abelcainsbrother wrote:I don't see it like you do,evolution has increased atheism in our society
Has it though? Other than assertion is there any actual proof that atheism is on the increase? I think over all Christianity on a world wide scale is having a boom and the only reason atheism seems to be on the rise in western countries is that more people are openly atheist, back a few years it could be dangerous for an atheist to be out in the open with their beliefs or at the very least it would make their life difficult, so naturally there were a lot more pew warmers back then, so it stands to reason that western countries have an increase in atheism in recent years, but only due to being open about it. This is a case of correlation does not always equal causation, I mean sure there may be some who decided atheism due to some sort of scientific discovery but by and large I think they would be a minority. There are plenty of other reasons why the church is in decline in the west which I won't post for now as I don't want to get bogged down in to much information.
and since Christians have had no answer really to refute it certian Christians have learned how to deal with it
I will ignore this part as it is just biased opinion and not based on any facts whatsoever.
,and have accepted it despite the lack of real evidence,
Hey if you can provide a model with the explanatory power that evolution has and it can make predictions that evolution can and we can test, repeat and observe those predictions then show me. Until that time based on the current evidence, evolution seems to be the winning theory that actually works.
have accepted it nonetheless then make it fit into God's word.
Well that all depends on which T.E you ask, this is a bit of a generalisation and not one that is applicable to me.
But they must deny certain parts of the bible
This is just biased opinion again, we only deny your interpretation of the Bible, we could easily say the exact same thing about yourself as Jac has already shown you that your interpretation may not be correct. After all we believe God's word and not yours and we don't believe God's word says what you think it means.
and have compromised God's word saying the bible is not a science book
If the Bible was meant to be a science book as you claim then why are we making new discoveries everyday, if all we needed was the Bible there would be no discoveries to be made. For a science book it isn't very comprehensive, I would expect better from an omnipotent God. I think we can safely conclude that being a science book was never it's intention.
,we don't have to take genesis literally,
Agreed
Seriously though, the people who's language it is written in don't even take it literally, I have spoken to quite a few Rabbi's and Jewish people over the years and not one of them so far has said it has to be literal. I am sure there are Jewish people who do take it literally, but I have yet to meet them.
they choose which to accept and which not to even when no scientist can demonstrate life evolves.
You do realise that humans are still evolving, I actually have an extra tendon in my wrist, I am like 1 in 100,000(I think, can't remember exact numbers) (It's actually not a beneficial trait and causes me grief, especially on the guitar). We are slowly losing our wisdom teeth, our fingers are getting longer, our brains believe it or not are actully shrinking and our height is shrinking, there are probably many, many other things that have changed for the human race in recorded history. We have evolved, we are still evolving currently and there is a mountain of evidence for it.
