User talk:SouthWriter/sandbox/An atheist's objections/@comment-1943951-20100705223409

@SouthWriter: to continue our discussion from your talk page, most beneficial mutations are not "created" by humans in any sense. we've merely chosen to emphasize them through selective breeding. the matter of finches readapting to their old environment is simply better evidence of evolution in the first place. also, your understanding of evolution at a molecular level is flawed. mutation doesn't occur through a series of "switches". mutation occurs simply because it's impossible to perfectly copy something as long and complex as a strand of DNA, let alone an entire chromosome. since our reproductive cells make these mistakes, our children are never an exact mixture of the two parents. THIS IS SIMPLE EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE. also, you say you believe in God because God Himself gave you the faith to take God at his word. don't you mean God gave you the faith to believe the word of other, entirely fallible humans? after all, not even the bible was written by God Himself. it was written and copied (with some mistakes being made, just like with DNA) by fallible mortals. @Red VS Blue: I agree that the theories that attempt to explain why the universe is here do require a leap of faith AT THE MOMENT, but the beauty of science is that it's effects can be show through experimentation. science doesn't ask for your faith. it simply asks for your eyes.