• Question: Do u belive god and evolution go hand in hand?

    Asked by seanclarke to Andrew, Aggelos, Eileen, Naomi, Shane on 11 Nov 2012. This question was also asked by manemaster.
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      Andrew Jackson answered on 11 Nov 2012:

      hi sean,

      tricky one this. For me, my understanding of science and all that I have learned since being very young about the world has meant that I do not believe in a god – I am an atheist. Physics can explain how the universe has formed (certainly after the Big Bang, and many excellent theories exist for what happened before that), and evolution explains the origin of life including our human origins from the monkeys and apes.

      My grandparents were all very religious, and I was brought up going to a church, sunday school and taking part in christmas activities at the church. Nowadays, I go to church for weddings, funerals and christenings of friends. My own children can go to a church if they want, but we will not be bringing them from a young age.

      Atheism is my position, but I have many friends in science that continue to believe in a god. I think they believe in a god that does not intervene in the Universe and so they can also have evolution that occurs without a need for a god manipulating the appearance and disappearance of living organisms over millions of years.

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      Aggelos Zacharopoulos answered on 15 Nov 2012:

      @seanclarke
      I do believe that God and evolution are not necessarily oposite things. If you believe if God you can still accept evolution or even see God in evolution itself….

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      Naomi Elster answered on 16 Nov 2012:

      I don’t believe that anyone can give a definite answer on whether they do or don’t. I personally have no religious beliefs, but I respect the beliefs of those who say God and evolution do go hand in hand. It is their choice, not mine, and neither belief disproves the other as far as I can see. Belief is a personal thing.

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      Eileen Diskin answered on 18 Nov 2012:

      Personally, I do not. In science, we are very curious people – we ask questions, and then do experiments to get answers. I like to see evidence of things, or proof so I know something is true. Because I have seen a lot more evidence of evolution than I have seen evidence of god, that is what I believe more.

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