[buffyt]

The main thing that made me NOT believe in evolution [I never would believe in that BS anyway] is that living forms decay back into dirt after they die. Evolution by chance would have never thought of that one. That had to be part of a master plan from the beginnig, not CHANCE like evolution would be.

[stanz]

Evolution is not some omnipotent being. Through the process of random mutations and selective pressures, organisms change and adapt over time. Those who fail at survival become extinct. Those who succeed propigate and if they survive, they, too will evolve variations in their behavior and morphology. That's all it is- - -no plan - - -no blueprints. Human dentition has evolved to accomodate a softer diet and less room in the skull due to changes in the cranium shape by eliminating the wisdom teeth in some individuals. This was not a part of any great master plan.

[_Jim]

The main thing that made me NOT believe in evolution [I never would believe in that BS anyway] is that living forms decay back into dirt ...

I wonder how you account for the multitude of SIMILARITIES in the genes that ALL living creatures/insects etc posses?

Do you just ignore it?

The same way that those who opposed Pastuer argued that small GERMS could NOT POSSIBLY be the cause of disease?

Do *you* wash your hands time and time again for something YOU cannot see?

Why is that?

I mean - you CAN'T see those germs and they are NOT identified in the Bible either ...

[cinFLA]

The main thing that made me NOT believe in evolution [I never would believe in that BS anyway] is that living forms decay back into dirt after they die.

And why would that fact make you NOT believe in evolution? In the survival of the fittest, it is eat or be eaten. Even in death, the remains are usually devoured by something.

[RAWGUY]

Thanks buffyt,

I do agree whole heartedly.

I qoute:

To Give
Is the reason I live

To give all I can give in return
for the life that I earn

I was born, as a part of a plan
with the heart of a man

with the will to survive
and I believe

everything on this earth
having meaning and worth
made of concrete and earth

is to share

and to feel

justified I exist
to be scribed on the list

of someone
with a place in the Sun

Here I stand, reaching up to the sky
to the day that I die

I must give all I can

When I go, I'll go out empty hand
leaving dust to the land

Just this Soul I have found
Leaves the ground

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Adopted by RAWGUY at age 14 as a measure to live by.