Thread:TheSquidychicken/@comment-31308946-20170525193032/@comment-27388204-20170609071806

Guys, please,

Let's get back to evolution. This thread seems to be ready to take a turn into a full-flung religious debate, which I would prefer to avoid. Anyway, DoctorAckbar, I am completely dissatisfied by your arguments. First of all, you have not addressed most of my points, and secondly, your knowledge on the topic of evolution is average at best. I hope I don't come off too harsh in saying this, but you have time and time again demonstrated misunderstandings of evolutionary biology. While abiogenesis is, at least, partially related to evolution, the Big Bang is a completely different matter. In fact, I frequently see the latter used as a red-herring by creationists (especially Ray Comfort), pushing the whole "evolution says nothing created everything" idea. The science behind abiogenesis and the Big Bang is much less robust than the science behind evolution. Besides, my own knowledge on both these topics is not particularly good. However, just because there are gaps in scientific knowledge now doesn't mean they will be there in the times to come. Throughout history, there have been natural phenomena that could not be explained by science that were thus used by creationists as evidence for a god. However, science eventually found more and more answers. We are homing in on the answers to the origins of life, and of the universe as a whole, and to me, those gaps in our knowledge are tantalizing. As for evolution, it is beyond any reasonable doubt. I have provided the evidence, and have only gained misunderstandings and straw-men in response, if anything at all. Finally, would like to ask you one final time: why should I be scared of going somewhere that you can't prove exists?! You say that the fact that something (hell's) existence can't be proven, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist. To me, I would say that anything which is asserted without evidence can be dismissed without evidence. If you're going to make a claim as extraordinary as that, and openly admit that you can't provide any evidence whatsoever, then don't call me irrational for deciding to dismiss it.