God did, in fact, create everything.
The humanist manifesto states that evolution is the belief system of humanism, so they believe that everything was created through natural processes.
Humanists are clearly wrong.
"Humanism", in this respect, is "rubbish".
That is the logic here.
Again, there are those who believe that God is behind the natural processes.
What's more, all you're saying here is that A is correct so B is wrong, but you've provided no evidence that A is correct other than to state that it is so. An atheist is just as convinced that it is NOT so and they would use the exact same arguments that you do -- that it is self evident. Each of you may be convinced that your beliefs are correct but you should at least come clean and accept that they are beliefs because empiricism has no place at the moment in proving them right or wrong. I have seen people honestly admit this.
The evidence you see in the Bible is the evidence others see in the Koran, the Bhagavad Gita, the writings of Buddha. All of you who follow sacred scriptures accept what they say, and this includes prophecies and so forth. The fact that you yourself accept one and reject the others (whether you have actual knowledge of them or not) simply means that you have made a personal choice, while others have made different choices, and these are usually rooted in the culture that one is a part of. IMO all of these scriptures contain truths and we are free to accept those while making our own choices about how to live our lives.
And yes, many wars in history have been about religion. Maybe those in power started them, but religion was the fuel. You've heard of the crusades? You are aware of the persecutions in my own country when people belonged to the opposite religion as that of the reigning king or queen? Maybe you're not aware that Christians, Hindus and Muslims have vicious fights in India from time to time. Jews and Muslims don't get on very well in Israel. There would be more peace in the world if fewer people said, "Your god is not my god and you are infidels." IMO Hinduism is tolerant in this respect because it accepts figures from other religions as avatars of the divine.
Having an open mind is good. Unfortunately, many mistake this oft-spoken concept with an emotional experience that actually causes one to lose their objectivity or ability to accurately perceive.
An open mind is good so long it does not lose it's ability to reason.
If you lose your objectivity in emotions or if you no longer reason, you have ceased to be open-minded. I suspect that you and I would make this claim in very different ways.
