effectively explain the beginning of life

For many, this leaves the shred of hope for a creator.

2. There is no direct "this is the missing link".

You can't show someone a missing link. There are millions of missing links.

Those are generally the reasons why.

I fully believe in evolution, but you make excellent points that I have also pondered myself.

[Strel]

Originally Posted by Memphis1979
Two problems with Darwinism.

here we go

1. It does not effectively explain the beginning of life

It doesn't try to, and never has. That's not part of evolutionary theory. That's abiogenesis.

So, wrong.

For many, this leaves the shred of hope for a creator.

2. There is no direct "this is the missing link".

This evidences a serious misunderstanding of evolutionary science. No missing link is required. The very idead of a "missing link" makes no sense.

ALL FORMS ARE TRANSITIONAL.

This is a bogus argument against evolution.

[Joe_Ryder]

Originally Posted by BigJon3475

Why do many of the same people who promote Darwinism find the free market repulsive? That's the better question...

This is something I have often wondered about.

I am a hard atheist and a huge fan of the hypothetical free-market. I keep hearing liberals (communist losers who couldn't hack it in a free world) who claim to be atheists talking about right and wrong and good and bad and all sorts of other intellectually dishonest dogmatic crap. I really can't understand how an intellectually honest and rational person could support the dogmatic and un-natural BS that is socialism.
Then we get to Christians who claim to be conservatives. How is that possible? If Jesus (a fictional character modeled after Horus as a tool to pacify the conquered) were alive today, he would be classified as a commie. I don't get it.

I find free market survival of the fittest (most adaptable to the environment) and Darwinism quite compatible and preferable. I view the thought of some deity or other governing body having dominion over me as disturbing.

[archineer]

What is 'Darwinism'? Do you mean evolution? There is no such thing as Darwinism.

[Mr. Joshua]

I believe in evolution but even the most jaded scientist admits that the fact that we exist is borderline miraculous.

So, who's to say for sure that there wasn't some sort of guiding hand.

[Felix C]

If Darwinism is applicable towards humans then is the concept of equality among humans voided? Some humans are more highly developed than others and then they should be the ones who determine what is good for lesser ones. I could see this leading to a diminishment of rights among people who are unable to provide for themselves. I mean we must wonder what some people are thinking when they engage in actions which are unsound. Perhaps they are some sort of lesser human who needs to be directed in their life?

[A&M_Indie_08]

I have believed in Darwinism before... but have some serious questions currently
Not saying that Darwinism isn't true to an extent but...

Why is it that people have become progressively dumber, fatter, more ignorant, backwards and angrier over the last 20 yrs after reaching their peak in the 1980's?

[Strel]

Originally Posted by A&M_Indie_08

I have believed in Darwinism before... but have some serious questions currently
Not saying that Darwinism isn't true to an extent but...

Why is it that people have become progressively dumber, fatter, more ignorant, backwards and angrier over the last 20 yrs after reaching their peak in the 1980's?

Having lived through the 80's, I'm not sure I can agree with that.

[A&M_Indie_08]

Originally Posted by Strel

Having lived through the 80's, I'm not sure I can agree with that.

I am quite sure of it, I lived through them in reality... never in human history have their been so many arrogant self entitled douches as today. Furthermore, obesity is at record levels, education has been going down.....

Maybe for you, gay rights is a reason to say we have evolved, but most signs point to us going backward, not forward