I am very surprised that there are still arguments over evolution and creation. Evolution is a solid fact that nobody could ever overthrow. Although there are still some "missing links", but they are being filled each day. More and more scientific evidence is discovered to show that evolution is a fact.
Those people, especially Protestants, who believe in creation, are simply brainless. They take some verses in the Bible, which were written several thousand years ago by some people who did not know about science, literally. How could a human being be 100% correct? The authors of the Bible, especially of the Old Testament, were deeply influenced by the myths in local areas. Therefore they would compose books that would tell God created everything in six days. The Bible has no scientific values at all. Everything in the Bible cannot be taken scientifically. The creation story is simply a myth.
Dawkins attacks religion in his book The God Delusion. He claims, in his book, that religion is an enemy of science. I do not totally agree with the ideas in the book, but, in a way, I think the fundamentalists, who take the Bible literally, are the biggest enemies of science. They first erase reason and rationality, which are two precious gifts given by God, in their brains with the Bible. Then they turn the Bible into a terrifying bomb and throw it to science. Any fundamentalist organization is a danger to science. Frankly speaking, fundamentalists are brain-washers and destroyers of reason, rationality and our society. They stop us from developing by proposing ridiculous scientific conjectures which are, to the people who are reasonable and rational, big jokes to laugh at.
Should we eliminate Christianity in the world? Definitely not. Fundamentalism does not equal Christianity. The Bible should be taken theologically. As I just wrote, the Bible has no scientific values, but it has great theological and philosophical values. The teachings of Jesus are identical to the teachings of many philosophers, like Plato, Aristotle and Socrates, in the world. Since God is love, the fundamental teaching of the Bible or Christianity should be to love God and your neighbor as yourself instead of those insane creation theories. The Christians should focus the Bible on its very important rule, i.e., to love. Agape is the greatest and simplest summary of the Bible and God's nature.
I would like to apologize to the Christians who feel miserable and offended after reading my post. And I suggest you to read the Bible theologically.
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