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Creationists: when you argue that evolution doesn't explain how life began therefore god done it, [Spirituality & Religion]

do you realize that you're just making a god of the gaps argument?
God used to be responsible for natural disasters and the tides and disease and mental illness....but now we know that god is not necessary to explain these things.
So when you say "Life is far too complex to have arisen without god" all you're actually saying is " I don't have an answer to this question, therefore it was god".

Same old argument from ignorance.

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Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
Can't one believe that the initial spark of life involves some element of divine creation, while still accepting that evolution and natural selection explain all future development? That's not necessarily my belief system but I don't believe it's precluded by evolutionary science since I'm not sure there is a known scientific explanation for the initial origin of life.
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Harmonium1923 · 51-55, M
I like your phrase "God of gaps". I have sometimes thought of God as the answer to questions that can't yet be answered in other ways. Which means that my notion of God is, ironically, an evolving concept....
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