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Listen to David Berlinski, he basically knocks evolution down to "nothing more than an anecdote." If you still believe in the THEORY of evolution after listening to him, you are crazy.

Never heard of that guy, watched him talking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5r5cRlctLM

Pure nonsense, it's hilarious! Cheesy

Surely Religions are nothing more than books full of anecdotes?

There is more to religion than what is written in a book. True religion is about what you do, not what you say. A true Christian is somebody who loves all people, not somebody who says "I am a Christian".

And we are not questioning those people, unless they happen to also believe that dinosaurs=dragons and were made on the 6th day and shared the ark with all other animals and that because a dog and a cat can't mate then this means that there must be a god (paraphrased from bitchick/bitchick's husband).

I actually have a lot of respect for religious people who live their lives righteously, as I (try) to do too, but believing some of that nonsense in the face of the mountain of scientifically collected evidence we have is just mind-numbingly blind and brainwashed.

As long as people live their lives and do not cause harm to others in any direct or (reasonably) indirect way then I think this is enough.

I agree that true Christianity is all about love. That pretty much sums up the main point Jesus made when he said the greatest commandment was "to love your neighbor as yourself." So with that perspective, this debate is not the most important thing. But it does have an effect on the fact that many people discredit the Bible now entirely.

Also, you can call it crazy that we take the Bible literally, and many other Christians think we are as well. But the problem with just picking and choosing which parts of the Bible we agree with or don't agree with is that we are undermining the Bible. We are in essence saying that it could all be "fairy tales." Which parts are then made up? Do we just pick what makes sense based on what scientists are speculating is true? If we don't like some of God's laws do we just ignore them? Where is that line? And in essence, do we trust God or science? That is what it comes down to for me. If God is a God of miracles, which I believe He is, then He is able to do anything outside of the "rules" of science anyways.