Stupid Creationist Arguments 10: Evolution Leads to Atheism
December 25th, 2009
Evolution leads to atheism and atheism
The first thing wrong with this stupid argument is that its a slippery slope fallacy. Even if it were true, it has no baring on the validity of the theory or fact of evolution.
The biggest flaw in the argument is that evolution doesn’t lead to atheism. The fact and theory of evolution doesn’t get rid of the possibility of a god. Many Christians (and Muslims, Hindus, Jews, etc) accept the theory and fact of evolution and still remain Christian, (and Muslim, etc). The only thing they really have to give up is a literal interpretation of Genesis (or what ever creation myth your religion has). For fundamentalists thats a big no-no but sorry, the evidence for evolution is overwhelming.
However there is a tiny bit of truth to the argument. Gods have been historically used as an explanation for why things are the way they are. With modern science, the modern theory of evolution and other theories that explain why things are the way they are the explanatory power of religion and theism has weakened. Where in the past when some one asked “What are the stars?”, “Why does the sun move across the sky?”, “Why is the sky blue?”, “Where did life come from?” and “Why are thing the way they are?” people didn’t have an answer. There was allot of conjecture but no strong evidence backed explanations. Gods game people explanations. Now we have science and hard evidence backed explanations. However having these hard evidence backed explanations doesn’t get rid of the possibility of a god or gods.
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