Re: Evolutionism the religion

From: Richard Smol (jazzcat_nospam__at_dds.nl)
Date: 12/06/04


Date: Mon, 06 Dec 2004 20:43:12 GMT

Gactimus wrote:
> I copied this from the talk.origins feed back (April 2000):
>
> "How so? It has no deity. No worship. No priests. No sabbath. No
> commandments. No inerrant doctrine-- it is constantly undergoing
> revision. It has no reliance on the supernatural or miracles. It has
> no penalties for unbelief. Belief in evolution carries no promises of
> reward. It is acceptable for any deity, including Jehovah, to be
> inserted in the forefront, taking credit for the progression of
> evolution. How, then, is evolution a religion? Are other scientific
> theories, such as the theory of relativity, also a religion? How does
> one distinguish and determine this?"
>
>
> A religion is essentially an attitude to the world as a whole.

Dead on arrival.

<- snip rest of tripe ->

RS



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