Ah yes, the facts are everywhere. There's this planet, it has people on it, plants, bugs, fossilized bones in the ground, the bones have an isotope that can be measured, etc...
These things are undeniable. But, none of these things prove that either creation or evolution happened. And since none of us were there to see it happen, we are left with assumptions.
It's these assumptions that define the direction that people take to arrive at a conclusion. For example, you can either assume that the isotope in the bone has been decaying uniformly and at a constant rate and was thus formed millions of years ago. Or you can assume that the world was much different when created and suffered a cataclysmic worldwide flood, meaning the decay rate hasn't been uniform or constant.
So I think we'll be much better off the sooner everyone just realizes that it's not believing evolution that proves there's no God, it's believing there's no God that affirms a belief in evolution. Likewise, it's believing in God that produces a belief in creation.
Nobody is disputing facts. We just don't all share the same assumptions.
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Ah yes, the facts are everywhere. There's this planet, it has people on it, plants, bugs, fossilized bones in the ground, the bones have an isotope that can be measured, etc...
These things are undeniable. But, none of these things prove that either creation or evolution happened. And since none of us were there to see it happen, we are left with assumptions.
It's these assumptions that define the direction that people take to arrive at a conclusion. For example, you can either assume that the isotope in the bone has been decaying uniformly and at a constant rate and was thus formed millions of years ago. Or you can assume that the world was much different when created and suffered a cataclysmic worldwide flood, meaning the decay rate hasn't been uniform or constant.
So I think we'll be much better off the sooner everyone just realizes that it's not believing evolution that proves there's no God, it's believing there's no God that affirms a belief in evolution. Likewise, it's believing in God that produces a belief in creation.
Nobody is disputing facts. We just don't all share the same assumptions.