Talk:Objections to evolution/Readersdigest

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3. Objections to evolution's scientific acceptance

3.1 Evolution is just a theory, not a fact

3.2 Evolution is controversial or contested

4 Objections to evolution's scientific status

4.1 Evolution is a religion

4.2 Evolution is unfalsifiable

5 Objections to evolution's evidence

5.1 Evolution has never been observed

5.2 Past evidence for evolution has been overturned

5.3 Evolution's evidence is unreliable or inconsistent

6 Objections to evolution's plausibility

6.1 Life is too unlikely to arise by chance

6.2 Evolution doesn't explain enough

7 Objections to evolution's possibility

7.1 Evolution cannot create complex structures

7.2 Evolution cannot create information

7.3 Evolution violates the second law of thermodynamics

8 Objections to evolution's morality

8.1 Evolution says that humans are no better than animals Another long time compaint is that evolution teaches people that they are little better than animals, so they behave badly.

8.2 Evolution leads to immorality and social ills. They commit crimes and do drugs and have abortions. However, the statistics do not support this position; in fact, the opposite appears to be true.

8.3 Evolution leads to atheism A frequent complaint or objection to evolution is that it leads inexorably to a disbelief in God. However, this is not true, as demonstrated by the religious beliefs of most scientists that accept evolution, and the acceptance of evolution by the denominations that about 90% of Americans belong to.