:( since I "believe" in evolution...

[redspicyflag]

my parents argued against me

fvck

They think it's the "devil's" attempt to misinform the world

and evolution is impossible

Jeez my dad actually got angry


So what should I do?

I really won't win

feels like this

 

[Obsidian]

it is the devil's attempt to misinform the world

 

[redspicyflag]

listen

I don't wanna turn this into a debate

and get the thread locked

 

[iqqi]

Many generations disagree with the generations before them. You have more information now then they did. Hell, some of your ancestors believed the world was flat!

You are your own man, homie. You are allowed to form your own beliefs.

Welcome to being an adult!

 

[Obsidian]

yeah, i don't really see your problem. It just kinda sounded like you wanted to start a debate. Who gives a damn what your parents think.

 

[redspicyflag]

well my parent are supporting me

and it's not beneficial for me to be on their bad side

 

[iqqi]

well my parent are supporting me

and it's not beneficial for me to be on their bad side

Then... DON'T talk about it with them, lol.

Ever heard the phrase "pick your battles"?

 

[redspicyflag]

yeah

lol

I didn't bring it up

they're trying to indoctrinate me

I might go covert and break out later

 

[Obsidian]

well, i doubt they're gonna disown you no matter what you believe about the issue. A good number of Christians are willing to accept evolution (altho I tend to disbelieve it myself). The logical apologist William Lane Craig usually assumes evolution as one of his premises, just for the sake of argument, so his debates can focus on more important issues.

 

[penkitten]

why cant everyone believe in a little of both?
do i believe that a man evolved from an ape? nope.
do i believe that a bird that has flown south evolved into a bird with a different beak as to be able to eat from a certain tree? yes.
everything evolves and changes, but we don't have to believe that an ape changed into a human.

 

[redspicyflag]

I tried that

its black and white with them

 

[Bible_Belt]

Genesis 4:13

Cain said to the LORD, "My punishment is more than I can bear. Today you are driving me from the land, and I will be hidden from your presence; I will be a restless wanderer on the earth, and whoever finds me will kill me."


Ask your parents whom Cain was afraid of when he was being banished for killing Abel. If it was just Adam, Eve, and Cain, then who was there to find him and kill him?

 

[reset]

redspicyflag--I had very similar situations growing up. I argued with my parents about religion, for YEARS. Lots of anger and tears and crap like that.

You're coming into the time where you make your own decisions about life and form your own opinions. And at your age, you are going to want to tell your parents off probably and get into long debates and try to make them feel stupid and everything. At least that's what I did. Hell I had a huge fight about evolution with my Dad a couple years ago. My mother is STILL praying for my soul (probably as I type this).

Hopefully they are good parents and just want you to be happy. It can be hard to see that through them judging you. They belive one way and as their child they assume you believe like them.

I'm not telling you to NOT debate with your parents. But at the same time, these things usually don't end with "you know what? I thought about it. You're right. I've changed my perspective on this topic."

Hold true to your own values. Express them if you want, but you don't have to. Evolution will not stop being taught if you don't convince your parents. And it won't stop being taught if they don't convince you.

Cherish your own reasoning. At the end of the day, if you're a responsible young man who treats people with respect and dignity (as long as they don't mess with you) your parents should consider themselves lucky.

 

[DJDamage]

yeah

lol

I didn't bring it up

they're trying to indoctrinate me

I might go covert and break out later

Not only you should go covert but make them believe that they have you convinced.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1GhYGEoRfo

 

[Last Man Standing]

I evolved from a baby to a man - with the nourishment of my mother's milk!

That is not evolution - that is living and growing into one's genetic existence!!

The Darwin monkey boys on this forum came from monkeys - their brains are from apes - so they are inferior to humans!! Shun them!!

 

[Potbelly]

DAMN SON1!!!! HOW DO YOU EVEN HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS:

When the young man realizes his parents are religious tools, the young man must call upon his greatest strength and advantage as the son:

That advantage is the ability to LIE (and seem truthful ) Hell your parents will believe you if you pretend to believe them. Hell, after you can support yourself just don't ever talk about it with them, and if they bring it up, show your true colors like "BOOYAH1!!!"

And yes, the quotes aroudn booyah means you gotta yell it

 

[Potbelly]

I evolved from a baby to a man - with the nourishment of my mother's milk!

That is not evolution - that is living and growing into one's genetic existence!!

The Darwin monkey boys on this forum came from monkeys - there brains are from apes - so they are inferior to humans!! Shun them!!

You obviously know jack sh1t about evolution. Just because you can't understand it doesn't mean it isn't true.

By the way, God is a black lesbian woman. I read it in the Bible, so it must be true. Oh and She (God) also came to me in a dream and told me that She was a black lesbian woman. So yea, it must be true because I beleive it.

 

[redspicyflag]

lol

A lot of help

thanks guys

but let's not lock this thread up

 

[Last Man Standing]

You obviously know jack sh1t about evolution. Just because you can't understand it doesn't mean it isn't true.

By the way, God is a black lesbian woman. I read it in the Bible, so it must be true. Oh and She (God) also came to me in a dream and told me that She was a black lesbian woman. So yea, it must be true because I beleive it.

You have to write in a human language - not ape speech - can someone translate for me?

 

[Rhoto]

People who don't believe in evolution shouldn't be taken seriously. That much blind trust in a book written in the dark ages is a mental disorder. These are the same people who KNEW the world was flat, who think the word "god" has always been on our money and in our pledge, and they probably think Bush is doing great.

Organized religion was/is used for control. Sure, a lot of it may have made sense a thousand years ago, and it served a purpose. Now its, just laughable. The catholic church is one of the richest organizations on the planet, for ****s sake, the pope wears prada shoes.

Evangelicals are a bigger threat to this nation than any one in the middle east.

Think for yourself man.