Am I an atheist checklist...:

•Do I believe in evolution? ✔️
•Do I believe in natural selection?✔️
•Do I believe gene mutations are completely random?........................... no check.

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ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

I believe NATURAL mutations are random and the ones that increase a species viability tend to breed into that species; most non-positive mutations simply die off. BUT, given science these days, it's obvious we humans can create specific mutations artificially.

But re the atheism question -- I am one, but I know many people who believe in evolution/natural selection and consider it simply the manner in which their God works his plans for the world.

GardenSage · 36-40, M

I can’t in good consciousness blindly follow a religion, because there’s so much we know... vise versa, I cannot be an atheist for there is so much we do not know. @ChipmunkErnie

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@GardenSage Part of being an atheist is the admission that there will always been things we don't and can't know and not needing to try and explain them away with magic and myth. People tend to have a problem dealing with that uncertainty and so look to religions for definite answers to feed their need for security.

GardenSage · 36-40, M

Ironic amount of faith you have...@ChipmunkErnie

ChipmunkErnie · 70-79, M

@GardenSage I have faith in the fallibility and irrationality of humanity. ;)