Right. This is a discussion of whether or not there is a God; this isn't "lets point all all the hypocrisy we see in organized religion today" those are two seperate threads.
As for myself, I like to think that we all are accountable for our actions. If there was no god, then whatever I do would ultimately have no meaning. Yes, my reason is not a scientific one, but moreso of a moral/ethical one.
If we were nothing more than just animals, then we wouldn't mind the wiping out of genetically "undesireables" in the world. In fact, this is what Hitler tried to do.
Don't get me wrong, i'm not equating all evolutionary scientists to Hitler, but there is a dark side of "social darwinism" that madmen like Hitler have explored.
on the subject of evolution, there have been spats as to semantics and meanings of words. Design is one word that's been argued. I believe that evolution isn't as *concrete* as its made out to be.
For example: We today have our own system to classifying animals. Kingdoms, Orders, Phylum, Genus, Species, etc. etc. We cannot expect the Bible to follow our arbitrary system of identifying animals. What significance is this?
Well for example Noah was commanded to bring two animals of each "kind" onto the ark. Well does that mean that Noah is to bring two Labradors, Two Bull Dogs, two pugs, two beagles, two poodles, etc. etc.? or Does it mean two dogs as in two of any dog? If its the latter, then all the animals of each kind would be a little bit more feasible.
What else does that mean? that means that "kinds" of animals allows for a speciation, or rather "microevolution" as it were. From two dogs comes all the types of dogs we see today. They may be different breeds or whatnot, but they are still dogs. The same applies to the genetic diversity of humans. Different kinds of people; we have arbitrary means of defining them as different "races" but we are all ultimately human. This can also explain the different kinds of finches Mr. Darwin observed on Galapagos (i think it was the galapagos). They were all finches, but there was enough genetic diversity speciate into different beak shapes.
just my two cents
