Outcomes of Faith in Evolution

On Thursday, Vince Newmeyer gave a lecture about how not believing  in God could affect a society. There are certain assumptions about the meaning of life and the worth of individuals that stem from our belief of our origin.

We also learned of the agenda by the National Science Standards leaders to teach only evidence for evolution at early ages so that children come around to that way of thinking even if taught differently in the home.

After watching his lecture and/or the youtube video below, please comment below on the possible outcomes you see for individuals or society when the evolution of man becomes what we believe in.

The following YouTube video does a good job of showing that evolution is a belief system (it is not possible to believe in it without faith in things you cannot see). It also does a good job of showing some of the outcomes of that belief system in the choices we make regarding human life.

Does it Matter if Evolution is True?

The most common statement I hear when people start discussing evolution is something like this: "It doesn't matter - if God used evolution to create the Earth, that's fine. If he didn't that's fine too. It doesn't make a difference to my faith."

Does it not matter either way? For this week's assignment we will look at one reason it may matter a lot.

1. Listen (click on "listen" at the top of the article):
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/09/138957812/evangelicals-question-the-existence-of-adam-and-eve

2. Watch:
https://youtu.be/BA_46qTBag0

What about their claim that the genome is absolute proof that Adam and Eve did not exist? Is it true? Well, once again, it depends on your assumptions as you look at the evidence.

3. Watch: https://youtu.be/oRJE6mQ3PY0
(For a more detailed account of Dr. Carter's research, see this article: http://creation.com/historical-adam-biologos#endRef1

4. Please comment below with your thoughts!

P.S. Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to the geology hike! It was really fascinating. I wrote some of my experience here, but it's kind of personal so maybe don't read it if you don't know me because you'll likely misunderstand my intent in sharing my  thoughts :-) Happy learning!