for the first segment.......I’ll write more later.
One wonders if evolution is true then why are there still monkeys or apes? Now, this is one of the most common claim that non-believers might come up with to challenge Evolution.
I understand that some think that evolution does not teach that humans descended from monkeys; but it states that both have a common ancestor. Well, this is in my opinion a very good cop out and is deceiving.
Evolutionist very conveniently pulls words from the sky, and declare that a new species “evolves” by splintering off from those that are established. Or, certain populations become isolated from the main group and “acquire” differences that remain distinct.
However, this does not hold water. One questions, “How do they know to acquire differences”? This new species that became man has not yet been found and I would submit that the “skulls” found in collections claiming to be a evolution of man are actually primates and not man at all.
Evolution cannot explain in real terms how life got started, some species evolved while others didn’t and others just died out. The ways that Evolution explains often entails long winded explanations and made up processes designed to fit the “explanation” that is needed to support Evolution whether it’s true or not. They use a bait and switch method of avoiding the actual question, but ranting on about how it evolved.
If we descended from Europeans, Africans and Asians, why are there still Europeans, Africans and Asians? You may wonder about such things, but there are more profitable things to wonder about. You may think common descent is a cop out, but it is supported by the same kind of DNA analysis that determines parentage in courts of law.
As for “how do they know how to acquire differences,” they don’t “know.” Nearly every individual has a few spontaneous copy errors in his genetic code. Most have no visible effect. Once in a while a difference adds or subtracts from an individual’s chances of reproducing.
Your opinion on whether skulls are human or primates is of little importance if you do not understand that humans are primates, and the skulls you question can be arranged in a sequence so that even creationists differ as to which are human and which are not.
Science cannot explain how life got started. True.
But you still haven’t explained what it means to be left behind by evolution’s train. Are you suggesting that monkeys haven’t changed since their lineage branched from their common ancestor with humans?
You realize, of course, that even critics of evolution like Behe (of Dover trial fame) accept common descent? If, by some chance, schools taught intelligent design, it would make things worse for young earth creationists, because it would become clear that even the critics of evolution accept the fact that it happens, and accept common descent.