Atheism-2-June 1, 2010

Did non-life produce life?

“According to evolution, yes. How? Science doesn't know yet. All we have are theories. This is a gap in knowledge.”
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Kelly: “A” gap? I just bought an 1100 page college Biology textbook stressing evolution to better inform myself. Contrary to what you claim, there are gaps everywhere between every major kind. There are thousands of gaps. How many solids lines of evidence do you have that one species changed into another species? You cannot even prove that great apes and chimpanzees and humans are linked.
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“But people who use this for evidence for god are accused of believing in a 'god-of-the-gaps' kind of god.”
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Kelly: You do the same thing except your “god” is unintelligent mutant chance.
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“That god shrinks whenever a new discovery in science is revealed, because that gap doesn't need god's miracle anymore.”
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Kelly: It will take a lot of shrinking before you can prove that one species evolved into aother. Even a “shrunk God” is much greater than your “BB god which got over-heated and exploded all by itself.
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“I think the best theologians advocate avoiding any god-of-the-gaps type of arguments. For believers, it is better to say God ordained and sustains the natural processes. That way, God's not out of a job when a new science discovery comes along."
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Kelly: I’m not in the least bit worried about God being out of a job as long as atheists have a conscience.
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