.lenconAlthough the theory of evolution is "on track", I still find the whole idea crazy. The fact the each and every one of us came from a big explosion, turned into a little organism floating in the water, then one day we grew eyes and fins then crawled out of water and then into lizards then monkey then humans. I don't know seems a little too crazy for me.
The thought of a God creating humans and the earth doesn't seem that crazy to me, but then I ask myself who was the creator of God? Thats what drives me bonkers, you know? Where does time begin and where does it end. We live in a world where everything has an origin.
(I'm not directing all of this at you, just some general points)
It's really weird, but that's what the evidence suggests... The evidence suggests that Evolution is a fact (hence why it is a scientific
theory, not a mere hypothesis), that there was a Big Bang, Dark Matter/Dark Energy, Quantum Theory, etc. These aren't just fancy ideas that sound good- there is strong evidence that leads us to these conclusions. To deny something when there is evidence & repeatable, testable experiments for it, is idiotic. If there was evidence for the existence of God(s), by all means we should follow it. But, there is no such evidence- just a bunch of conflicting, unjustified beliefs founded on faith and hearsay.
We should believe things when there is sufficient evidence supporting it. And it becomes foolish to believe things when there is insufficient evidence to support it. No professional scientist pursues something because of faith, they
pursue something because there is evidence suggesting they should. Even the most religious scientist knows this- their career as a scientist would end immediately if they started making claims they couldn't back up with evidence. Religion, on the other hand, claims the opposite- faith is ultimately what you need and it trumps reason & fact. Moreover, you often need to suspend the laws of nature to make room for faith and many claims in the Bible (and other religious texts). Religious faith demands that we believe extraordinary claims based on insufficient evidence or no evidence whatsoever. If you truly are a religious person (as opposed to a spiritual person, there is a difference), you will have a lot of trouble coming to terms with or squaring your faith with science. How many Biblical claims have been disproved by science? A hundred, if not more? And how many scientific claims have been disproved by the Bible? Zero.
Moreover, religious faith is what often stops scientific progress from happening. Throughout human scientific history, the greatest scientists of our time reached a point in their research where they couldn't figure it out and concluded "here must be God" and they stopped. Newton is famous for this. He invented calculus, formed the Theory of Gravity, Laws of Motion, etc., but when he couldn't explain a certain planetary phenomena he said this is now the territory of God and stopped. It wasn't until 200 years later that Laplace solved what Newton thought was the work only of God... 200 years. He didn't need to invoke God- he simply solved the problem. And this happens even today- science doesn't have an answer, so we say it must be God. But if history has taught us anything, we will eventually figure it out.
