I don't see the point of this thread. Is it really necessary to provoke people into arguments that are never going to end no matter what anybody says or what proof you show them. If a religious person believes that a supernatural power created the Earth and the universe only a few thousand years ago they are going to believe that for their entire lives. The person that believes in evolution and scientific research will say that the layers of the Earth and radiometric dating or whatever the technology is called proves that the Earth and the universe are millions of years old. A religious person will just respond back saying that the evidence you have is false and the technology that you used to find it is bogus and that the Bible is fact blah blah blah.
These sorts of arguments will go on and on and generalizations are created and people will complain about the generalization and so on and so forth. I say you should live with the beliefs that you have and love and let others believe what they believe.
I disagree with anti gay laws and abortion laws because of the separation of church and state. The only reason I see for these laws to come into being is because of a religious group trying to force itself onto other people and trying to get people to live by their rules and standards. The government has bigger and more important things to worry about and the USA at least is supposed to have freedom of speech, religion and all that. These anti-gay marriage laws are unconstitutional and should be repealed on the grounds that you are stomping on peoples freedom to make their own decisions and live their own lives. Religions should display their own beliefs, spread their message and preach all they want, but please for the sake of peace and love keep it out of our laws.
And to you non religious people (me included) stop trying to convince religious people that there is no god and that the Earth is millions of years old and there is scientific proof for this and that. Do not press your beliefs onto other people either. Let them believe what they want and do not complain when they do not listen to you. People are perfectly happy with their beliefs and if they are happy and they teach good lessons and there aren't genocidal killings and sacrifices life is good and there is no need to change anything. Keep the knowledge you gained with research to yourselves and make the best use out of it as you can. There is a lot you can learn from these studies and they should continue. I just want to get across the same message. DO NOT TRY TO FORCE OTHERS TO BELIEVE WHAT YOU BELIEVE.
This topic is only good for bringing out the worst in people and causing the never ending debate. Lets leave things well enough alone shall we?
Sorry for the long post... just want people to understand that the world will be a better place if people were more understanding of other peoples religions or beliefs.
