Evolutionists MUST Be Semi Atheists

[John21]

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My point may be a little tricky and is not directed at the atheist evolutionists who have thus far replied. It is directed at the religious evolutionists.

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This is such a difficult question to answer in an 'a priori' sense. We're living in a techni-color world, and to conclude what an 'a posteriori' black &white or non-visual world could have been like, is conjecture at best.

I find it hard to escape the conclusion that we're living in a Zarathustrian world were human destiny is directed entirely by human will. Now we might question whether or not our will is governed by emotion, reason or a higher power, but to ignore the human will's influence over the current evolution of the human species, would seem impossible.

I really don't know how we can divorce from the will: ourselves; our ancestors; or for that matter any form of life. Whether the will is an evolved, emerged, or intelligently designed trait… we don't know. It's not something that's quantifiable or provable, and exists only subjectively - but it's real nonetheless. Certain individual organisms grit their proverbial teeth; prevail and win. Others don't.

When we operate collectively, it's the organism that can expand it's will the most that ultimately prevails. No man's individual will can prevail against the will of a tribe, and no tribe's will can prevail over the will of a nation. Beyond that it's the will of an ideal(s) over a nation, and ultimately the will of a God. For that reason, religion is and will always be, the most powerful force on the planet.

I know that idea doesn't sit well with the anti-religious or atheist crowd, and it didn't sit well with Epictetus either, but it's still reality. And the reality is that there's a bunch of mini caliph's declaring mini jihad's. But tomorrow morning the major Caliph's could declare "The Jihad" and the Pope could declare Mohammed, not a false prophet but "the" false prophet (anti-Christ) and this whole gig we have going on will come to a screeching halt.

That's the stark reality of the world we live in. Is it stupid? Sure. But is running around calling people idiots going to fix the problem? No. Which really makes me question the utility of intelligence. If these people who hold intelligence on such a pedestal, had half the sense they think they do - they'd be able to acknowledge the problem and come up with some half-possible way of dealing with it - but do they? No.

To me any half-wit can be a skeptic, and any moron can point out what's wrong in the world or with what people believe. But a real genius can figure a way out of the mess all us idiots got ourselves into. And like the rest of the idiots, I'm too stupid to realize how stupid I am, so the genius' are going to have to paint a picture for me.