When I begin to contribute to this forum, naturally I accepted the theory of evolution on the basis of authority. I had read about it in many popular science books and of course I assumed that what I was reading was the truth. That seemed to me very reasonable. I accepted atomic theory in the same way. Now I have never seen an electron or even a fossil, but I have read about it quite a bit. I have also never witnessed various historic events which I accept. What I accepted was that if so many people write about the same matter in the same spirit, then one would assume that such ideas are widely accepted. It is no different from assuming that, for example, a place like "Belgium" exists. I have not seen it myself. Tbere is no way to prove mathematically that such a place exists. But still I am quite sure that there is such a place.
But apparently there are many that are willing to accept many other scientific theories on authority, but not the theory of evolution, despite the fact that the theory of evolution has as much or more evidence than any of the rest.
But these people don't care about evidence. Evidence means nothing to them. What they care about is maintaining what they consider a way of life at any cost. In other words, their reason is political not philosophical.
They want power. They don't care about the truth. What they want is control. Why? Because they think that the world is going downhill morally.
This message has been edited by robinrohan, 07-28-2005 11:53 PM
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