When we die we will know for sure and when that day comes and if there is no God then I won't care because i will not even have a brain to use to remember I at one time had life.
I was going to say the same thing. We can sit here and debate this until we are blue in the face, but no one really knows until it's their time. For me personally, I hope there is a better place....I like to think that there is this magical, happy place but I have no idea. Until I find out, I will keep my sweet thoughts in my head and respect those around me who may have a different viewpoint.
This is an intellectual copout. Knowing the process of evolution and that it occurs in no way requires us dying and finding out what there is or isn't "after death." Knowing the process of evolution and that it occurs does not require knowing the origin of life or the universe. It does not require knowing whether or not there is a deity.
I don't need this knowledge after death to know the reason your flu shot from last year won't be effective this year. I don't need this knowledge after death to know human DNA is 95%+ identical to a chimpanzee's for a reason. I don't need this knowledge to see the anatomy of the overwhelming majority of mammals is ridiculously similar, indicating a progression and unity. I don't need this knowledge to recognize the obvious similarities in the structure and function of every single cell. I don't need this knowledge to understand what happened to peppered moths in England. I don't need this knowledge to determine the reasons for such unity, as well as such diversity, among species throughout the globe. I don't need this knowledge to postulate, fairly logically, why snakes and whales have pelvis' and vestigial structures basically identical to leg bones.
It is not just any ole random debate. If you have proof against a globally accepted biological theory that has been subject to constant scrutiny for decades and still hasn't been proven incorrect, please share it with the scientific community. You'll be famous and rich.
The list goes on for a long *bleep* time. None of it requires knowledge of the origin of life, the afterlife, or the existence of deities.