| yo_john117 said: I agree with this 100% I think this quote from George Wald (Nobel prize winner in 1967) speaks quite clearly about why people don't believe in God. "When it comes to the origin of life, we have only two possibilities as to how life arose. One is spontaneous generation arising to evolution; the other is a supernatural creative act of God. There is no third possibility...Spontaneous generation was scientifically disproved one hundred years ago by Louis Pasteur, Spellanzani, Reddy and others. That leads us scientifically to only one possible conclusion -- that life arose as a supernatural creative act of God...I will not accept that philosophically because I do not want to believe in God. Therefore, I choose to believe in that which I know is scientifically impossible, spontaneous generation arising to evolution." - Scientific American, August, 1954. http://www.conservapedia.com/George_Wald
Nobody is going to be able to change the others mind through debating or arguing. When this thread is over Athiests will think they have won the arguments likewise Christians will also think that they have won the arguments. Neither side can prove with any amount of certainty that the other side is wrong. In the end its simply a faith step. Do you choose to have faith and believe in God or do you choose to have faith to not believe in God. For me personally, it would take more faith to not believe in God then it would take to believe in God. (I'm sure most Athiests feel the same way but with things switched around) |
@quote "When it comes to the origin of life, we have only two possibilities as to how life arose." That's simply not true. The best answer we can give now concerning the origin of life with any certainty is "I don't know", not Spontaneous generation or God (not to mention a personal, benevolent, omnipotent God). There are many theories floating around about the origin of life, and although as I said, we can't yet believe in one with any certainty, this does show that there are far more options than Spontaneous generation or God. Here's a list that summarizes 7 of them.
@bolded I don't get this. I lack a belief in any God because of a lack of evidence. Where is faith involved? I lack a belief in Unicorns because of a lack of evidence. Does that mean I have faith that unicorns don't exist? Ofcourse not. Why doesn't the same apply to God? The burden of proof is on believers, not unbelievers.
Edit: I hope this doesn't come across as hostile in any way, it's not. I know it's hard not to seem it when debating things like these.
