Originally Posted by Thunderstick

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Despite the protests of theists like yourself to the contrary, evolution is a proven reality. Only the means and mechanisms of evolution are subject to testing and revision.

I mentioned holy books because their claims of knowledge in relation to the supernatural are not proven. Worse they contradict each other on the nature of their God or gods and how the world was created.


We would expect other holy books to contradict the Bible the same as we would expect from evolutionary theory. And another poster says that atheism and evolution are not to be conflated lol.


Nothing of the sort. Evolution is only denied by those who prefer creation myths. Theories or hypothesis relating to the means and mechanisms of evolution may be reviewed or modified as new information is acquired.

Evolution says nothing about the existence of a God or gods because supernatural entities are not necessary to explain evolution, and there is no evidence for them.

So back to justification through evidence: if there is insufficient evidence to support a justified conviction in the existence of a God or gods, it is not justified to be convinced of their existence. A conviction in the existence of a God or gods is an unjustified belief....a matter of faith not reason.