Posted on 12/21/2005 6:22:46 AM PST by truthfinder9
"If you're going to participate in these discussions, you better have thick skin."
lol Ain't that the truth.
What does that have to do with this thread? I believe primitative humanoid life forms did not contain the knowledge or "spirit of G-d" as some call it.
That inception, so to speak, was given in more recent times and I believe that inception was the creation of "man" as we now know it.
Whoaa, scientists and religious fundamentalists are sure to flame this post.....Looking for my nomex suit.
I support evolution as much as the next man, but Darwin, after the death of his child, became either an atheist or the next-best thing. Darwin's death-bed conversion is, however, apocryphal -- claimed much later by a single supposed witness, and ultimately irrelevent. Because he never recanted his work, nor could he have, because the evidence is overwhelming.
As for evolution and God being compatible, many scientists (including myself) consider themselves to be people of faith and don't have a problem with evolution.
By proving it was a false statement...citing examples, etc.,
>>>My view is this is a religious extremist who takes exception to the fact that humans and other primates share 97% of our DNA. Evolution is a theory. >>>
Yes, and humans also share about 97.5% of their DNA with mice. What's your point?
Or with a decent teacher:
Little Virgina to teacher: "Sir, I was taught at home and church that G-d created man"
Public school teacher: "Well, Virginia, you have a right to your beliefs. But evolution is the state of modern science so you need to know it. You don't have to believe it, just know it."
It's your opinion that it's a fact, unless you have data to back yourself up.
You claimed that studies showed that Neandertals and humans had no common ancestor.
You claimed to have read them all. You provided a list of them.
I found the actual text of one of your studies where it explicitly discusses a human-neandertal common ancestor and how long ago it was.
I read what you're posting, and what I'm reading is somone who just intellectually got caught with his pants down.
No one is going to "give it a rest". We have just begun to fight. How you equate this argument with terrorism escapes me.
Then you're not listening. Speciation -- a basic concept of the theory of evolution --- explains how one population splits in two, with one branch evolving in one direction (in this case into humans) and the other in another (in this case into chimpanzees and bonobos). You should do a little reading about speciation before you come on this thread and tell us that scientists have given you no answers.
People want to force science to dispell that there is a God and will cram that square peg into a round hole all day.
Strawman. I believe in God and accept evolution.
""Or with a decent teacher:
Little Virgina to teacher: "Sir, I was taught at home and church that G-d created man"
Public school teacher: "Well, Virginia, you have a right to your beliefs. But evolution is the state of modern science so you need to know it. You don't have to believe it, just know it.""""
Or even better: "Well, Virginia, maybe God created man and the universe 6,000 years ago so it would look like the universe is 15 billion years old and that man evolved from more primitive animals!"
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Evolutionary 'cousins' as opposed to 'ancestor/offspring'...
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">>>If man evolved from apes, why are apes still here? Wouldn't they all be man?>>>
I have brought up this SAME question numerous times and still have no answer. "
You are assuming that man is the "end goal" of evolution. Two genera (ex: australopithicus, pan) no matter how closely related would never end up evolving in to the same descendant species.
Thanks for your thoughtful contribution. You have used a very persuasive argument almost guarenteed to sway opinion on the subject.
Then you must just have a problem with the Bible. Either God created humans in their present form (per Genesis) or He didn't.
ID now follows scientific protocols? When did that happen?
Virginia: "Does that mean I'll get an F if I don't answer the Darwin test questions correctly?"
Teacher: "Yes Virginia, there are right answers and wrong answers. Your religious beliefs are not the right answer in this class."
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