Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Dimensio

I have read the theories about evolution(now being taught to our children as facts rather than mere theories) and survival of the fittest and in my opinion they are as full of holes and overwhelmed by so many could not have happeneds, that in my opinion it should be listed under science fiction.

Each cell in this warm and functional human body could not survive outside a very limited range of temperature variation that can only be maintained by the temperature controls designed into this human body and that of other species.
It could not exists, except upon a planet, designed to supply it's every need.

I am comfortable with calling our creator, God, but am willing to leave it to others to call the creator what ever they wish. My problem is with those who rabidly demand that to have our intellect respected and not be called crackpots, we must agree with them that all the wonders around us, just happened.


517 posted on 08/19/2005 5:51:33 AM PDT by F.J. Mitchell (If John Roberts is unfit for this Supreme Court,-this Supreme Court is unfit for the USA.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 256 | View Replies ]


To: F.J. Mitchell
I have read the theories about evolution(now being taught to our children as facts rather than mere theories) and survival of the fittest and in my opinion they are as full of holes and overwhelmed by so many could not have happeneds, that in my opinion it should be listed under science fiction.

Could you offer an actual counter rather than the fallacy of argument from incredulity?

Each cell in this warm and functional human body could not survive outside a very limited range of temperature variation that can only be maintained by the temperature controls designed into this human body and that of other species.

So? No one claims that human cells survive on their own, individually, in hostile environments.

It could not exists, except upon a planet, designed to supply it's every need.

Except that you're ignoring that the theory of evolution suggests that life evolved to fit their environments, not that environments were shaped to fit life. It's not that our environment was "designed", it's that our bodies evolved in such a way as to fit within the environment in which we live. Another environment may not have supported life at all (in which case we wouldn't be having this discussion) or it might have supported life in a different configuration, in which case the life in it would have evolved to look and behave differently.

The anthropic principle argument is nothing more than question-begging.
643 posted on 08/19/2005 12:37:16 PM PDT by Dimensio (http://angryflower.com/bobsqu.gif <-- required reading before you use your next apostrophe!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 517 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson