Atheists if evolution is a fact, then why would Richard Dawkins let us know this in his book?

Question

In the preface of Richard Dawkins 1976 book:"The Selfish Gene" Dawkins let's his readers know that his book is very close to science fiction, and is geared towards attracting a person's imagination.

It's quite understandable why a person must use their imagination because NOTHING that Dawkins may claim that may came about through evolution, has ever been eyewitness, or tested to be a fact. That is why a person would really have to use their imagination to grasp the evolution theory.

Now many Atheist, may believe that evolution is a 'fact' because it's taught in many schools, and It's publicize a lot in the movies and on the television. But when you think about it there are a lot of science fiction that is taught in different schools, and publicize in the movies and on the television, Does that mean that we should accept it as being a fact, like the evolution theory?

Or does the things that we see in nature PROVES God's Word The Bible to be ACCURATE when it let's us know this as brought out in the Bible Book of Psalms 104:24 when it says this: "How manifold are thy works, O Jehovah! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches."(DARBY Translation). Clearly the complexity of nature had to be created by Jehovah God, as brought out in these Bible verses.

Those Atheists who wants to base their evidence on facts, instead of imagination, on how life came about, then feel free to email me so I can prove to you through nature that Jehovah God does exists.

Answer 1

"Now many Atheist, may believe that evolution is a 'fact' because it's taught in many schools, and It's publicize a lot in the movies and on the television. But when you think about it there are a lot of science fiction that is taught in different schools, and publicize in the movies and on the television, Does that mean that we should accept it as being a fact, like the evolution theory?"



People who support the evolution theory don't support it because "it is taught in many schools, and It's publicize a lot in the movies and on the television." Evolution is taught in many schools, etc. because it is supported by what has been seen by Darwin and people after Darwin: fossils, skeletons, etc. The bones of reptiles and birds resemble dinosaur bones. We humans have the same skeletons, organs, opposable thumbs, as the great apes.



No one, in school and out, says that science fiction is factual, or is to be accepted as factual. Science fiction is taught in English classes, not Science classes.



I'll point out that your English needs work. Richard Dawkins was a believer in evolution, so he did "let us know this in his book." "Now many Atheist, may" should be "Now, many atheists may" [or Atheists, if you like]. "publicize in the movies" should be "publicized in the movies". "when you think about it there are a lot of science fiction that is taught" should be "when you think about it, a lot of science fiction is taught" I grew up in a farming community and my teachers insisted our English compositions be up to a high standard. I don't know why God made dinosaurs and amebae, but there they are, and there are reptiles that resemble the dinosaurs. We developed from two one-celled organisms - egg and sperm - and we look nothing like either one. So evolution is plausible to me.

Answer 2

Why do Christians try to use creation to "prove god exist"



God doesn't want to be proven. He wants trust based in faith alone, otherwise he would have left behind proof.



A better "tool" to argue existence of god would be the other end of the Bible pointing out how current world events seem to mirror those told in the book of revelation

Answer 3

Why not ask him - the use of metaphors and other tools to peak someone's interest is a common approach in marketing almost anything.



Since evolution can actually be observed in action today, despite what some theists seem to think, makes not accepting evolution as fact silly and immature.

Its not a fact because its taught in school or because its in the movies. It is a fact because it is observed, studied, quantified, and tested daily.



"a lot of science fiction taught in schools" - really, like what.



The Bible is not proof that God exists. The Bible supports the teachings of a religion and religion teaches what is in the book so of course they match.

The existence of things in nature only prove that nature exists, not that God exists.

Answer 4

Oh look, someone taking something completely out of context and then trying to claim Dawkins meant something else by it. I'm willing to bet you haven't even read "The Selfish Gene" if you're making nonsensical claims like this.



Do you know why the book is even called "The Selfish Gene"? Because if you did you wouldn't be asking such a stupid question.



Evolution is a fact. Get over it.

Answer 5

It is fact and the intelligent observer knows this.

Answer 6

You and Dawkins are both so drunk.

Answer 7

Atheism doesn't equate to science. It really is just the non belief in any deity.



That said, evolution literally has volumes of evidence supporting it.

Answer 8

still no proof for your cult god, eh?

Answer 9

Common ancestry was proven when it was discovered that both humans and chimps have identical sets of damaged DNA in identical locations caused by extremely rare chance encounters with viruses who accidentally integrated themselves into an ancestral primate and became a hereditary marker across all evolutionary offspring.



These endogenized retroviruses (ERV) not only proved our ancestry with chimps, but are revealing our connection to other more distant cousins like the gorillas, gibbons and lemurs.



ERV #HERV-K10 is one such example. HERV-K10 is present in all primates and humans except for the New World Monkeys (the really small mouse-like monkeys like the tamarin and marmoset). This means that HERV-K10 virus was embedded after we all split from the New World Monkey lineage but before we split from the main primate tree. ERV #SINE-R and ZNF80 are two other embedded virus that are only found in humans, chimps and gorillas. This means that SINE-R and ZNF80 was embedded after we all split from the orangutans, gibbons and lemurs but before we split from the chimps and gorillas. ERV #SINE-RC2 is only found in humans. This means that SINE-RC2 was embedded after we split from the chimps and gorillas.



There have been more than 40 of these identical ERVs identified in the human/chimp species alone and further mapping studies indicates that there may be in excess of 100,000 ERVs across all vertebrates making a detailed history of all evolutionary relationships possible. Work is underway to identify all of the ERVs in the entire primate family. Proof of the endogenization process caan be currently seen in real time through the koala lineage who have recently become infected with a gammaretrovirus called KoRV.



ERVs are as smoking as the gun that puts criminals in jail for murder. Where a court of law only needs one match to convict a person, ERV's provide more than 40 matches for common ancestry. It would be deniable if you could show identical chimp/human ERVs in a rabbit, whale or a cat ..... but you can't. ERVs are viruses that infected a common ancestor - not junk DNA that just so happened to look like each other in 43 different places on our genomes.



But that's not all there is to this story. Genetic drifting - the slow mutilation of DNA segments over time - also affects ERVs and identically mutilated ERVs have been found in humans and chimps. Lastly, the identically mutilated ERVs have also identically deteriorated over time indicating the same date of integration in humans and chimps.

Answer 10

ITS NOT...IT is fake