Miserable_Sun6756 t1_jdkkb86 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 1:41 AM

Reply to comment by FootnoteOfPlato in /r/philosophy Open Discussion Thread | March 13, 2023 by BernardJOrtcutt

That's because you have a preexisting belief structure that makes you think that.

A much more sound reason for this was that morality was selected by evolution in our human ancestors in order to promote cooperation and smooth social interactions. Aka- if u go around killing people or being dishonest or perpetrating other "immoral" behavior's it would impact your chances of reproducing. Evolution often has the appearance of intelligent design untill you learn the mechanisms behind it and you realise that the aperant design is an illusion. Too many people think they know how evolution works but they dont, so they are confused as to why it wasnt "designed" by a God.

Here is a good explanation of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmjHMbkOUM

FootnoteOfPlato t1_jdkoev3 wrote on March 25, 2023 at 2:15 AM

Pot meet kettle; your existing belief structure makes you think that.

Evolution is a hypothesis, btw, given that it can't be tested in a laboratory to confirm it. The evidence is the same for everyone; interpretation is subjective, conforming to prior beliefs that we have. You have zero evidence that God doesn't exist, so my interpretation should be just as plausible as yours in your mind.

Right after graduating college a few years ago, I had a dream about a blonde woman in her 20s. I memorized her face that day, as I had never seen her before. Months later, hundreds of miles away, I walked into one of my graduate courses and there she was... The bible talks about God's foreknowledge, which makes sense if everything is determined. I believe it is all determined based upon this: if you were given two choices and it was 50/50 whether you choose one or the other, then you wouldn't choose either because nothing *convinces* you to choose one option over the other, whether it be a pro, a con, or an innate proclivity. Thus, we are determined in every decision by the aforementioned variables.

Miserable_Sun6756 t1_jdkvu2h wrote on March 25, 2023 at 3:18 AM

Evolution is not a hypothesis lol, also it CAN be tested in a lab, not only that, it is the basis for pretty much all modern day biology. Saying it doesn't exist to a biologist is like saying a hammer doesn't exist to a builder, they use it every day.

Also I do not need to prove God doesn't exist, the burden of proof lies with the one making the positive claim.

I think one thing that makes people confused is the term theory of evolution. The word "theory" when used in a scientific context has a completely different technical meaning from the coloqual use of the word. A theory is a carefully thought-out explanation for observations of the natural world that has been constructed using the scientific method, and which brings together many facts and hypotheses.

The difference between a hypothesis and a theory is that a hypothesis is an assumption made before any research has been done. It is formed so that it can be tested to see if it might be true. A theory is a principle formed to explain the things already shown in data.

Here is a video of the principle of evolution in action right before your very eyes: https://youtu.be/plVk4NVIUh8

FootnoteOfPlato t1_jdmxixo wrote on March 25, 2023 at 4:23 PM

Wrong, given that a scientific theory must be both experimental and falsifiable, and the hypothesis of evolution is neither. Evolutionists infer common ancestry, leading back to the first cell, which was composed randomly through time and chance. There is no way to test this hypothesis throgh experimentation, making it unfalsifiable. Evolutionists assume it's true based upon their preconception about God, namely that he does not exist, which is another hypothesis they presume to be true, yet have no evidence for.

Know that God loves you, but it's on his terms.

Miserable_Sun6756 t1_jdp3bw1 wrote on March 26, 2023 at 1:57 AM

Again, evolution is not a hypothesis. Also the burden of proof is on the one making the positive claim about a god. Also you need to do some research on what the theory of evolution actually is I think you are quite confused about what it is.